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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 11:40 pm Post subject: TT 510 , POI problem
Today while driving home I was in urgent need of petrol so I selected POI - near me , it then gives a list of Petrol stations with distances next to them ( 0.5m , 0.7m etc )
whenever I chose one , eg the 0.5mile one and it calculated route i would be an entirely different distance away ( 17 miles for example ) , this happened on all that I selectes , they were no where near me and not the distance stated in the list
I tried clearing my route before selecting and also powering off/on
Joined: Feb 01, 2006 Posts: 2543 Location: Rainham, Kent. England.
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 12:17 am Post subject:
When you get to the screen showing the Petrol Stations, look to the bottom centre of the screen and tap on Route which will change to Position, and show the nearest garages to where you are.
The dark green arrows straight up are on route, lighter green angled are slightly off route and yellow off route. _________________ Formerly known as Lost_Property
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Joined: Feb 01, 2006 Posts: 2543 Location: Rainham, Kent. England.
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 12:39 am Post subject:
They weren't wrong Andy_P2002, the default positions shown are on route and there will be a mixture of yellow, blank, green and dark green arrows and be in order from, for example, your Home, if that's where you started, and the nearest one to your Home showing first, even if it's off route.
Tap the 'Route' as I said earlier and the list will be from your position.
I made a similar mistake when I first used mine in France, I wanted a Rest Area and chose the first one showing a dark green arrow, I was directed off the Autoroute and it tried to direct me back the other way i.e the nearest one. I stopped and had to work out what I had done wrong. [/quote] _________________ Formerly known as Lost_Property
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Joined: Feb 01, 2006 Posts: 2543 Location: Rainham, Kent. England.
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 2:03 am Post subject:
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I tried it using "near me" and "on route" and results were the same
That's right rotty66, because the 'near me' and 'on route are almost the same when you first set a route, the only difference will be 'near me' could show a garage closer to your starting point which is nearer than a garage 'on route'.
The proof of the pudding, and whether I have a red face on not and if I have to apologise to Andy_P2002, who is mostly right , is when you try it on the route you mentioned earlier. _________________ Formerly known as Lost_Property
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Joined: Aug 21, 2005 Posts: 1761 Location: Kent, England
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:42 am Post subject:
Could the answer be a bit simpler. The distances to POIs on the list are normally "as the crow flies" aren't they? They can't be travel distance because at that point a route has not been plotted. Once you choose one it then plots the route and the distance then becomes the actual travel distance
Those two are often similar except when, like the OP, you are on a motorway and have to use the next exit, some miles down the motorway and then double back on yourself.
Or have I got it all wrong (been doing that a bit too often lately)? _________________ Peter
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Joined: Feb 01, 2006 Posts: 2543 Location: Rainham, Kent. England.
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 11:45 am Post subject:
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Could the answer be a bit simpler. The distances to POIs on the list are normally "as the crow flies" aren't they?
Thinking about it, yes, because although I live in North Kent I can be shown POI's in Essex which are obviously further than that shown.
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Once you choose one it then plots the route and the distance then becomes the actual travel distance
Yes, I thought I'd said that, must have been the lateness of the hour.
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Those two are often similar except when, like the OP, you are on a motorway and have to use the next exit, some miles down the motorway and then double back on yourself.
My mistake, in France, was by leaving 'On Route' shown, I hadn't realised at that time I could select 'from Position', when looking for a Rest Area. Spotted it, switched to 'from Position, chose top one on the list and everything was fine. Maybe I was lucky and the nearest one was towards home. I wonder what would have happened if the nearest one had been in the opposite direction. Maybe better switch POI's on, on screen, in future to double check.
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Or have I got it all wrong
At this point it's in the balance. :D
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(been doing that a bit too often lately)?
I'm not so sure about that statement. _________________ Formerly known as Lost_Property
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Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 11:56 am Post subject:
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The proof of the pudding, and whether I have a red face on not and if I have to apologise to Andy_P2002, who is mostly right , is when you try it on the route you mentioned earlier.
No mate, I'm guessing! My TomTom has "gone AWOL" with the wife for a few days so I'm entirely in the dark here and working from memory!
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, is when you try it on the route you mentioned earlier.
