GPS Coordinates 'Not a valid location' message on TomTom.

Ian
What came to mind was that you might have the Tom Tom set to degrees, minutes and seconds rather than degrees/decimals.
What does the Tom Tom read for that location?
Worth a first check
Cheers
Andrew

Ian,

I'm not familiar with Tom Tom but my guess is that the track the location is on is not in Tom Tom's database, therefore it thinks you can't get to the location.

I use CoPilot Live from ALK Technologies (https://www.alk.com). It available for Android from Google Playstore. Don't know about iOS.

Copilot is not a "4WD" navigator, but it has many, many minor roads, tracks and firetrails that other street navigators don't have, including the track to Gilgerabbie Hut.

If the Hema navigator has that track in its database I imagine it would get there too.

Cheers

The co-ordinates given in Boiling Billy are degrees, decimal minutes. Your SPOT phone is set to decimal degrees. They are the same spot.

It is possible that your Tom Tom is set to degrees minutes seconds or even UTM
This site is useful


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I had a top of the line TomTom before my current model 4x4 GPS.

It is useless to say the least, the minute you venture 50 meters of the blacktop it gets lost and doesn't display anything.

It happened numerous times with various camp sites that were a little way off the blacktop. I was unable to save different places as favorites, because of this, which got really frustrating.

So I am guessing this is the reason, once off the blacktop is won't register as being anywhere.
Just as a test, next time you use it, stop before you leave the road and test it to see it it knows where you are. Then drive off the road about 50 to 100 meters and try it again. My guess is it will fail to pick up your location.

I bought a GPS unit that runs 4x4 off road as well as normal street navigation. It is 1000% better than Tomtom.

The street navigation software is IGO Primo with NAVTEQ Australia + NZ. Even though it is supposedly only street navigation, I am very impressed that it knows where you are, even when a long way from the blacktop. It also has a lot more dirt roads and side tracks in the mapping software.

For off road it uses Ozi Explorer and will run Hema Maps, Westprint 4WD maps plus , BackCountry 4WD maps, NATMAP Topo maps.

Ian,

I entered the coordinates you mentioned into my Tomtom 820 Live and it simply stated Unnamed Road then proceded in calculating the route.

My device is set to Degrees (d.d) in Settings - Units - Coordinate display.

TomTom's are useless as soon as you venture off road and many times useless on the road that is anywhere remote. Its the wrong gadget for that type of navigation. I suspect however, that is not the reason why it wouldn't accept the coordinates. I think you may have entered the coordinates in the wrong format. I agree with Sandman that you should set your unit to accept D.ddd then learn how to recognise different format and then how to convert any other format to D.ddd.

WBS

Your SPOT coordinates on Google Earth are pretty 'spot-on' if you excuse the pun...

to keep it simple I wouldnt be using the tom tom for that purpose - its not what there for
id be using a proper offroad navigation system like Ozi explorer

What a great quiet spot on the plain.

I just passed through however would be a nice place to camp out for a day or so!!