Copilot & Latitude Longitude

Trigrem · Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 9:42 pm Post subject: Copilot & Latitude Longitude

Having been dissapointed with what TT have left out of TT5 especialy the facility to use a Latitude and longitude as a point to navigate to, I am looking to change to Copilot but have a few questions which the experts out there may be able to answer.
1 Can you put in latitude and longitude coordinates and have that point displayed on the map.
2 Can you put lat & lon coordinates direct into an Itiniary as a position.
3 Can you place the stylus on a point on the map and have that point placed direct into an Itiniary.
All the above could be done in TT3 but not in TT5.
Hope you can help.
Doug
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barryd · Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 10:52 pm Post subject:

Hi Doug
My free utility OS GPS Convertor lets you enter positions in lat & long or OS grid reference formats, and then put them into a POI or an itinerary for use in TomTom 3 or 5. It may solve some of your issues with TomTom. It doesn't work with CoPilot.
If you're interested, please read about it here:
http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/barrydavies/osgps.htm
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kartracer · Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 10:57 pm Post subject:

From memory you can certainly do 1 and 3, and I think also 2, but not sure about that one.

I used CoPilot 5 for a few months but then switched to TT5. I found the user interface on CoPilot was excellent as far as you telling it what you wanted, but not nearly so good for it directing you how to get somewhere. I especially did not like its preference for using longer motorway/A-road routes when there were quicker more direct routes available. It was also pretty useless on long trans-European motorway drives, e.g. enter motorway, then "in 285 miles turn left" and no subsequent directions when the motorway forked! I would usually follow what appeared to be the main fork, but usually seemed to guess incorrectly.

Want to buy my copy?
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kartracer · Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 10:59 pm Post subject:

Yes, why not try Barry's utility with TT5. It works very well.
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Trigrem · Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 10:55 pm Post subject: Copilot & Latitude Longitude

Thanks to Kartracer for you comments, which is making me think.
Thanks to Barryd, I have looked at your utility and will give it a go when I get back to my own computer on Saturday. Although I must express nervousness at installing it as I do not usually mess with settings, I just load the application and maps and expect them to work. Which is why I was dissapointed with TT 5, I loved TT3because I could plan routes where I wanted to go, not where it wanted to take me, and as a motorcaravanner thats important.
Doug
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