TomTom CityMaps

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TomTom CityMaps Detailed maps and accurate planning for European cities |

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Runs on:
Pocket PC
Languages:
English, German, French
Italian, Spanish

Also available for:

See also: CD-ROM Contents, Electronic Edition
Free demo version
TomTom RoutePlanner
Michelin Hotel & Restaurant Guide
The Varta Hotel & Restaurant Guide
Which devices are supported?

TomTom CityMaps is the perfect route planner when finding your way around a city. It’s easy to use and tells you very clearly how to travel from A to B. Simply enter your current position and your destination. TomTom CityMaps will calculate the quickest or the shortest route for you by car or by foot. You will be guided to your destination in more than 100,000 European cities and villages via any road, street or alley. And when connected to a GPS receiver, you will see exactly where you are and where to go!

See also:
Cities available on the CD-ROM
Cities available for immediate download
TomTom RoutePlanner: international road maps and route planning

Detailed maps | Exact instructions

TomTom CityMaps plans the best route from the user's exact location to his or her desired destination. When planning a route TomTom CityMaps takes account of whether the user will be driving or walking. If driving, the user can gain information on all one-way traffic restrictions. If walking, the user can view any pedestrian shortcuts. The maps on TomTom CityMaps display the smallest side streets as well as the more major thoroughfares so they always show the best route through a city. Even turn restrictions and one way streets are taken into consideration. The maps can be viewed at different levels of detail.

| Perfect city maps...

- View any road, street or alley
- See which roads are one-way, and in which direction
- Find any street or crossroad in seconds, or any intersection between two streets - even if you don't know exactly how to spell the names
- Zoom to an astonishing level of detail, with street names displayed on the map
- Background detail e.g. landmarks such as water, urban area and forest
- Instantly switch between all the maps that are installed on your device
- Connect a GPS: includes map-matching and real-time monitoring of your progress on the route

| ... and perfect route planning

- Calculates the quickest way to get there, or the shortest route to take, or the fastest way to get there on foot
- Uses up-to-date information about one-way roads, private roads, U-turn restrictions and other traffic rules
- Provides perfect driving and walking instructions and turn by turn directions, either graphically, in text format, or in a "split-view" combination
- Keep track of your "favourite" and most often used locations
- Avoid certain areas, if you wish

select streets for both departure and destination | summary of the calculated route

turn by turn instructions | your route on the map

clear graphic instructions | detailed information for every instruction

Use the scrollbar to zoom in or out... | ...to any scale from meters to miles

| Cities included

The CD-ROM edition of TomTom CityMaps offers door-to-door route planning for over 100,000 cities in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, The Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. A complete list of all the cities included can be found here.
The Electronic Editions of TomTom CityMaps offer door-to-door route planning for Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, London, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Paris, Rome and Vienna. The Electronic Editions of TomTom CityMaps are available for immediate download. A complete list of all the cities and their memory requirements can be found here.

| Global Positioning Systems (GPS)

TomTom CityMaps supports most Global Positioning System Receivers (using the NMEA 0183v2 standard) for Windows© Pocket PC.
When used in conjunction with a plug-and-play GPS TomTom CityMaps can pinpoint your exact location and display your position on the map. TomTom CityMaps can then track your progress to the desired destination, redrawing the map whenever necessary and making it impossible to get lost even when travelling in a city for the first time.

The map, with the symbol indicating your current position and the status bar
showing the name of the road you are on (or the nearest road)

| CityMaps vs. RoutePlanner

TomTom RoutePlanner offers road networks, and can plan routes from town to town. It is intended to replace the 1:250.000 (or lower scale) road maps you use in your car to drive through a country, or to your holiday destination.
TomTom CityMaps offers maps of cities rather than countries. It is intended to replace street maps and city maps, and can plan door-to-door walking routes as easily as car routes.
TomTom CityMaps can be used in conjunction with TomTom RoutePlanner. Together these products can be used to map a route around a city and between cities.

