TomTom vs the London Underground

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Says Speedy, Write a 100 word critique on tom tom as opposed to your love of the london map. Well ok, (it’s a diagram not a map, by the way) here we go:

The London Underground system runs to a set schedule; in order to intersect with a train you have to be in the right space at the right time. The diagram will show you the space, but time has been separated out into a timetable. With TomTom, the view moves with you; tracking your movements live, from satellites in space and giving you a constantly updated ETA.

The TomTom gives you a view of the space you are in, but in some kind of myopic tunnel vision (with a slightly threatening Australian accent, at that). The diagram does gives you an overview of the whole system, you can plan to go from A to B and see both represented on the diagram at once.