Tomtom off road fixes
Submitted: Thursday, Nov 02, 2006 at 09:40
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Ron173
G'day all,
I'm still experimenting with TOMTOM 6,
I find when I take a fix which is not on a mapped road, I cannot then re-navigate to that point, as its not on a designated road.
My question is, can this be done, is there some setting I dont have enabled that I should have?
Or can you add your own road to your
camp site say?
When I say add your own road, I know this will be possible if you are a whiz map programmer etc, I'm wondering if theres an easy laymans way to do it.
Thanks
Ron
Reply By: pjchris - Thursday, Nov 02, 2006 at 10:15
Thursday, Nov 02, 2006 at 10:15
TomTom 6 is designed as a point to point road based system that is not intended for off road use.
So when you add a point that is not on a road and attempt to navigate to it TomTom will take you to the nearest spot that is on a road.
The maps are in a proprietary format and are sourced from Sensis and you cannot modify them in any way.
This is why many people with PDA/Laptops use OziExplorer azs you can make your own
routes, the maps are much more detailed and can be altered.
Peter
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Follow Up By: Ron173 - Thursday, Nov 02, 2006 at 10:28
Thursday, Nov 02, 2006 at 10:28
Peter,
Thanks for that.
Must look into oziexplorer now.
Ron
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Follow Up By: Bill from Custom Boat Loaders- Thursday, Nov 02, 2006 at 11:26
Thursday, Nov 02, 2006 at 11:26
Can you use the Oziexplorer maps with a TomTom?
If so how?
Regards,
Dian
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Follow Up By: Member - Gomax (VIC) - Thursday, Nov 02, 2006 at 18:15
Thursday, Nov 02, 2006 at 18:15
Sorry, no can do, Tomtom uses only proprietary maps as noted above.
Oziexplorer uses many sorts of map images, suggest you go to their site
www.oziexplorer.com
and join this
forum
www.gpsaustralia.net
for lots of detailed assistance. (including maps that can be used in Oziexplorer).
:)
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