TomTom G0 510 for HGV - What next?

Jason2304 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 18, 2006 Posts: 7

I have just purchased the TomTom Go 510 for my HGV driving father.

What do I do now?

How do I get the Speed Camera database?

How do I get the Bridge POI file?

How do I gwt any other HGV related POI?

Do I need to download anything to help me get the aforementioned POIs?

I undersatnd it will cost me for the Speed Cameras.

Please advise what I need do next....

Anita · Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:08 am Post subject:

Click on the link to the Camera Help Guide in the left-hand column of this page.

There's lots of information about POIs, including bridges, in various threads. Use the 'Search' button at the top of the page to find them, or browse the TomTom Go / Rider / One forum.
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alix776 · Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:38 pm Post subject:

for the bride heights got to www.willow-house.co.uk and get the bridge hights database from there
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darrenwright · Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:52 pm Post subject:

www.lowbridges.com seem to have most of the bridges covered from 6'6" upto 16'6"...they charge you for the service & email free updates to you.
They give you full examples & instructions on how to download the info to your Navman once you have paid them.

darrenwright · Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 3:17 pm Post subject:

i just looked at the willow house info & they have all the bridges grouped together from 9' upto 16' in 1 CSV file, so if you downloaded the 16' CSV file it would hold all the bridges together.
on the lowbridges.com site they are split in to catergories of hieght individually.

Upto you how you want the files....but at the end of the day they both warn of low bridges.

alix776 · Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 3:22 pm Post subject:

but robins are free Wink

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Oh the joys of being a courier.
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alix776 · Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 3:25 pm Post subject:

the low bridges onefor 16ft also holds all the bridges from 6 ft to 16 ft

for tomtom on robins site the ov2 files are in heghts order
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Oh the joys of being a courier.
device Lumia 950 xl

darrenwright · Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 3:55 pm Post subject:

scottme · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 19, 2006 Posts: 2

alix776 · Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 11:30 pm Post subject:

tomtom's routing is no better and no worse than any other navigation provider.

Usually people get stuck because they haven't set the unit up in planning preferences or they have just followed it blindly and not checked to route

currently there is nothing in europe that caters speificaly for HGV's even gamins produce similar routes to tomtom as does copilot with the new patch and set up correctly

i currently use tomtom as a benchmark when testing other satnav equipment

also it depend what you mean by huge truck a large 7.5 tonne truck can look like an 18 tonner to the untrained eye
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Oh the joys of being a courier.
device Lumia 950 xl

Legohead · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 10, 2006 Posts: 19

alix776 · Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 11:09 pm Post subject:

if you mean from this site then use the navigation bar on the left you need to subscribe forst to get the database from this site
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Oh the joys of being a courier.
device Lumia 950 xl

Jason2304 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 18, 2006 Posts: 7

Scottme wrote....."Is that really a suitable device for an HGV? IME the routes that the TomTom calculates can often be most unsuitable for HGVs. I've seen huge trucks get stuck down little country lanes because the driver's been trying to use a GPS that was designed for cars or bikes... "

Well after much deliberation, many different points of view and no one really outstanding choice I/he decided to go for the TomTom over the Mio.

I do have some reservations about the build quality of the mount etc and seeing how many have gone back but my f-i-l was always leaning towards the TT before I had even started really looking.

If the TT plays up I will go for his second choice the Mio 710.

Unless of course someone on here can give me a more suitable alternative....

Gmonkey · Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 10:03 pm Post subject:

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