Route planning website/ software for Tomtom
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Evening all,
Due to a rare occurrence of actually receiving a proper bike-related Christmas present, instead of a Top Gear book or novelty something, I'm the proud owner of a Tomtom Rider 40.
It has the facility to load up pre-planned GPX routes, and follow them. That's looking useful for a trip to Ireland next year - the group I ride with seem to be happy for me to plan and lead, I'm happy to do that and have always used Michelin maps on the tank bag. The Tomtom should make it a wee bit more relaxing.
The Tomtom website/software for route planning, however, seems a bit slow and clunky.
So I was wondering if any of you had experience of any better website? I use Strava for doing the same for cycling, but it's not so intuitive for more motorbike-friendly roads.
Many thanks.
Due to a rare occurrence of actually receiving a proper bike-related Christmas present, instead of a Top Gear book or novelty something, I'm the proud owner of a Tomtom Rider 40.
It has the facility to load up pre-planned GPX routes, and follow them. That's looking useful for a trip to Ireland next year - the group I ride with seem to be happy for me to plan and lead, I'm happy to do that and have always used Michelin maps on the tank bag. The Tomtom should make it a wee bit more relaxing.
The Tomtom website/software for route planning, however, seems a bit slow and clunky.
So I was wondering if any of you had experience of any better website? I use Strava for doing the same for cycling, but it's not so intuitive for more motorbike-friendly roads.
Many thanks.
Johno said:
+1 for ITNConv (link from Johno). Works great if you use in combination with https://www.viamichelin.co.uk/ to see the scenic roads (green outline - just like the printed Michelin maps).
Tyre is good but the same team have now done MyRouteApp
https://www.myrouteapp.com/en/home
Better at choosing the same exact route that your sat nav will and slightly easier to use than Tyre.
https://www.myrouteapp.com/en/home
Better at choosing the same exact route that your sat nav will and slightly easier to use than Tyre.
black-k1 said:
Tyre is good but the same team have now done MyRouteApp
https://www.myrouteapp.com/en/home
Better at choosing the same exact route that your sat nav will and slightly easier to use than Tyre.
And you can choose to use TomTom mapping rather than Google which helps with accuracy when transferring the route to your TomTomhttps://www.myrouteapp.com/en/home
Better at choosing the same exact route that your sat nav will and slightly easier to use than Tyre.
Also it's cloud based & Mac compatible which TYRE isn't.
Just tried myrouteapp and it seems pretty good, except that it takes into account closed roads (alpine passes) so you can't actually plan alpine routes until summer when the passes are open again... doh!
Edit: google maps and Tyre do the same, so not a myroute app issue.
Edit: google maps and Tyre do the same, so not a myroute app issue.
Edited by Tall_Paul on Saturday 31st December 14:29
The battery life on my 410 seems very good-used it for a round trip to Portsmouth yesterday (five hours usage I would guess) with no complaints and what seems like a lot of charge left.
With regards to the route planning-I've found planning the route on Google maps using the drag & drop function if needsbe, then pasting the link into Maps to GPX (https://mapstogpx.com), downloading the file this provides onto your computer then TomTom works well. A lot quicker than it sounds!
With regards to the route planning-I've found planning the route on Google maps using the drag & drop function if needsbe, then pasting the link into Maps to GPX (https://mapstogpx.com), downloading the file this provides onto your computer then TomTom works well. A lot quicker than it sounds!
itcaptainslow said:
The battery life on my 410 seems very good-used it for a round trip to Portsmouth yesterday (five hours usage I would guess) with no complaints and what seems like a lot of charge left.
With regards to the route planning-I've found planning the route on Google maps using the drag & drop function if needsbe, then pasting the link into Maps to GPX (https://mapstogpx.com), downloading the file this provides onto your computer then TomTom works well. A lot quicker than it sounds!
Ooo - now that really does look a handy link... ta With regards to the route planning-I've found planning the route on Google maps using the drag & drop function if needsbe, then pasting the link into Maps to GPX (https://mapstogpx.com), downloading the file this provides onto your computer then TomTom works well. A lot quicker than it sounds!
Hello all,
Thanks for all the answers, the bike has been off the road for a while but I've got it going again and ready to try some of your recommendations. It looks like the Google the MapstoGPS combo is really good, with a Michelin map or website at hand to check the "interesting" roads.
Trial run on the way to work tomorrow!
Cheers
Duncan
Thanks for all the answers, the bike has been off the road for a while but I've got it going again and ready to try some of your recommendations. It looks like the Google the MapstoGPS combo is really good, with a Michelin map or website at hand to check the "interesting" roads.
Trial run on the way to work tomorrow!
Cheers
Duncan
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