Navteq maps free download

[John Roberts]

I hope I've posted this in the right place, it's for the GPS in my car.

I Googled Navteq and came up with Navteq maps free download but as I had to register on the site I didn't go further until asking on here.

I did find out some months ago that the latest version of the DVD, CD, disc, or whatever costs about £150- well, FFS you could buy a new TomTom for less than that. So what is this free download then, surely it can't be the same thing but free? It would have been nice to have the current version last year in France when according to our GPS we were out in the countryside and in the middle of nowhere whereas we were actually on a newly opened motorway, a bit daunting at midnight and trying to get back to our B & B.

Here's what I came up with on the site I mentioned:

http://prime-download.com/search-results.html?query=navteq+maps+free+download&aid=8310000

Any snags?

 

[Schtum]

Any snags?

Only that it's software piracy with the attendant risk of your ISP summarily disconnecting you under the terms of the new Digital Economy Bill....

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200910/ldbills/001/10001.13-19.html

At the moment, if you know where to look, you can get just about any software you want free, gratis and for nowt, including new maps for Garmin. That situation might not prevail for too long now.

 

[John Roberts]

At the moment, if you know where to look, you can get just about any software you want free, gratis and for nowt, including new maps for Garmin.

Are you saying that I should look elsewhere, ie somewhere I could get away with it?

 

[Schtum]

Are you saying that I should look elsewhere, ie somewhere I could get away with it?

No, I wasn't. It's a bit too early to tell how the new bill is going to affect things but it looks a bit like Internet 2 by the back door to me. Ultimately, if there is a serious clamp down I don't think these sites will survive in their present form. There might then be attempts to set up a network of secure servers but......

Probably better to ask a geek......

 

[John Roberts]

Probably better to ask a geek......

Thanks.

 

[iangough]

Not so free

The T&C's say this at the bottom.


During the process of registration, the user is prompted to carefully check all payment details as well as the list of all additional options and products that are added to his\her membership package by default.

The following options are added to the standard membership package by default:
1. Lifetime Full & Unlimited Access (19.95 USD)
2. Files request service & Additional search. You will get Free Updates & New releases all files which we will add in our system. This option costs 0.11 USD a day and the user is subscribed to this option for one year (39.95 USD).
3. Get the Codec Pro Pack and View movies and videos in HD-Quality (39.95 USD).
The total cost of this package is 99.85 USD.


I cant beleive that all the stuff mentioned on the site is easily downloadable and free...(once you've paid up)

Having used software such as Kaza, Limewire etc the download is only half of the challenge. You then have to unzip the files, burn it to cd/dvd with the antipiracy stuff taken out.

I'd love to download Blu-Ray dvd's/PS3 games and CD's to compliment my legitimate collection, but just cant be motivated with the hassle.

 

[Schtum]

Ultimately, if there is a serious clamp down I don't think these sites will survive in their present form.

No sooner had I posted this than.....

.....I get an e-mail today advising me that

http://www.gpsunderground.com/forums/index.php

.....is no more and has been replaced by a "legal" forum

http://www.yourgpssupport.com/forums/index.php