Anyone using the TT 5 SDK

MartinR · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 20, 2005 Posts: 5

Is there anyone on this forum who is using the TT5 SDK ?

Has anyone actually managed to get answers from TT about SDK-related support issues ? It seems to be like talking to a black hole.

I have some issues using their Geocode function and am looking for anyone out there who might be able to offer advice.

Cheers,

Martin R

lbendlin · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 8:26 pm Post subject:

Try me...

I know that TomTom are not yet officially supporting the SDK for non-business user. This is a shame, really.
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MartinR · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 20, 2005 Posts: 5

Who said I wasn't a business user ? We're working for a big taxi fleet to integrate TT into our job dispatch system, with potential sales to TomTom of up to 3000 licenses. They still don't want to know...

Now for my problem:
It seems that whatever I pass into Geocode, it always comes back with the KGeocodeStreetAmbiguous flag set in the result status, even if the street is most definitly and totally unabiguous. Hence I have no way of knowing whether to trust the result or not. In the TT 3 SDK this worked correctly, and would only set KGeocodeStreetAmbiguous if it failed to find an exact match.

Also, the UK map data is totally inconsistent with the spelling of saint's names in streets - e.g. "Saint Anne's Road" vs. 'St Martins Lane' etc.

Any ideas ?

Martin

lbendlin · Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:00 pm Post subject:

TomTom told me they are already in contact with you. Please confirm.
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MartinR · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 20, 2005 Posts: 5

Yes they are. Shortly after posting my ealier message I've managed to get some response from them.

However, that doesn't really excuse them. It's taken me nearly a week to get anyone from TT to actually take any interest in my problem.

For the benefit of anyone else looking at using the Geocode function, it would appear that the KGeocodeStreetAmbiguous flag is returned even for non-ambiguous matches, unless you pass in the whole street name including the postcode prefix (postal area) exactly as it appears in the TT map data. Not exactly very useful.

Also, the SDK NavigateToAddress function will return success (without any hint of any error code anywhere) even if you pass a really ambiguous street name with loads of possible matches. Again, not exactly very useful !

Privateer · Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 6:22 pm Post subject:

Hi MartinR,

I’m afraid that I can’t help you with TomTom SDK5. However I found out last week, when I had my gas boiler serviced, that British Gas have integrated TomTom Navigator 5 into their dispatch system. British Gas use a Panasonic PocketPC with built in phone.

As soon as the engineer has reported (via his laptop) that he has finished a job, the dispatch system finds the nearest "next job" and sends the details to the PDA, which then asks whether the engineer wants directions.

I was fortunate as the Post Code for my place, within TomTom, is very accurate. The engineer that I spoke to said that the system sometimes sends them to the wrong address or even the wrong area.

BTW, you’ll probably customise the menus for the taxi drivers. Please don’t do what British Gas do and give their drivers just one page of five functions.

Also have a think about incorporating the PocketGPSWorld camera database into your system as well. I’m sure that the drivers would appreciate it. Don’t forget to ask Mike or Darren about licensing the database. ;)

Regards,
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MartinR · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 20, 2005 Posts: 5

lbendlin · Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 7:38 pm Post subject:

MartinR,

what you can do is provide the driver with a map of the first result (there are features in the SDK that allow you to do that) and have him/her confirm that that's indeed an address that makes sense. If not, provide the next result etc.

TomTom are at the mercy of TeleAtlas surveying the street name properly. Pretty easy where you are, nearly impossible in my area where the same street can have up to four names and twenty three variations on how to write it, and TeleAtlas nearly always picked the wrong one.
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MartinR · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 20, 2005 Posts: 5

That doesnt' work - the SDK Geocode function only returns the first (i.e. best) match, and provides no means of obtaining the list of other possible matches.

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