How to find my current location on RIDER 450?
hi i have a tomtom rider 450 and my question is how do i pin point my location in case of a brake down exetra
one of my tomtoms had a help me button which if you clicked on it gave you the exact address and gps co
ordinets were you are to phone help i found this very helpfull but my rider does not have this funtion
one of my tomtoms had a help me button which if you clicked on it gave you the exact address and gps co
ordinets were you are to phone help i found this very helpfull but my rider does not have this funtion
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HI @tisped
On a car unit if you
Tap Menu
Tap Search
Tap Whole Map (Top Right)
Scroll Down
Tap Long/Lat
The 3 examples shown of the Long/Lat formats that the unit recognises are , If the unit has locked on t the Sats is your current position.
Does that work for you.
Doug7
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HI @tisped
On a car unit if you
Tap Menu
Tap Search
Tap Whole Map (Top Right)
Scroll Down
Tap Long/Lat
The 3 examples shown of the Long/Lat formats that the unit recognises are , If the unit has locked on t the Sats is your current position.
Does that work for you.
Doug7 -
yes is that your current position then i thought that was just a example
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hi thanks douglap for the info1
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I asked TomTom to add a button 'where am I" I remember that my Garmin had one too.
My reason is that suppose your in a crash, and you need to get the emergency quickly to the spot where you are at that moment. Your in panic.. So an easy to find button on
the Rider would be great.
TomTom answered something like: thats not important..0 -
Hiya, I'm struggling to find an option to see my location in long/lat. I found this option but it's to set up as destination. Recently had a break down and had to send long/lat details of my current location but could not find it on my tomtom6250. Please advise0
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Hi
@Tomtomfan_1
Welcome to the site...
Coordinates.....
Tap on the four dot Icon (....) Screen Bottom left....
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
When the device has a "GPS Satellite lock"
The Latitude and Longitude shown on the screen as an example are....
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Stay Safe... ATB YFM1 -
Hi @Tomtomfan_1
As my post above advised when you have Tapped Long/Lat the examples shown are your current position. ie they are not random examples but your actual position provided the unit has locked onto the satellites.
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Doug1 -
Guys,
I can see the Long/Lat being really useful if one breaks down somewhere on the Dakar Rally and assuming you've got a Sat phone and can recite all the Long/Lat digits in the right order, tricky if you are also a bit hurt.
It occurs that a better solution would be the "What3Words" system assuming Tomtom can be arsed to:
a) understand their customer's needs
and
b) there's anyone left there that can do this sort of stuff.
Check out https://what3words.com/daring.lion.race
I've even seen this advertised on UK TV and, apparently, our emergency services support it.
Perhaps a simpler way would be:
"I am on the <insert road ID> between intersecting roads <insert road ID> and <insert road ID>"
Yeah, Tomtom made their kit better by removing the easy My Location button feature making this one another great idea DOOMED to failure.0
