Twenty seven hours thirty minutes it took, to download Skoda's Columbus update. Unpacking the 23Gb .zip file takes close to one hour. Skoda's download program demands a 64gb Class 10 blank SD card. It refused to unpack onto one of my 1Tb milspec portable HDD. Installation takes more than four hours, with the ignition on, or you can take a 400km drive without GPS, if you prefer. So suggests the Skoda procedure.
Despite the VIN clearly identifying a car sold in Australia, Skoda downloads the entire world's store of maps, PoI. This is utterly ridiculous, unless you intend driving from Alice Springs to Brasilia or Moscow! One would think Skoda in Prague might be better served implementing a download service which allows the owner to select pertinent maps. Tom Tom & other GPS providers automatically do it, based on your device's serial number. Surely Skoda can do the same based on VIN. Just think how much load that would take off the corporate servers!!! Methinks this 'download the world' approach is the reason Skoda Australia don't offer a local download portal. It would probably bring their vintage server down faster than the ABS's drongo handling of the Census. Much easier to charge your 4-5 hours labour.
Now I'm equipped with up-to-date maps, I think I'll drive over & fill the tank over at the BP Service Station near my aunt's house in Wellshead Rd, Dyce, Aberdeen......Scotland.
Actually, I think I'll go back to my trusty, pillar mounted TomTom, with its 5 minute updates, live traffic, speed & red light camera functions.
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