2020 Map Update

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    I've just downloaded the latest NBT 2020_1 map upgrade for my Professional NAV system.
    What is curious is that there are now two available maps upgrades :-
    'EUROPE WEST Next 2020_1' and. 'EUROPE EAST Next 2020_1'
    I'm sure that all previous upgrades were for the whole of Europe, so I'm wondering why there are now two?

    I've just downloaded 'EUROPE WEST' for now, which is 28.6 Gb on the USB. I will download 'EUROPE EAST' at a later date. It should fit onto the same 64 Gb USB, but I'm just wondering what will happen when I plug the USB into the car's iDrive. Will it attempt to upload both of the map updates, or just ask for one of them to be selected? Maybe better to store it on another USB instead?

    Is there enough capacity in the iDrive NAV for both maps, or will it only have capacity for one of the maps at a time?
    The question is somewhat academic, as I'll probably never need Europe - East. :)

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    If i remember correct, my old 2012 ED with the CIC system had 2 map versions available and i believe you could only have 1 installed at any one time. I can only assume this is down to the HD size on the car as i suspect part of it is split for Satnav and the rest is for music?

    My existing 2016 MSport has NBT_Evo and has only ever been 1 download so far, maybe that is now 2? My satnav subscription ran out so I can't check it now as I've not paid to renew as i'm thinking of paying maybe next year or the year after for a map update, assuming I can skip versions :)

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    Yes, I changed to downloading every other year, when they hiked the cost by changing to 12 months subscription (instead of 24 months previously). So you can skip updates without a problem. (y)
     
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    Kev2005 is correct only one version at a time. So unless you plan on travelling to countries contained in the East half I’d not waste time or effort obtaining. West is quite comprehensive as it is covering a fair area:

    As you already highlight there is full coverage of countries: Andorra, Belgium, Germany, Germany, Finland, France, Greece, Gibraltar, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Croatia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Sterreich, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Slowakische Republik , Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Vatican City.

    Highways only: Albania, Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Estonia, Lettland, Litauen, Masedonien, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine.
     
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    I agree - only one region can be installed at a time and in theory it is possible to switch between them by simply having them on separate USBs - but I have not been successful in doing this - yet.

    @jwilalex has listed the 'West' countries and it's interesting to compare with which are on the 'East' set:

    East has full coverage of: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Italy, Croatia, Liechtenstein, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Czech Republic , Hungary, Vatican City, Russia, Ukraine.

    Highways only: Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Gibraltar, Great Britain, Ireland, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Northern Macedonia, Portugal, and Spain.


    I've had a go in the past to get more of the countries that I visit regularly but to no avail.

    Neither version gives full coverage of Bosnia i Hercegovina, Montenegro, or Albania for example, which for me personally is a major omission.

    Covering main roads or 'highways' only is a real PITA as we still occasionally need to ask for directions - or horror of horrors - revert to using a paper map, to get street info.

    There may also be problems in Crna Gora (Montenegro) where one can easily encounter non-Latin Cyrillic road signs without any accompanying Latin alphabet equivalents - such as they kindly provide in Bulgaria and many of the ex-Soviet states - and Greece of course, where they have their own alphabet which some have compared to 'fretwork'.

    There is one error I know of in the info on the 'West' version in that Serbia is covered in full - not just the major highways - which we're very glad for.

    Irritatingly our 2004 vintage Garmin gives full coverage in the Balkan peninsula of all countries except Albania - so we often have that fixed to the screen - especially as it gives the speed limits in rural areas too.

    Speed limits in rural Bosnia and in Serbia seem to have been allocated on a random 'ad hoc' basis - much to the delight of the local traffic police who lie in wait for foreign registered vehicles to naively roll along at moderate but apparently illegal speeds.

    Don't ask me why I know this - or why one shouldn't ask for a receipt for an on the spot fine either.
     
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    Whatever did we do before Sat Navs. :rolleyes:

    I remember the good old days when I always had the AA road atlas and a collection of paper maps for different countries. Plus I had a compass stuck to the car windscreen for determining the direction. Planning a long journey in detail gave one more of an insight into the landscape and surroundings far more than following today's Sat Nav instructions. But I guess it's what they call 'Progress'. :)
     
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