Route Planner Info into GO720

[torbau]

How do I load Route Plann info from browser to device.
I have looked but can't seem to find answer. Thanks for help.

 

[dhn]

You can't, sorry.

Try Tyre:
Tyre

 

[torbau]

Tried tyre

Tried tyre but not sure that it will work on my GO720 to fix the problem that I have.
A location I want to navigate to has streets that aren't on the present maps. They are on Google maps. I can't see them on my device at least on the text directions. Will it work?

 

[canderson]

Tried tyre but not sure that it will work on my GO720 to fix the problem that I have.
A location I want to navigate to has streets that aren't on the present maps. They are on Google maps. I can't see them on my device at least on the text directions. Will it work?

Ah - need to clarify whether there's a problem selecting the street, or whether it's actually not there. If you use "Browse Map", are you able to find it on your unit that way?

Street selection can be tricky sometimes. It's not always obvious which town/suburb name should be selected, and it's not always clear if there should be a N or E or S or W entered with a space before the street name. In some towns, just the street name is used on one side of town, but the directional indication has to be added for the other.

 

[torbau]

Streets not on map

Ah - need to clarify whether there's a problem selecting the street, or whether it's actually not there. If you use "Browse Map", are you able to find it on your unit that way?

Street selection can be tricky sometimes. It's not always obvious which town/suburb name should be selected, and it's not always clear if there should be a N or E or S or W entered with a space before the street name. In some towns, just the street name is used on one side of town, but the directional indication has to be added for the other.

The streets are not on the NA maps but they are on Google Maps. If I use Tyre will they appear on my device

 

[canderson]

If the roads really do not physically appear when you perform a "Browse map" (cannot overemphasize the need for that), trying to navigate to coordinates considerably off any existing road will get you a "No route found". The best you could do is find the nearest bit of road to your destination and head for that.

If you're willing to divulge the final destination, we could take a peek over at TeleAtlas to see whether it's likely they'll be showing up in the next map set. What map version are you on now?

 

[torbau]

bainbridge lane The villages Fl

If the roads really do not physically appear when you perform a "Browse map" (cannot overemphasize the need for that), trying to navigate to coordinates considerably off any existing road will get you a "No route found". The best you could do is find the nearest bit of road to your destination and head for that.

If you're willing to divulge the final destination, we could take a peek over at TeleAtlas to see whether it's likely they'll be showing up in the next map set. What map version are you on now?

The street is listed in title. Bainbridge Lane The Villages Fl USA
I thought I could use Tyre and get an accurate route??????

 

[Andy_P]

The street is listed in title. Bainbridge Lane The Villages Fl USA

I'm from the UK, but I CAN find Bainbridge Lane, The Villages, Florida, on the v860 North America map on my Go940.

Steps are
Browse map *
Find
Address
Street and House number
Choose FL by tapping the green box top right
Enter 'The Villages' as the city and tap to select it
Enter "Bainbridge" and tap to select it
Either enter a house number (it seems to only know numbers from 2500) or just tap "done" to go to anywhere along the street.

The coordinates of the road are N28.87062 W81.95457 if you're able to enter coordinates on your model.

* I had to use "Browse map" because being in London I have no GPS position on the US map - you should be able to use "Navigate to..." instead.


What map version are you using? You can check using the menus 'Status and information' / 'Version Information'.

 

[Rick F.]

I 'browsed map' on my TomTom and the street is there. I have v860 map, not sure what map you have currently. This neighborhood is between Wildwood, and Fruitland, FL. Did you browse your map rather than try to navigate there? Sometimes when we navigate we get the city or town wrong. Not sure if "The Villages" is really a city in FL.

See screen shot below:

 

[canderson]

The street is listed in title. Bainbridge Lane The Villages Fl USA
I thought I could use Tyre and get an accurate route??????

? Only thing I see in the title is "Route Planner Info into GO720".

Anyway, like others, I don't seem to have any problem finding this. Am using a 720 with map 860. Once again, can you browse to it with "Browse map"? And again, what map version are you running?

Navigate to
Address
Street and house number
FL
Villages (brings up "The Villages FL"
Bainbridge Ln

No problems that I can see unless you're still using the maps that came with your 720

As I noted earlier, you can't ask a TomTom to navigate to a set of coordinates (or even set a favorite) very far off a road that it knows without getting a "No route found" when you try to navigate to it, so you're going to need a map at least recent enough to include the street you want.

 

[torbau]

? Only thing I see in the title is "Route Planner Info into GO720".

Anyway, like others, I don't seem to have any problem finding this. Am using a 720 with map 860. Once again, can you browse to it with "Browse map"? And again, what map version are you running?

Navigate to
Address
Street and house number
FL
Villages (brings up "The Villages FL"
Bainbridge Ln

No problems that I can see unless you're still using the maps that came with your 720

As I noted earlier, you can't ask a TomTom to navigate to a set of coordinates (or even set a favorite) very far off a road that it knows without getting a "No route found" when you try to navigate to it, so you're going to need a map at least recent enough to include the street you want.

My problem is the map version It is NA8.15
I thought I could work around this with Tyre until I get latest map. No??

 

[dhn]

Well, if the street in question isn't there in 815, then I'm afraid TYRE won't work for you.

 

[torbau]

Well, if the street in question isn't there in 815, then I'm afraid TYRE won't work for you.

Doesn't Tyre use Google Maps instead of the TomTom maps?

 

[canderson]

Doesn't Tyre use Google Maps instead of the TomTom maps?

Yes, but you're still missing the point. Your outdated map doesn't have any street where we know there is one. If you try to force your 720 to navigate to that location, it's far enough off the nearest known road in the 815 map that you're going to get a "No route found". Your TomTom does NOT approve of being treated to an "off-road experience", and that's what it will think is happening if you use coordinate data away from a known (per your map) road.

You have only two choices ... update the "antiquated" map (815 dates back to November 2008), or navigate to the nearest on-road point that exists in the 815 map and work your way to your destination from there via a paper map or seat-of-the-pants navigation.

 

[torbau]

Yes, but you're still missing the point. Your outdated map doesn't have any street where we know there is one. If you try to force your 720 to navigate to that location, it's far enough off the nearest known road in the 815 map that you're going to get a "No route found". Your TomTom does NOT approve of being treated to an "off-road experience", and that's what it will think is happening if you use coordinate data away from a known (per your map) road.

You have only two choices ... update the "antiquated" map (815 dates back to November 2008), or navigate to the nearest on-road point that exists in the 815 map and work your way to your destination from there via a paper map or seat-of-the-pants navigation.

Thanks for your help