Tom Tom: Route Planning from PC

[gremlin123]

Is it possible to plan a route on the PC then download this route to a Tom Tom?

[Matt172]

gremlin123 said:

Is it possible to plan a route on the PC then download this route to a Tom Tom?

yep, there is some software you can download that turns autoroute files into tom tom itn files

there is a thread about it here

http://www.track-days.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?t=28...

[Blues]

TYRE is the sofware you need chap.
Can be found here f.o.c. http://www.tyre.tk/

[gremlin123]

Thank you.

[Chris71]

Tyre is great.

Latest tip I discovered - if you select a waypoint on the itinerary on the left before you adding another, the new one is inserted next to that in the route and not at the end. Saves a lot of clickign to move them up or down.

Anyway, it's a good program - some people even use it to plot out mountain biking routes.

[waremark]

Chris71 said:

Tyre is great.

Latest tip I discovered - if you select a waypoint on the itinerary on the left before you adding another, the new one is inserted next to that in the route and not at the end. Saves a lot of clickign to move them up or down.

Anyway, it's a good program - some people even use it to plot out mountain biking routes.

Great tip, thank you. You can also drag a waypoint to a new location on the map, and you can create waypoints either by typing place names or by clicking locations on the map.

However, when you transfer the route to your Tomtom it is transferred as a list of waypoints. Tomtom recalculates the route using its own parameters and logic, and may well come up with a different way of joining up the waypoints. So you have to review the route on the Tomtom itself, and quite likely will have to insert additional waypoints to force the route you want.

Be aware that rather than doing this on the unit itself it is probably easier to do it via the PC screen and keyboard, with the Tomtom connected, and using Tomtom Home to 'Operate my Device'. Doing it via the PC gives you a larger display and also means that you can use the keyboard to type place names.

[huckster6]

There's new TomTom traffic planner in Beta.
See this story:
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/240798/tomtom-launches...

[On my computer the url is here: http://routes.tomtom.com/t/#/ ]

I had to request to join the beta, which was very straightforward.
If you right click your mouse you can send locations to your TomTom, I'm not clear if it does entire routes.

Don't know if that'll be any good for you. I don't know whether it is perfected, as it;s in Beta.
To me it all seems very impressive, though..

Edited by huckster6 on Sunday 22 February 05:20