TOM TOM and Outlook Contacts

bennyk · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 28, 2003 Posts: 22

Hi All
New to this forum.

I have heard that there a freeware add on that allows you to use your Pocket PC contacts addresses to be used to plot routes?

Appreciate it if someone could send me a link to the software

Thanks Wink

lbendlin · Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2003 12:30 am Post subject:

Not sure what you are referring to. But normally that functionality is already included in TomTom. You just have to negotiate the address with TomTom - it will not navigate to your contacts if their address is not exactly as TomTom knows it.
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steveky · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 3:51 pm Post subject:

Is there a template for how TT2 sees the address and how do you then navigate to that address through TT2
Steve

lbendlin · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 4:17 pm Post subject:

No, it is more hit and miss. It is different for each address. "Simply" search for that address on the TomTom map and then look how TomTom thinks it should be named. This way of writing the address needs to be duplicated into the contact.

Sounds like world domination? yep...
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steveky · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 5:03 pm Post subject:

Ok but when I am in contacts and press the >tools >navigate to option or show tom tom map I get "wrong selection" and if I come in through the address option in TT2 I dont have the option to go to my list of contacts and I go into them with the map open through the windows icon at the top left I still get wrong selection, am I looking in the wrong place, help greatly appreciated Steve Rolling Eyes

lbendlin · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 5:10 pm Post subject:

The system is not that smart, it just wants to dominate Confused

Ignore the Contacts for a second. go to TomTom, find the location that you are looking for, and then note down how TomTom writes it.

Now go to your contact (directly, not from TomTom), and adjust the street address to the way TomTom writes it - letter by letter!

Then go back to TomTom and try to route to the contact, or try doing this from the contact menu directly. If it still doesn't work, check the spelling. And then check it again. And again ;-)
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Cessquill · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 6:14 pm Post subject:

...or resign yourself to the fact that it doesn't really work all that well yet.

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steveky · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 7:53 pm Post subject:

A response from TT says hold down on navigate to in contacts don't just tap it . Managed to get it working once so at least I know how thanks for assist steve Thumbs Up

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