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TomDavison Lifetime Member
Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 384 Location: Bedford, England
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Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:41 am Post subject: How do I avoid part of a route? |
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Hi
I tried a search, but gave up as it was all too difficult, the way the search engine works.
I know that there in my Go 700 is an avoid part of route option, but this seems to be a list of turning pointsand an individual turning point can be avoided. However, I can't find any way of avoiding the stretch of road between points.
Today, for example, I wanted to avoid the stretch of A1 between J8 and J7, which is always clogged at this time of day. But I couldn't find any way of programming in my requirement to leave at J8, loop through Stevenage, and rejoin at J7. I eventually managed it by avoiding a roadblock, as I approached J8, but it would be nice to be able to pre-prgramme this rather than hitting the display while I am driving on a busy motorway.
Any advice? |
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DennisN Tired Old Man
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 14901 Location: Keynsham
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Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 12:40 pm Post subject: |
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After setting your route, instead of "Avoid part of route", consider "Travel Via" "Address, Street" e.g via Stevenage, Gunnels Wood Road or Lytton Way? I dunno if that works, but I'd like to think it does. _________________ Dennis
If it tastes good - it's fattening.
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Border_Collie Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: Feb 01, 2006 Posts: 2543 Location: Rainham, Kent. England.
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Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 6:51 pm Post subject: |
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Download Oldboy's POI's from HERE bottom of left column, you should be able to do what you want. _________________ Formerly known as Lost_Property
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DennisN Tired Old Man
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Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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I thought you couldn't avoid a POI, only navigate to it?
But if you can avoid, how, please? I'd like it myself. _________________ Dennis
If it tastes good - it's fattening.
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Border_Collie Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: Feb 01, 2006 Posts: 2543 Location: Rainham, Kent. England.
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Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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I read somewhere here that if, for example, you were travelling from say London to Ramsgate and wished to avoid J4 on the M2, you could use Alternative - POI - Motorway Junctions - M2 J4 and TomTom would take you off at J3 and rejoin at J5. I haven't yet tried it. Maybe I should download the POI's and have a 'play'. _________________ Formerly known as Lost_Property
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Oldboy Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Dec 08, 2004 Posts: 10643 Location: Suffolk, UK
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Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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Lost_Property wrote: | I read somewhere here that if, for example, you were travelling from say London to Ramsgate and wished to avoid J4 on the M2, you could use Alternative - POI - Motorway Junctions - M2 J4 and TomTom would take you off at J3 and rejoin at J5. I haven't yet tried it. Maybe I should download the POI's and have a 'play'. | You can't use avoid a POI.
The POI's are the Exits of the sliproads of the Motorways and will force a Route to either Enter at that Junction, or join the M-Way earlier and cross the POI.
Perhaps I should have called them M/Way Entrances. _________________ Richard
TT 910 V7.903: Europe Map v1045
TT Via 135 App 12.075: Europe Map v1135 |
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Border_Collie Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: Feb 01, 2006 Posts: 2543 Location: Rainham, Kent. England.
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Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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_________________ Formerly known as Lost_Property
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TomDavison Lifetime Member
Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 384 Location: Bedford, England
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Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 12:47 pm Post subject: |
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Lost_Property wrote: | I read somewhere here that if, for example, you were travelling from say London to Ramsgate and wished to avoid J4 on the M2, you could use Alternative - POI - Motorway Junctions - M2 J4 and TomTom would take you off at J3 and rejoin at J5. . |
It can do that easily. But in your example, I don't want to avoid the junction, but rather the stretch of road between two consecutive junctions. I want to leave at J3 and rejoin at J4, not avoid J4. I can't find out how to achieve that. |
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DennisN Tired Old Man
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 14901 Location: Keynsham
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Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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Does my suggestion of "Find Alternative" | "Travel Via" | Gunnels Wood Road not do the business then? _________________ Dennis
If it tastes good - it's fattening.
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TomDavison Lifetime Member
Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 384 Location: Bedford, England
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Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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DennisN wrote: | Does my suggestion of "Find Alternative" | "Travel Via" | Gunnels Wood Road not do the business then? |
For my particular needs it does. But as a general solution if you want to avoid a stretch of road I don't think so. Eg travel from Bedford to Wokingham. Don't mind most motorways, but I don't want to be on the M25, around Heathrow. How do I miss out the that M25 bit. |
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Oldboy Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Dec 08, 2004 Posts: 10643 Location: Suffolk, UK
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Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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TomDavison wrote: | Eg travel from Bedford to Wokingham. Don't mind most motorways, but I don't want to be on the M25, around Heathrow. How do I miss out the that M25 bit. | For the 18 miles of missing the M25 you could choose Find Alternative | Avoid Part of Route and choose M25. Unfortunately you can't choose sections of a road to avoid.
You can do this during a Planned Journey, and all points that you have passed will be greyed out.
It would add some 11 miles and 20 minutes to your journey though. ;)
Or would it. 8O _________________ Richard
TT 910 V7.903: Europe Map v1045
TT Via 135 App 12.075: Europe Map v1135 |
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DennisN Tired Old Man
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 14901 Location: Keynsham
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Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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TomDavison wrote: | For my particular needs it does. But as a general solution if you want to avoid a stretch of road I don't think so. Eg travel from Bedford to Wokingham. Don't mind most motorways, but I don't want to be on the M25, around Heathrow. How do I miss out the that M25 bit. |
Hey, Gimme a break!! Bedford to Wokingham avoiding M25 at Heathrow - My Autoroute says go up the M4 to Reading anyway, though I suspect you might prefer to avoid Heathrow "area", e.g. also avoid M4 east of Slough. Of course, not everyone has the luxury of MS Autoroute as well as a satnav device.
Oldboy - I suspect he wouldn't wish to avoid ALL the M25 (e.g. from M1 all the way anti clock - I fancy that's the result you're suggestion makes].
Seriously though, I hadn't imagined that method would be the solution in most cases - for starters, you can't ask to "travel via" if you don't know the via to travel via!! Maybe we need the function to insert our own (untrue) traffic jam data - the present roadblock function I have found to be very limited - to get your diversion right, you have to insert the roadblock at the correct distance ahead - get it wrong and you'd be turned off at an earlier junction, or not until too late (J7 and J8 are quite close together)!
Wouldn't it be nice to think that Tom Tom have somebody reading forums like this and taking note of all our complaints and wishlists. In my dreams!! _________________ Dennis
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mikealder Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 19638 Location: Blackpool , Lancs
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Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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For known problematic sections of road that you regularly drive on why not create a POI file of "Alternate" preferred routes, a simple divert by selecting Find alternative/ Travel Via/ Point of Interest is one option you can employ as long as you create the POI file prior to needing it - this can be a handy way to force a route to go the direction you want. With the newer version 6 software the POI options are quite useful given that you can select near destination, near home or near you (present position) - Mike |
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Oldboy Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Dec 08, 2004 Posts: 10643 Location: Suffolk, UK
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Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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I don't know why they didn't retain the Avoid Facility that was in TTN3.
It worked well.
Edited once by Oldboy to correct Version Number _________________ Richard
TT 910 V7.903: Europe Map v1045
TT Via 135 App 12.075: Europe Map v1135
Last edited by Oldboy on Sat Jan 06, 2007 11:50 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Andy_P Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 19991 Location: West and Southwest London
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Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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I like Dennis's "fictional roadblocks" idea. Now that's lateral thinking! :D |
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