Motorway Junctions

deesoft · Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 2:15 pm Post subject: Motorway Junctions

I know there are loads of POI's out there...... But is there one that defines Motorway Junctions. Sometime back I had a Garmin Nuvi 310D and this had the ability to Navigate to the intersection of two Motorways, which I thinks TomTom lacks. My current TomTom is a 910.

David
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PaulBt · Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 3:19 pm Post subject:

David,

Try here http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/oldboy/TomTomPOI/index.html

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nazimyounis · Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 5:08 pm Post subject:

Excellent, very useful....thank you.

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keenster · Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 11:09 pm Post subject:

ive just seen these and always felt the need for them,
however its not a complaint as i can see alot of work has gone into them however the junctions are the entry onto the motorway as opposed to the exit off the motorway which means it wont turn you off in time should you navigate to a mway junction

PaulBt · Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 11:21 pm Post subject:

Keenster,

I understand your point, but you would need 4 entries for each junction, which is starting to get difficult to manage, when wanting to set a destination. Particularl when you are told "we are just off junction 12..."

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keenster · Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 11:47 pm Post subject:

yes i see where your coming from hope i didnt sound too ungrateful though Confused

PaulBt · Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 11:52 pm Post subject:

As much as I'd like to take the credit, these files are from Oldboy's site Not Worthy

I'm just looking at it from a humble user's point of view.

Driving

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Andy_P · Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 11:53 pm Post subject:

This is my biggest complaint about TomTom's system/mapping.
If you are travelling on a motorway and a sign flashes up saying 'congestion between J4 and J6' for example, Tomtom's lack of Junction numbers as navigation points/'addresses' means I've never found a quick way to tell it to avoid the area.

Oldboy · Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 11:55 pm Post subject:

keenster · Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 12:07 am Post subject:

Oldboy i never really thought of it like that and it is pretty usefull compared to nothing!
i bet it was spot on for a recovery driver

deesoft · Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 1:01 am Post subject: Which way to map a junction

I have not yet decided whether 'Oldboy' is used in the good old context of 'I say old Boy' (showing my age) or whether he is like me a bit long in the tooth!

But that said, as the person who first started this thread, that I first thought '

' the junction references are the wrong way round, then I realised the simple answers are /modify the junctions yourself as required or hust navigate using the junctions before the one rquired and the POI works quite well.

So, thanks 'Oldboy'!!!

David
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Oldboy · Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 8:30 am Post subject: Re: Which way to map a junction

n4nick · Regular Visitor Joined: Jun 30, 2006 Posts: 136

Hi

It would be really helpful if in the "avoid part of route" menu the junctions of motorways appeared but they don't and I don't think this section shows POI's? Can / how do you set the TomTom to avoid particular junctions using the POI's or do you need to program a new route and set the via option to the POI representing the junction before the one you wish to avoid?

Hope this makes sense!
Thanks - Nick

Oldboy · Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 11:16 pm Post subject:

Sorry. I was living in the past again. In the Original Classic Software there was an Option to Avoid. This has since been removed.

Another TT improvement. Rolling Eyes

In the circumstances it wouldn't be possible to avoid a particular POI.

In your scenario, there is no guarantee that it work by choosing the previous Junction because the route might still take you through the next junction. All you could do is use Browse Map to create a Point on Map to Navigate to ..., or Travel Via.

n4nick · Regular Visitor Joined: Jun 30, 2006 Posts: 136

Hi

Well done TomTom! Sad

That's true, I suppose if you navigate via the POI for the junction before the accident then the TomTom could take you off the motorway but try to put you back on right in the middle of the chaos!

Nick

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