This milestone results from a surging adoption of the company's proprietary technology by the Map Share community, which has grown from half a million users at the beginning of this year to over five million users today. The top South African contributor made 863 corrections to date.
The company is able to deliver the most up-to-date maps in a changing world by enlisting the help of its users worldwide. Map Share allows the customer's customers to make improvements to their map instantly on their TomTom navigation devices. Once checked by company moderators, these updates are made available to the entire Map Share community, ensuring the company's customers always have access to the most up-to-date maps. The prestigious German TÜV SÜD certifies map Share for its efficiency, intuitiveness and reliability.
“From the beginning we envisioned it as a tool to help drivers contend with the frustration of unexpected road changes and to be used in between map updates,” said Corinne Vigreux, TomTom MD. “To put this milestone in perspective: a one-hour trip made anywhere in Europe or North America will be influenced by twenty to thirty Map Share corrections.”
Some interesting facts about the changes include:
• hundreds of thousands of street names have been added
• close to a million roads that were incorrectly blocked (or open) are now included or excluded from TomTom routes
• the Americans, the Germans and the British make the most improvements
The company's complete map package - high-quality maps pre-installed on all products, their latest map guarantee, the TomTom Map Update Service™ and Map Share - allows the company to provide customers with the most up-to-date and reliable maps in the industry.
Corrections are available to the company's customers via its HOME software, which comes standard with all company devices.
