Google maps and possibly others are supposed to be able to download to the
tomtom. So far I have not been able to do this with my Go700. Does this only
work with the newer models or have I missed something.

Got to love google maps where you can drag any part of the route to
re-position it. The Go700 always seems to take me by way of the
super-highways. I like going sometimes the back roads to see America more
close-up. Short of entering a bunch of waypoints, is there any better way?

Thanks - Oppie

Oppie wrote:

> Google maps and possibly others are supposed to be able to download
> to the tomtom. So far I have not been able to do this with my Go700.
> Does this only work with the newer models or have I missed something.

Havent tried it myself.

> Got to love google maps where you can drag any part of the route to re-position it.

And it can be more up to date than the tomtom.

And rather easier to do itinerys with the graphic maps too, particularly
with yard sales where you only have a rough idea where each one is etc.

> The Go700 always seems to take me by way of the super-highways.

You can control that with the routing settings.

> I like going sometimes the back roads to see America more close-up. Short of entering a bunch of waypoints, is there
> any better way?

Yes, you can tell it to avoid the superhighways and can tell it to try
a different route when you dont like the one it initially chose too.

Even easier with itinerys, you select from a list of routing mechanisms.

Google maps is much more powerful tho.

Oppie
Have alook at "Tyre" it makes ittineries from google maps and you can
upload them to Tomtom.

http://www.janboersma.nl/gett/index.php

John

On Tue, 7 Jul 2009 14:10:32 -0400, "Oppie" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Google maps and possibly others are supposed to be able to download to the
>tomtom. So far I have not been able to do this with my Go700. Does this only
>work with the newer models or have I missed something.
>
>Got to love google maps where you can drag any part of the route to
>re-position it. The Go700 always seems to take me by way of the
>super-highways. I like going sometimes the back roads to see America more
>close-up. Short of entering a bunch of waypoints, is there any better way?
>
>Thanks - Oppie

Oppie wrote:
>
>
> Google maps and possibly others are supposed to be able to download to the
> tomtom. So far I have not been able to do this with my Go700. Does this only
> work with the newer models or have I missed something.
>
> Got to love google maps where you can drag any part of the route to
> re-position it. The Go700 always seems to take me by way of the
> super-highways. I like going sometimes the back roads to see America more
> close-up. Short of entering a bunch of waypoints, is there any better way?

http://houghi.org/tomtom/
I went through France that way http://houghi.org/france/

There will always be a difference between Google and TomTom as they use
different algioritms.

houghi
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>>>> Run the following from the bashprompt if you have the kernel sources
for I in `find /usr/src/linux/ -name *.c`; \
do A=`grep -i -A 1 -B 1 **** $I`;if [ "$A" != "" ]; \
then printf "$I \n$A \n\n"; fi ;done|less

That looks interesting. I'll take a closer look at the program.
- Oppie


"John" wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Oppie
> Have alook at "Tyre" it makes ittineries from google maps and you can
> upload them to Tomtom.
>
> http://www.janboersma.nl/gett/index.php
>
> John
>
> On Tue, 7 Jul 2009 14:10:32 -0400, "Oppie" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>>Google maps and possibly others are supposed to be able to download to the
>>tomtom. So far I have not been able to do this with my Go700. Does this
>>only
>>work with the newer models or have I missed something.
>>
>>Got to love google maps where you can drag any part of the route to
>>re-position it. The Go700 always seems to take me by way of the
>>super-highways. I like going sometimes the back roads to see America more
>>close-up. Short of entering a bunch of waypoints, is there any better way?
>>
>>Thanks - Oppie
>

Hallo,

Have you also looked at gpsbabel. It can convert between many different
GPS file formats including TomTom-Itineries.

regards,
Vincent

Oppie wrote:
> That looks interesting. I'll take a closer look at the program.
> - Oppie
>
>
> "John" wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Oppie
>> Have alook at "Tyre" it makes ittineries from google maps and you can
>> upload them to Tomtom.
>>
>> http://www.janboersma.nl/gett/index.php
>>
>> John
>>
>> On Tue, 7 Jul 2009 14:10:32 -0400, "Oppie" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Google maps and possibly others are supposed to be able to download
>>> to the
>>> tomtom. So far I have not been able to do this with my Go700. Does
>>> this only
>>> work with the newer models or have I missed something.
>>>
>>> Got to love google maps where you can drag any part of the route to
>>> re-position it. The Go700 always seems to take me by way of the
>>> super-highways. I like going sometimes the back roads to see America
>>> more
>>> close-up. Short of entering a bunch of waypoints, is there any better
>>> way?
>>>
>>> Thanks - Oppie
>>
>
>
>

> http://houghi.org/tomtom/
> I went through France that way http://houghi.org/france/
>
> There will always be a difference between Google and TomTom as they use
> different algioritms.
>
> houghi


That's one I really have to try!
A few manual steps to complete but interesting. I'm a nuts and bolts type
anyway

I looked at Tyre from janboersma and found it somewhat confusing. I really
wanted to work from the Google map directly and not explicitly have to put
in waypoints - just to drag the route where I wanted it and upload to tomtom
go700. Tyre works with a somewhat limited google map that does not seem to
be drag-able. Perhaps this is different with google earth, I haven't tried
that. For mobile use, I use a laptop with limited resources so didn't want
to load GE.

Thanks - Oppie

Oppie wrote:
>
>
>> http://houghi.org/tomtom/
>> I went through France that way http://houghi.org/france/
>>
>> There will always be a difference between Google and TomTom as they use
>> different algioritms.
>>
>> houghi
>
>
> That's one I really have to try!
> A few manual steps to complete but interesting. I'm a nuts and bolts type
> anyway
>
> I looked at Tyre from janboersma and found it somewhat confusing. I really
> wanted to work from the Google map directly and not explicitly have to put
> in waypoints - just to drag the route where I wanted it and upload to tomtom
> go700.

That is where the site does what you want. Select a start point and an
end point. Drag the route around. Select the 'email' option and paste
that into the site above.

Up comes a file that you can put on your Tomtom.

It does not work if you enter the waypoints yourself. Also the Tomtom
only can have a maximum of 50 points along the road, which I think is
not enough.

> Tyre works with a somewhat limited google map that does not seem to
> be drag-able. Perhaps this is different with google earth, I haven't tried
> that. For mobile use, I use a laptop with limited resources so didn't want
> to load GE.

I wanted to have something that I could use online with only access to a
PC, which might not even be mine. e.g. some SD/USB card that I have in
it. I could walk into any cyber cafe with the card
(http://tinyurl.com/rkokt) go to the website and copy it.

I have not done it that way. I have done a trip trough France with it:
http://houghi.org/france/

houghi
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