You will be given the option of whether to download available map updates. To check for free updates using TomTom Map Share, connect your TomTom to the computer. Select the correct model from the drop-down menu, or the scrolling list with images. Once you have downloaded and installed TomTom Home, the next step is to download the TomTom Map Share application for the TomTom model you are using. You can even download special free content such as voices or color schemes. For example, it will notify you if there is a new quarterly map, service update, or other software available for your TomTom device. Along with allowing you to receive map updates from the TomTom Map Share community, TomTom Home has many other benefits as well. The first thing you need to do, if you have not already, is to download the TomTom Home application. When you connect your TomTom to your computer, you can upload any changes you have made to maps and then download any available map updates you choose. This means that if you encounter a detour, newly closed road or mistake in a TomTom map, you can note the change on your TomTom to avoid it in the future and also share your information with other TomTom users. Not only can you download free updates provided by other TomTom users, you can also make map corrections as you drive. Want to contribute? His email address is on the page quoted above.TomTom Map Share technology is a free way to update your TomTom maps with corrections and input from a community of TomTom users. He tries to use public information sources only and document the whole process. Roland is a fellow TomTom HOME developer but he is working on the C++ part of it and has relatively little knowledge about the XUL/JavaScript part. While we are still solving these issues, Roland Boon already started working on an add-on to convert Google Earth points into TomTom Overlay points. Fortunately, I have four (4!) hours allocated during the current development cycle to create some documentation :) Actually, there is only one user-visible add-on and virtually no documentation on creating add-ons for TomTom HOME. Most available add-ons right now are device emulators that will install automatically if you click “Operate my GO,” those don’t even show up in the add-on manager (yet?). We are still in the process of discussing how we can support installing add-ons from third-party sites while keeping security in mind. Also, currently you can only install add-ons from the TomTom server, anything else will have to be installed manually. The extension manager UI still needs some improvement, in particular updating add-ons should be easier. This doesn’t mean that the work is done, it actually just started. It has been a bumpy ride ( bug 407329) but with TomTom HOME 2.2 end users can now install add-ons as well. Still, the usual add-on manager user interface don’t fit into the TomTom HOME concept which is why only developers have been using add-ons until recently ( DOM Inspector, Venkman, Live HTTP Headers, they have all been ported over). This has many advantages for us, amongst others - support for add-ons comes with the platform, almost for free. TomTom HOME is based on XULRunner, it runs basically on the same code as Firefox. installing new content on them, sharing it with other users or doing backups). As some might know, I am a developer in the team behind TomTom HOME, an application that allows users to manage their TomTom navigator devices (e.g. I have been writing very little about what I am doing in my day job, maybe it is time to change this.
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