Route Planning for another country
Stuart Webster
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I live in Australia am travelling to the UK this June. I have downloaded the latest UK map to my device.
The questions I have are:
1) How can I be 100% certain the map will work when I arrive in the UK?
2) I have a hectic itinerary so I want to plan & enter in all of my destinations now before I get there . How do I do this.
Any guidence will be most appreciated
Regards
Stuart
The questions I have are:
1) How can I be 100% certain the map will work when I arrive in the UK?
2) I have a hectic itinerary so I want to plan & enter in all of my destinations now before I get there . How do I do this.
Any guidence will be most appreciated
Regards
Stuart
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Hi @Stuart Webster
Regarding will it work when you are here all I can say is when I visited the US my TT worked just like it would in Europe
Regarding sorting out destinations this is what I would do .
If you have your Usual Australia Map chosen when you go to MyPlaces you see the Favourites you have saved on the unit with any 3rd Party POI files listed underneath.
Now Go to Maps in Settings and select the UK map. If you now Tap Menu you will see that the Drive Home Icon now says Add Home. If you Tap Add Home you can now set a Home Destination in the UK.
Now if you Tap the MyPlaces Icon you can see a Home icon at the top, if you have set one, but there are No other MyPlaces favourites listed but any 3rd Party Poi files you have loaded are there even if they do not include any UK POI positions in the files.
So now you have got the UK map selected you can locate places you want to Save and they will be displayed in MyPlaces as your Favourites.
If you now Tap MyRoutes you will see any Saved Routes you have at the moment but they are Greyed Out. If, with the UK map selected, you now Add a Route either from one created on the Go Essential or Imported they will be listed at the top.of the MyRoutes List. In order to import Routes for the UK map you will have to move the UK Map to the Internal memory if its not there at the moment.
One thing to be aware of is that Traffic will not work here in the UK. This is because Traffic only works on a Tomtom unit within the Area that the Unit was bought in.
Hope that answers your question.
Doug3 -
Hi
@Stuart Webster
Further to Doug's post above....
Planning your Routes
Switch to the UK &ROI Map and plan your Route/s on the device or the Tomtom MyDrive Web Route planner... Here https://mydrive.tomtom.com
Save your planned routes
Reverse Demo... Me visiting Australia
The greyed out routes, are routes, not on current Map, they are in the UK
The Planned Route Ayres Rock to Phillip island Race Circuit
Switched back to the UK&ROI Map
Now the greyed out Ayres Rock to Phillip island Race Circuit route is Not on current Map
ATB YFM7
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Hi
Wich Go Device did you own?0 -
Its a Tom Tom Go essential.
Thank you
Kind regards
Stuart0 -
Hi @Stuart Webster
Regarding will it work when you are here all I can say is when I visited the US my TT worked just like it would in Europe
Regarding sorting out destinations this is what I would do .
If you have your Usual Australia Map chosen when you go to MyPlaces you see the Favourites you have saved on the unit with any 3rd Party POI files listed underneath.
Now Go to Maps in Settings and select the UK map. If you now Tap Menu you will see that the Drive Home Icon now says Add Home. If you Tap Add Home you can now set a Home Destination in the UK.
Now if you Tap the MyPlaces Icon you can see a Home icon at the top, if you have set one, but there are No other MyPlaces favourites listed but any 3rd Party Poi files you have loaded are there even if they do not include any UK POI positions in the files.
So now you have got the UK map selected you can locate places you want to Save and they will be displayed in MyPlaces as your Favourites.
If you now Tap MyRoutes you will see any Saved Routes you have at the moment but they are Greyed Out. If, with the UK map selected, you now Add a Route either from one created on the Go Essential or Imported they will be listed at the top.of the MyRoutes List. In order to import Routes for the UK map you will have to move the UK Map to the Internal memory if its not there at the moment.
One thing to be aware of is that Traffic will not work here in the UK. This is because Traffic only works on a Tomtom unit within the Area that the Unit was bought in.
Hope that answers your question.
Doug3 -
Hi
@Stuart Webster
Further to Doug's post above....
Planning your Routes
Switch to the UK &ROI Map and plan your Route/s on the device or the Tomtom MyDrive Web Route planner... Here https://mydrive.tomtom.com
Save your planned routes
Reverse Demo... Me visiting Australia
The greyed out routes, are routes, not on current Map, they are in the UK
The Planned Route Ayres Rock to Phillip island Race Circuit
Switched back to the UK&ROI Map
Now the greyed out Ayres Rock to Phillip island Race Circuit route is Not on current Map
ATB YFM7 -
Thank you all so much. I will do as you have mentioned here and let you know !!
Cheers
Stuart0 -
Hi again, thank you. I think I have added the places correctly. Just another question, can I also add places/points of interest by using the Latitude and longitude coordinates?? If so, how can I do this
Thanks again
Stuart0 -
Hi
@Stuart Webster
Coordinates.....
Tap on the four dot Icon (....) (Bottom left screen)
Tap Search Icon
Tap (Top right on screen) Tap Whole map
Note…… On some units (I think) it says Installed Maps
Scroll down
Tap Latitude Longitude Icon
By the way... When the device has a "GPS Satellite lock"
The Latitude and Longitude shown on the screen as an example is....
Live for your location
When inputting coordinates using DMS format, you can't enter seconds as a decimal point
Example N 50° 31' 10.62'' W 4° 1' 55.95''
But If you simply round up or down the second's entry in the example
I.e... The North decimal point to 11" and the West decimal point to 56"
It gives B3212 Sampford Spiney UK
If you tap the offered Sampford Spiney UK
The Map will open at the location
Tap the blue "Drive Steering Wheel" icon to drive there
Or
Tap the 3Dot Icon and the Quick Menu will open with more options ie...
"Add to MyPlaces"
"Use as a starting Point"
"Search Near Here"
Note... If you already have a route planned and want to add a coordinate location to the route, the 3Dot Icon Quick Menu will have an extra option...
"Add to Route"
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Also.....
Example inputting coordinates using GPS format, for example, If you enter N 52 23.488 W 2 12.501 it's a field in Worcestershire UK
In the text, the New GO range will display the coordinate location and underneath, offer the nearest road location as a destination, in this case, an (Unnamed location) Hurcott UK
(1)... Tapping the Black Pennant Icon opens the "(Unnamed location) Hurcott UK" Tap the blue "Drive Steering Wheel" icon to drive there
Or
Tap the 3Dot Quick menu for more options... See the above "Sampford Spinney" example for more info
(2)... Tapping the Globe coordinate Icon only zooms the map into the Globe Icon (Tapping the Globe Icon on the Map does nothing)... Pinch zoom the map down until the Black Pennant Icon is in view... Go to bullet point (1)...
If you Tap the dual function Icon (3Lines & 2Circles
You can toggle between a Map and List view or tap the Keyboard Icon to return to the Coordinates menu screen
If you pinch-zoom the map screen, it will show the coordinate location on the Map
The GO will give you the coordinate location and will show it on the map, but can only plan a route to the nearest road access point
ATB YFM
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thank you again! I will give it a go
Cheers
Stuart0
