If there are any updates available, click Download updates. In the TomTom Home application, click the My Devices tab, then click Check for updates. Not sure whether to build some custom hardware to track my car (I've made a wearable tracker that uploads over GSM for when I'm on foot or on public transport) or go with a mobile app for satnav and do the tracking within the phone. To update an old TomTom, first connect the TomTom to your computer. I don't know if it was deliberate or a coincidence, but luckily I did have a backup, although not containing the very latest map updates, so I'm behind by a few revisions. I first learned that they were discontinuing updates when I accepted the last update, which unfortunately trashed the unit. I generate tile overlays to display over Google Maps, and have details of every journey since 2009. My machine still runs a daemon process to save the NMEA data every second, and another process that listens for a bluetooth connection to upload to the cloud via an Android app. I'm holding off upgrading because I don't think the newer versions are hackable.Įarly on TomTom published an API for writing add-on applications, and you could do things like play audio files to interact with users.īut they gave up on that business model and gradually updates stopped exposing the API. I'm still using my TomTom GO 530, even though they've stopped updates.
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