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brasneber Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 7:32 am Post subject: TomTom problems with navigating to or storing GPS locations |
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Hello,
I have an HP iPaq 2750 running TomTom 5 with Globalsat BT-338.
TomTom recognizes my GPS and provides most of the routing
functions (to specific addresses, POIs etc.).
However, it refuses to navigate to a specified GPS location.
When I select "Navigate to ...", the "GPS position" option is
shown in gray color and cannot be selected. Another (probably
related) problem I experience is that I cannot store the current
GPS location in Favorites. Selecting "Add favorite", and then
"GPS position" **always** yields the following error message:
"No usable locations near GPS position". I tried this in many
different places, but the function never works.
Finally, in the Main Menu, I always get a warning notice in the
bottom left part of the screen (in the blue area below the menu
itself) that says "No valid GPS signal!". Again, TomTom does
recognize my GPS and can use it for navigation to addresses.
The GPS status window also shows GPS to be working (the GPS is
configured in TomTom as "Other Bluetooth GPS"), so this
warning notice is quite strange. I think it might be the reason
I experience the above problems with navigating to / using
specific GPS locations.
Any ideas ?
Thank you in advance ! |
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SteveW Frequent Visitor
Joined: 21/05/2003 22:54:59 Posts: 516 Location: Leicestershire UK
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 10:26 am Post subject: Re: TomTom problems with navigating to or storing GPS locati |
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brasneber wrote: |
........However, it refuses to navigate to a specified GPS location.
When I select "Navigate to ...", the "GPS position" option is
shown in gray color and cannot be selected. Another (probably
related) problem I experience is that I cannot store the current
GPS location in Favorites. Selecting "Add favorite", and then
"GPS position" **always** yields the following error message:
"No usable locations near GPS position". I tried this in many
different places, but the function never works.
Finally, in the Main Menu, I always get a warning notice in the
bottom left part of the screen (in the blue area below the menu
itself) that says "No valid GPS signal!".
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Is your PDA connected to the GPS and receiving a good signal at the time you are trying this? You will get this when your GPS is not connected...
Steve |
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brasneber Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 10:36 pm Post subject: Re: TomTom problems with navigating to or storing GPS locati |
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Yes, as I said TomTom does recognize my GPS and can navigate to addresses, POIs etc. |
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SteveW Frequent Visitor
Joined: 21/05/2003 22:54:59 Posts: 516 Location: Leicestershire UK
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Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 1:08 am Post subject: |
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OK. The point I was making is that you need a fix from your GPS before you can navigate to a GPS position. Some people would try it without first getting a fix. Not in your case though then....
Steve |
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Oldboy Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Dec 08, 2004 Posts: 10642 Location: Suffolk, UK
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Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 7:12 am Post subject: Re: TomTom problems with navigating to or storing GPS locati |
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brasneber wrote: | However, it refuses to navigate to a specified GPS location. When I select "Navigate to ...", the "GPS position" option is shown in gray color and cannot be selected. |
The GPS Position Icon returns the co-ordinates of your current location, if it's got a sat lock, and therefore you won't be able to Navigate to ...... your current position as you are already there.
brasneber wrote: | Another (probably related) problem I experience is that I cannot store the current GPS location in Favorites. Selecting "Add favorite", and then "GPS position" **always** yields the following error message: "No usable locations near GPS position". I tried this in many different places, but the function never works. |
Because TT is a road navigation device, it is always looking to lock your position to the nearest road it can find in it's maps. If the map does not have a useable road, according to the map data, you will get that error message. _________________ Richard
TT 910 V7.903: Europe Map v1045
TT Via 135 App 12.075: Europe Map v1120 |
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brasneber Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 10:04 am Post subject: |
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Quote: | Oldboy wrote:
The GPS Position Icon returns the co-ordinates of your current location, if it's got a sat lock, and therefore you won't be able to Navigate to ...... your current position as you are already there. |
Thanks for the clarification - I actually thought this option would allow me to enter Lat/Long coordinates that I'd like to navigate to. Is there such an option in TomTom ?
Quote: | Oldboy wrote:
Because TT is a road navigation device, it is always looking to lock your position to the nearest road it can find in it's maps. If the map does not have a useable road, according to the map data, you will get that error message.
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So now way to mark the position of a car on a parking lot ?
Thanks again ! |
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stevei Lifetime Member
Joined: May 22, 2005 Posts: 134 Location: Weymouth
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Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 10:43 am Post subject: |
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If you are looking at GPS for walking, it would be worth looking at Memory Map. I use both all the time when on holiday. _________________ Steve I |
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SteveW Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 11:30 am Post subject: |
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brasneber wrote: | Thanks for the clarification - I actually thought this option would allow me to enter Lat/Long coordinates that I'd like to navigate to. Is there such an option in TomTom ? |
See this link |
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Oldboy Pocket GPS Moderator
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Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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brasneber wrote: | So now way to mark the position of a car on a parking lot ? |
You could possibly do it at the entrance of the Car Park. Not ideal, but might help. _________________ Richard
TT 910 V7.903: Europe Map v1045
TT Via 135 App 12.075: Europe Map v1120 |
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Oldboy Pocket GPS Moderator
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Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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Just had a thought when answering another post.
Specifically on the TT, Browse Map > Find GPS Position > Add as POI (or Favourite).
It doesn't work like the Navigate to .... menu. You can put a POI anywhere on the map, and TT may not be able to Navigate there, but you would see it on the Map. _________________ Richard
TT 910 V7.903: Europe Map v1045
TT Via 135 App 12.075: Europe Map v1120 |
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brasneber Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 1:00 am Post subject: TomTom problems with navigating to or storing GPS locations |
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Thanks to everybody for your informative replies !
I actually thought of using a PocketPC version of POI Manager to create POIs with desired Lat/Long coordinates on the fly, but the option to modify "itn" files is probably way easier.
Thanks again ! |
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