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Joined: Nov 07, 2004 Posts: 141 Location: Stockport
Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 12:45 am Post subject: UK motorway junctions
anyone know if it's possible to search for a motorway junctions. I know in other navigation software its possible to enter, for example "M6 J19", and that will put the junction on the screen, which then allows easy convertion to POI or waypoint. I find the 'browse map' function a bit awkward to use for this.
Joined: Nov 03, 2004 Posts: 251 Location: Earth where else
Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 5:28 am Post subject: Re: UK motorway junctions
jeta1 wrote:
anyone know if it's possible to search for a motorway junctions. I know in other navigation software its possible to enter, for example "M6 J19", and that will put the junction on the screen, which then allows easy convertion to POI or waypoint. I find the 'browse map' function a bit awkward to use for this.
I wouldn't think so, it would probably think it's a postcode, rather than a m/way junction, as in M42 J12 _________________ Using an A to Z
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Joined: Dec 08, 2004 Posts: 10642 Location: Suffolk, UK
Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 7:04 am Post subject:
If you go to Lowlander's website, http://www.dirksoft.co.uk/ and download his Poi compendium you will find a MWay.ov2 that lists all the Motorway Junctions and designates the exit directions. Also covers A(M) roads.
It was written for a recovery truck driver, so that he could access a Motorway between any 2 junctions to arrive on the correct carriageway.
It can be used for Navigate Via .. or Avoid routing. _________________ Richard
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Joined: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 19991 Location: West and Southwest London
Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 1:15 pm Post subject:
Bumping this forward.... although it is really about SEARCHING.
I recently decided that my download of the MWay Junctions POI was corrupted, so I've just downloaded it again, and I think I've discovered that there was nothing wrong with it but that there are some oddities with the way my TomTom handles the searching of POIs.
I'm guessing that this is normal but I've just never noticed it before, or is it something that has been improved in later models/software versions (I'm on App 5.440, Boot 3.32).
Basically... (and bear with me here), the MWay Junctions POI list should include 2 entries for each junction (North and South or East and West etc.) for every motorway.
If I go to Browse Map and Search POI, what I'm seeing is:
First screen: just the first 100 entries nearest to whatever the Go thinks is my present location. I think I knew that...
But then, if I tap the keyboard icon and start typing, (for example "M8") all I get on screen is one entry "M8 2W"
If I then keep typing to give "M8 2", I still only see "M8 2W"
It's only if I actually type "M8 2E" that the entry for the eastbound POI appears on screen.
All this makes me keep thinking that entries are missing.
Shouldn't the search show everything relevant as you type, narrowing the choices as you add more detail?
Joined: Dec 08, 2004 Posts: 10642 Location: Suffolk, UK
Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 2:53 pm Post subject:
Andy_P2002 wrote:
All this makes me keep thinking that entries are missing.
Shouldn't the search show everything relevant as you type, narrowing the choices as you add more detail?
Re-compiled the data again today, to see if I had done something different.
Still works the same.
What I did find was that the further you are away from the POI you're looking for, the fewer choices are displayed.
There seems to be cut-off points; a combination of distance and number of locations.
When inputting search criteria it will only show say 24 if the furthest is less than a certain mileage.
As the mileage gets higher the number that can be shown seems to decrease. But not in a logical manner.
If I input "M4 " I only get M4 1,2,3 and 4E. 4E is 78.0 miles from me. 4W is not listed but is 78.5 miles!
If I input "M4 1" I get M4 1, 10E, 10W, 11E and 11W. 11W is 99.4 miles away, M4 12E is 101 miles.
It would seem that the less you input the more choices you get. You might well think that there are no M4 J5 - 9. Confusing and confused. _________________ Richard
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Joined: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 19991 Location: West and Southwest London
Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 6:09 pm Post subject:
Oldboy wrote:
Still works the same.
Sorry, Oldboy, I wasn't saying there is anything wrong with your POIs, just that there is something very wierd about TomTom's search logic, which had me confudled....
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