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normkern:
Dunno about the TomTom, but Garmin users in the club long ago standardized on 'fastest time'.

It's important that the routing/mapping app on the computer be set to the same parameters s the GPS itself. Matching the preferences, reduces but does not always eliminate discrepancies.

Building reliable GPS routes that will work the same on a variety of GPS units is a challenge.

The Garmin-oriented GPX format files the club provides at events should be able to be read by Tyre and loaded into the TomTom. Has anyone tried that?

Norm Kern

dpippin:

--- Quote from: FJRider on May 26, 2015, 01:41:11 PM ---I bought the 5 last year and have worked with Tyre to Travel downloading a few different routes. My first real experiment with it was at Fall Colors/2014. I carefully mapped the routes with the PDF's available and downloaded them into the Rider as "itineraries". When I tried to use them, I had to find them in the itineraries section, then it says "start navigating" and then asks if I want a winding route, avoid highways route, fastest route, etc, and it takes me to who knows where, so I just stuck with the Gazeteer paper maps that I always carry. If someone can explain to me what I'm doing wrong, I'd sure appreciate it, because I'm thinking they'll be putting out the routes for STAR shortly, and I'd sure like to have them loaded!

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I'm not familiar with the Tom Tom line of GPS as I use Garmin products.
With Garmin GPS's I always load a track (of the route) as well as the route
The track never changes so if the GPS decides to deviate from the intended route I just follow the track.
In Basecamp it's very easy to generate a track of any route you have
If your Tom Tom supports tracks then you might try that.

Doug

ericlarsen:
I've been using TomTom GPSs for a number of years and through time, I've learned that when I plan itineraries, I have to put a way point just before the intersection where I want to turn.   Tom Tom uses a different mapset than the Garmin (don't recall details) and TomTom likes to cut a corner in a route if it determines it to be "faster".  Sometimes it's fine, but sometimes you end up in the middle of a cornfield on Indiana with nothing but farms around you, in a rainstorm, in the cold, in October, at night.  But that's a story for another time.  I had to learn to not listen to the redirects sometimes. Having the basic route in mind and a map handy helps. 

 When converting .gpx or .gdb to .itn files, there is always a bit of tweaking to do.  I've used ITN converter for a while to do my mapping.   

stevegrab:
"Having the basic route in mind and a map handy helps."

That is something I've learned the hard way and it applies to any GPS routing or brand. If not I'm clueless when it deviates from the route or the basics of where we're going.

dpippin:

--- Quote from: stevegrab on June 07, 2015, 10:04:48 AM ---"Having the basic route in mind and a map handy helps."

That is something I've learned the hard way and it applies to any GPS routing or brand. If not I'm clueless when it deviates from the route or the basics of where we're going.

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Steve

I agree with what you said
Another great resource is to load the route track into you GPS along with the route
If the route deviates from it's original intention then you follow the track.
The track never changes so it always reflects the original route
Usually you will get back on the route at some point

I do a few routes for the SE Region events and I always include a track with the route file.

Doug

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