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andyblissett
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 Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2004 6:21 pm Post subject: can tomtom 3 do the shortest route? |
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| can tomtom3 do the shorest route, instaed of the quickest route? |
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Dave
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| Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2004 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes, if you use the A to B function you can choose from Quickest or Shortest Route. Most applications will support Quickest and Shortest. |
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andyblissett
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| Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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| thanks dave |
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geraint
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...though I think I read somewhere in one of these forums that TomTom are going to remove shortest route in a future release.
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BanziBarn
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| Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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TTGO doesn't have shortest route  |
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andyblissett
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| But thats ridiculous, how else can I find my way home with kebab in hand and PDA telling me the shortest route? I mean I dont want to walk down the M1 to get home |
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geraint
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TT3 does currently have shortest route, but rumours suggest this will go away in future releases.
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BanziBarn
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Does it? Please can you tell me how I can choose this option as I've not been able to find it. So far I've had to exlcude certain roads until it calculates a shorter route.
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| andyblissett wrote: | | But thats ridiculous, how else can I find my way home with kebab in hand and PDA telling me the shortest route? I mean I dont want to walk down the M1 to get home |
If you are anything like me you would argue with it and then totally ignore the instructions you are given as you know better, then find yourself totally lost and the battery just died on the PDA. 
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| Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 12:34 pm Post subject: |
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| BanziBarn wrote: | Does it? Please can you tell me how I can choose this option as I've not been able to find it. So far I've had to exlcude certain roads until it calculates a shorter route.
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In Map mode select the A/B icon on the bottom toolbar. Then select the Type tab which is just above the soft keyboard. Finally select Shortest route in the Drop-down box adjacent to Type:
Have fun. You will be going down lots of narrow lanes |
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BanziBarn
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Ahh, are you talking about TT for PDA? I've got a GO.......  |
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Oldie
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| BanziBarn wrote: | | Ahh, are you talking about TT for PDA? I've got a GO....... |
Yes, sorry about that. The thread is a bit of a mixture, but I should have noticed your earlier post where you mention TTGO. |
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BanziBarn
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| No probs, thought you knew somthing I didn't :D |
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R1chard
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| geraint wrote: | | TT3 does currently have shortest route, but rumours suggest this will go away in future releases. |
Any idea why Tom Tom would want to reduce funtionality on future releases? Seems like a backward step to me although I must admit the way the feature works is a bit quirky as you have to set the route on the map rather than on the navigator screen.
What I'd like to see on the navigator screen is the ability to:
1) select a location then
2) select a route type (shortest, quickest, preferred) then
3) select a speed profile (e.g. for different times of day; for different countries where traffic may be lighter than in the UK; for cycling).
Currently you can do all those things but only by grubbing around in Properties or setting Avoids etc.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 11:22 am Post subject: always shortest |
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| is there anyway of make TTN3 always calculate the shortest route? |
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