Marking gps position off road

buphone · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 01, 2005 Posts: 36

tomtom allows you to mark a gps position. Unfortunately, if it is off road, it says 'No usable locations near GPS position'. I was surprised that I can't use it to help find my car.

Has anybody managed to do this?

erniew · Lifetime Member Joined: Jun 05, 2005 Posts: 127

i work in a spot where the m1 is 50 meters one way and a minor road is 50 meters the other when i park in the carpark and try to set the gps point it will either set to the m1 or if i am nearer to the minor road it will set the gps point to that
it will not set to a point that is not on a road i presume because it needs roads to navigate you to the set point

i may be wrong but thats my view

i navigate to the trams in notting ham and the nearest i can get is wilkinson street it allows me to set a point on that road but will not set a point in the carpark that is not mapped

when you start from a point that is not on a road tt is lost until you get to a road so that it knows where you are

hope this helps

erniew

kartracer · Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 6:44 pm Post subject:

TomTom will not navigate to a position which is off-road. You can mark one, but it will just take you to the nearest point it can reach by roads it knows about.
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buphone · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 01, 2005 Posts: 36

Thanks for the replies.

The inability to calculate a route is something that I can tolerate. However, the ability to identify the position would be useful.

I think I may have a workaround.
1. Use 'Browse map' and put the cursor on top of the GPS position.
2. Save the cursor position as a favourite. It will be shown on 'Browse map' as a star.
3. To get yourself back to that position, simply head towards the star.

Does that work for you guys?

Oldboy · Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 11:02 pm Post subject:

It works on the TTG, so should be the same for you.
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kartracer · Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 10:11 am Post subject:

dhevans_6 · Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 10:24 pm Post subject:

Sorry to jump in late, but might be worth noting the problem I had when trying to find the car in a field after 'V05' the other weekend...

http://pocketgpsworld.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=26778

CJackel492 · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 15, 2005 Posts: 210

If you have a s60, s80, s90 or UIQ you could try Mapview from WIld Mobile,

http://www.wild-mobile.com/

This is a basic GPS tracker program that you can program in a GPS point and it will give you heading, distance, ETA, ect...

It will also track you as you move around,

You can also load your own maps into it,

Carl,
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sm1thson · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 22, 2005 Posts: 11

its a pain the other way round, when you are in a carpark and trying to set a route! it wont calculate it untill you are on (/near) the road. it could just calculate the route and tell you to find your own way to the road to start off with.

erniew · Lifetime Member Joined: Jun 05, 2005 Posts: 127

i normaly find it will calculate a route from a car park but it has to have an active gps satelite connection
it then goes awray until it finds a road it can start from

i have not tried this from a multi storey but it works on a flat car park

erniew

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