V7 Maps for Australia

[kamold]

Telstra just sold most of sensis to a private equity company. But the onus is still on vwa to integrate updated geospatial data it's update disks

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[hoi polloi]

Possibly somehow related to the suddenly-working Traffic service on some brand new Mk7 Golfs

Don't tell me the petition worked!!!

[occy]

Possibly somehow related to the suddenly-working Traffic service on some brand new Mk7 Golfs

How does this work,how does it get the data?

[kamold]

Uses the Traffic Message Channel data broadcast by Intelimatics over fm in capital cities. It's encrypted so needs a licensed key to decrypt. Ie vwa have to pay for it.

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[Ryan_R]

They should just chuck in the occasional text ad when there aren't many incidents and make it free for everyone.... like normal radio

If you look in the Mk7 Golf thread you'll see one lucky new owner has the Traffic service working. Just need to establish if it was a fluke or a sign of things to come.

[kamold]

To clarify: it's not an fm station. It uses the fm band to send data. Compatible and licensed receivers can use that to display warnings or use the data to make route calculation decisions. The files I asked for in the initial post will tell us if this is enabled or not.

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[Ryan_R]

I know, I was just likening one to the other. I suppose we'll have to wait for Google to make their Traffic info more accessible in the car before they consider opening up their service more readily.

[readerr0r]

I know, I was just likening one to the other. I suppose we'll have to wait for Google to make their Traffic info more accessible in the car before they consider opening up their service more readily.

Google and VAG are already the best of friends in Europe and partially in Aus (Audi only atm).
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It'd be cool if V7 did have SUNA though...

[Shred]

I know that nobody gets there VW/Skoda maps from here but the this is the link on the Whereis site that you are supposed to be able to buy the map updates from (for $300+ apparently):

http://poweredby.whereis.com/shop/Wh...ine-Store.html

(It points to a broken link)

Not really confidence inspiring...

[Guest001]

I know that nobody gets there VW/Skoda maps from here but the this is the link on the Whereis site that you are supposed to be able to buy the map updates from (for $300+ apparently):

http://poweredby.whereis.com/shop/Wh...ine-Store.html

(It points to a broken link)

Not really confidence inspiring...

Have always found that those maps are not suitable for most of our vehicles anyway.

They are more for generic units using Whereis maps bare and ours have a VW front end customized for our units.

Correct link here and they are only for up to 2008 models according to the compatibility page and Bosch units

http://www.whereismaps.com/buy-map-u...)&deviceid=238