| Independent Reviews

"I've had more fun with this software than I can remember in a long time!
Friends have seen me drifting off in the car eager to explore new roads and I've persuaded a couple of folk to buy a Pocket PC just on the strength of this amazing digital mapping package! I've probably saved the price of a dozen gallons of petrol (a small fortune in the UK), and once I arrived early for an appointment on the other side of London!
The name 'CityMaps' might lead you to think that it is just for lost sheep in London, Paris or Milan. Not so! It contains detailed street maps for over 100,000 cities in Europe, some of them pretty small, such as my 'city' of Sandhurst. (...)
The level of detail on these maps is truly staggering - I find it amazing that so much street-level detail can be packed into such a small file size. (...) While TomTom (and several other suppliers) have detailed route mapping software, I simply haven't seen this level of street to street planning before. (...) The software is a joy to use and if you don't yet have a PDA - add one to your Christmas list!"
"Everything about this program oozes quality - the packaging is good, the booklet is of high quality and even the install routine is well thought out (...) The program comes from Palmtop BV - what more is there to say? It works well, it works quickly and it’s accurate. (...) A truly marvellous achievement. Whether you’re a poor navigator, or someone who has to travel extensively for business, or just someone who needs to know how to find a location in an unfamiliar town, this application is for you - it is a real work of genius.
Star rating: it has to be a magnificent 5 out of 5!"
http://www.foxpop.ndirect.co.uk/PocketPC
"To state that CityMaps is comprehensive is a bit of an understatement. (...) With this depth of detail I would say with a high degree of confidence that with CityMaps it's virtually impossible to get lost in Europe! One of the significant points about CityMaps is that maps for the entire area you are visiting are downloaded on to your PDA and, in the worst case scenario, you can immediately call on the program to work out alternative routes. This is a big advantage over the programs that you create on your desktop and then download onto your PDA, thus lacking TomTom's flexibility. (...) TomTom CityMaps is an invaluable aid for business travellers and holiday makers alike."
http://www.pdapro.co.uk/citymapsreview.htm
"Two days ago I received TomTom© CityMaps for Pocket PCs and I just want to tell you that I like your product very much. It is the best solution I have seen until now and a perfect companion for Route Planner Europe which I already own as well. Very nice work. I like spending money this way!"
"Ragazzi che gran bel pezzo di programma!!! (...) L'attesa però è stata ben ricompensata e oggi possiamo acquistare un ottimo stradario per PocketPC. (...) L'impatto con la grafica è sensazionale: la cartina è dettagliatissima e un segnaposto a forma di croce fa bella mostra di sè al centro della stessa. Sul bordo destro c'è il cursore dello zoom e attivarlo è qualcosa di stupefacente, dato che la cartina viene prima ingrandita senza curare all'aspetto e ridisegnata sollo quando si rilascia il cursore, così si ottiene una velocità di esecuzione di gran lunga superiore a quella di PocketStreets. (...) CityMaps è un ottimo programma e dopo aver usato la versione demo vi verrà certamente voglia di ordinare il CD-ROM; certo è a pagamento, ma il prezzo richiesto è ben giustificato, viste le caratteristiche offerte all'acquirente. CityMaps è così ricco di dettagli e funzioni da rendere preistorico il Tutto città, ed è così versatile che, se vi chiederanno se avete Pocket Streets installato, risponderete "Pocket Streets? Mai sentito nominare!" VOTO: 5/5!"
"pocket.at-Meinung: Was mir besonders gut gefällt: Das Kartenmaterial ist grafisch ansprechend gestaltet, detailliert genug und vor allem rasch aufgebaut. Der Zoom-Schieberegler ist äußerst praktisch. Die GPS-Unterstützung funktioniert perfekt - man kann sogar aus mehreren GPS-Systemen serienmäßig auswählen. (...) Gesamturteil: Sehr empfehlenswert!"
http://www.pocket.at/pocketpc/tomtomcitymaps.htm
"CityMaps de TomTom est un bijou de logiciel qui j'en suis sur sera un des futurs best seller du Pocket PC. C'est un logiciel de cartographie urbaine regroupant 100.000 villes Européennes. Vous rentrez d'abord votre position de départ (si vous n'avez pas de GPS), vous rentrez ensuite votre destination, et le logiciel se charge de définir l'itinéraire adéquat. Rien de remarquable me direz vous ... en bien si : l'ergonomie quasi-parfaite ! Vous pouvez tenir votre Pocket d'une seule main et suivre les indications de votre co-pilote virtuel tout en conduisant de l'autre, une seule pression sur le bouton suffit pour faire défiler changement de direction après changement de direction, les indications et la carte en rapport qui vous mèneront à bon port dans une ville qui vous est étrangère."
Ludipocket.com
Palm reviews:
Awarded by PCPraxis Magazine
"Die Software-Schmiede TomTom, manchen sicher auch als Palmtop bekannt, macht genau solche Programme für alle wichtigen PDA Platformen. Dabei holt TomTom mal wieder das maximal mögliche aus den Geräten heraus. (...) Sehr gut gefallen hat uns die Darstellung der Karten, auch im Schwarz-WeiB-Modus mit Graustufen sind sie gut sichtbar. Die TomTom Karten sind recht aktuell und detailreich. Nicht umsonst hat CityMaps den Nokia Softwarepreis für den neuen Communicator gewonnen. Ein wirklich empfehlenswertes Produkt, mit gut verwirklichten Ideen."
Handy & Mobilfunk (August 2001)
"The map files are highly compressed, switching and loading maps is very quick, rarely taking more than a couple of seconds. They are very detailed, accurate and attractively presented. CityMaps scores in the route planning department by virtue of knowing enough about road types and speeds and offer both a choice of 'quickest' and 'shortest' routes and also a report on the expected duration of each leg of the journey... a very mature product... this sort of technology in the palm of your hand would still have seemed like magic only ten years ago... impressive and thorough... you'll find CityMaps the slicker, prettier and more efficient alternative."
PalmUser magazine issue 8
Read these and other independent reviews

| Related products

TomTom RoutePlanner | Michelin Red Guide | Varta Guide | TomTom CityMaps Paris Now available on CD-Rom at our Mail-order store

| Technical Details

Languages | Requirements | Distribution | Suitable for

The application runs in English, German, French, Italian
and Spanish

The application requires 800k RAM to install.
Memory requirements will depend on the maps you wish to install.
Most CityMaps are between 500k and 1.5Mb, major CityMaps such as London can be as large as 5.5 Mb.

Available
on CD-ROM
Price: £ 39.99
NOTE: Installation CD will not run on a Macintosh.
There is also an
electronic edition
for immediate
download
See list of cities
Price: US$ 14.99

Pocket PCs

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