I know this is a well worn topic, but it looks like it hasn't come up for a few years, so here goes...
I bought a late 2011 Prado 150 Kakadu earlier this year, it has the Toyota built in Sat Nav that uses maps on a DVD in a secret slot under the passenger seat. Mine currently says it has maps R18_v7
On a recent trip up to central Queensland, including some National Park beach drives, it became clear how poor the on board map coverage is - something I expect every Prado owner knows about. It was no use at all when we were trying to work out the difference between camping spots and the road access off the beach, in the end we realised the best solution was to get a phone out and use google maps!
What I would really like is for the built in Sat Nav screen to be able to show mapping from google maps, or from open street map, or anything that gives decent detail. So of course I have looked in to the map updates you can buy.
Toyota main dealer will do me a map update for $538 + fitting = $759.25. When I asked the guy how up to date it was and what the map coverage was or what the data source was, all he could tell me was that it's dated December 2017, and it's what they get sent from Japan and they know no more! Truly laughable that they know so little about a product they are happy to charge so much for. Plus ca change.
The other option appears to be to buy a disc from these guys for $200, which is much better value: http://www.navigationau.com/toyota-l...ion-disks.html
They at least claim to have V26, a 2020 update.
But I still have the question as to what is actually on the maps. Has anyone here updated their built in Toyota navigation system map and if so, what is the coverage like? The little booklet that was left in the car says the current map DVD was from WhereIs, so are the latest updates also from them? And if so, do they have all of the detail that you find on https://www.whereis.com/, which uses https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=4/-28.15/133.28, and is therefore about as good as you can get.
If all they've done is update the main roads to the latest state, that's not massively useful - I can find my own way from Rockie to Brisbane on the Bruce Highway!, but if they now have detail that would actually help when you're driving on small unmarked tracks, it would be a much more worthwhile purchase.
Keen to hear any thoughts on this.
I bought a late 2011 Prado 150 Kakadu earlier this year, it has the Toyota built in Sat Nav that uses maps on a DVD in a secret slot under the passenger seat. Mine currently says it has maps R18_v7
On a recent trip up to central Queensland, including some National Park beach drives, it became clear how poor the on board map coverage is - something I expect every Prado owner knows about. It was no use at all when we were trying to work out the difference between camping spots and the road access off the beach, in the end we realised the best solution was to get a phone out and use google maps!
What I would really like is for the built in Sat Nav screen to be able to show mapping from google maps, or from open street map, or anything that gives decent detail. So of course I have looked in to the map updates you can buy.
Toyota main dealer will do me a map update for $538 + fitting = $759.25. When I asked the guy how up to date it was and what the map coverage was or what the data source was, all he could tell me was that it's dated December 2017, and it's what they get sent from Japan and they know no more! Truly laughable that they know so little about a product they are happy to charge so much for. Plus ca change.
The other option appears to be to buy a disc from these guys for $200, which is much better value: http://www.navigationau.com/toyota-l...ion-disks.html
They at least claim to have V26, a 2020 update.
But I still have the question as to what is actually on the maps. Has anyone here updated their built in Toyota navigation system map and if so, what is the coverage like? The little booklet that was left in the car says the current map DVD was from WhereIs, so are the latest updates also from them? And if so, do they have all of the detail that you find on https://www.whereis.com/, which uses https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=4/-28.15/133.28, and is therefore about as good as you can get.
If all they've done is update the main roads to the latest state, that's not massively useful - I can find my own way from Rockie to Brisbane on the Bruce Highway!, but if they now have detail that would actually help when you're driving on small unmarked tracks, it would be a much more worthwhile purchase.
Keen to hear any thoughts on this.
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