Can you reposition POIs

[TomDavison]

On a trip back from Spain through France, I had set up my 730T to give me full warnings of rest areas. (Rest Area Ahead, next opportunity XX kilometers) However, the POIs for the rest areas were located within the services rather than the on the motorway, so "warn when on route" was not giving them, as my route wasn't planned to go through the POI.

I thought I would be clever, and have the warnings when not on route. Problem here was that on several occasions, I was told "rest area ahead, next opportunity 500 metres", because the next closest was on the other side of the road. Only when I passed that one (too late to turn off) was I told how far it was to the next one on my side.

Is it possible for a retired gentleman of limited computer skills to reposition the rest area warnings onto the motorway just before the exit slip, to that "warn on route" will work?

[253]

Indeed you can, I'm not able to put the link here for you. However, if you go to the POI tab at the top of the page, from the drop down list you will see 'Add POI'.

Click on that and it will take you to the submission page, you can request to change an existing POI, and put it in the correct place.

There is a Sticky page here that outlines the whole procedure.
You will have to do it for each rest area that you want to change.

Know this is a bit short, but one of the Mods wilprobably put a link direct to the pages for you.
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[pendlemac]

You don't mention the version of software you are running, but on 8.3 the procedure to move a TomTom POI is as follows :-

1 On the browse map page find the POI for the rest area you want.

2 Tap the blue blob button and then select 'Correct location'.

3 Select 'Edit POI' from the second page.

4 Tick 'Move the POI on the map' then tap 'Done'.

5 Tap on the correct location and then tap 'Done'.

6 Decide if you want to share the change.

The POI is moved on your map immediately.

[TomDavison]

Thanks for that. Now how long will it take me to adjust the rest areas between Bedford and Spain

[mattcu]

Hi Tom

It's a fairly simple process, as has been described. No dramas at all.

I regularly use it to reposition petrol stations. If I visit one that isn't where Tom suggests it is, I'll mark the location for later and when at home use Google Earth to verify the location before editing the POI with the correct lat/long. I think many POI categories have simply been imported by ref to postcode, which can still put the POI a few streets away from where it is.

One think I've wondered about before is the etiquette when making the sort of changes you described. Should we share them or not? One mans meat is another mans poison. Moving the POI on the map to suit the purposes of person A might not be a Mapshare change appreciated by person B. Tricky one.

[Andy_P]

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