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PostPosted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 1:02 pm    Post subject: 3rd Party Altitude 'Plug-In' Reply with quote

Admin Edit: Topic split from original disussion here.

mikealder wrote:
It doesn't disable the "zoom in" function but does alter how you use it, try putting your finger below or to the right of the + sign (where the altitude displays if you have put that option on) and slide your finger over to the + sign, the map will now zoom without taking a screen capture - Mike

Mike......

Where does one find the 'altitude' option and how does one implement it?

TIA
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 1:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

dhn wrote:
Where does one find the 'altitude' option and how does one implement it?

I think I'm correct in saying this is a third party applet that Mike is evaluating.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 1:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You can download the files needed from Here this is a third party add-on application written by "Joghurt" whose web site can be found Here it contains quite a few other add-ons for the TomTom devices, although as yet the Height app hasn't been listed on the main site.

For some additional information on the application and how to change it from Meters to Feet and apply local height offset figures have a read of This Thread - Mike
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 1:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thank you both.....
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:08 am    Post subject: Height programme Reply with quote

Joghurt has issued release 5 http://gps.dg4sfw.de/ of his Height programme which, in addition to allowing choice of ft or meters, allows change of font size. I have simplified (I hope) the instructions in the link provided by Mike, above.

1) Extract all files once downloaded - you can then (I think) use Home to install or proceed as follows
2) Open the Height_5.cab file – you should have 3 files - ttn, height.cfg and height.so
3) copy the ttn file to the root (top) directory of the internal or sd card (whichever the map folder is in) on your TomTom
4) Create a folder called “Height” in the same place on your TomTom
5) Edit the Height.cfg file if required, using a word/text programme
6) Copy the height.cfg and height.so files to the “Height” folder on your TomTom

Many thanks to Yoghurt for providing this.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Neat little app, works well.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 6:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

...and it's already updated (from the beta downloads) on the "Third Party Apps." list Smile
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Darren wrote:
Neat little app, works well.


But not on my 720 with V8.32 running.

I get a number displayed which changes depending on which menu is being displayed. On the map it stays at the same figure (25401) no matter what! Looks like it has been broken now Sad
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That could be a known issue and it is displaying the "page id number".

Have a look at the explanation (and cure?) from the programmer HERE and see if it helps.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks Andy Thumbs Up That fixed it. You need to do this if you select different map colours by the look of it.

It works (well just as much as any other GPS altimeter does Laughing ) I'm somewhere between -3 and +35m here in Warrington and that's in the time it has taken me to write this.

I must try to find the offset to the WGS84 spheroid for around here. I think that where I am at present is at about 5-10m on the OS maps
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Update on "Height" (maybe we need to split this into it's own topic?)
Currently it is not working on x00 and x10 models. Joghurt is investigating...
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 2:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

philpugh wrote:

I must try to find the offset to the WGS84 spheroid for around here. I think that where I am at present is at about 5-10m on the OS maps


If anyone is really interested I did some very crude height averaging when parked up at home last night (5 mins of data manually logged every 5 secs - roughly). Average came to 65mtrs - OS have us at 60mtrs - the contour line goes straight through our kitchen. Given the OS have a +/- 4.5 mtrs accuracy on these I would say that's not too shabby.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 11:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks Mike. I only keep my iPaq charged up and running as a novelty really. And like alanji, I still have my Psion 5mx working. How sad is that. But I have got the screen grab working OK on the iPaq.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 10:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

stuart wrote:
And like alanji, I still have my Psion 5mx working. How sad is that


Hi Stuart,
Not sad at all. I still use my Psion extensively - diary, all accounts, share portfolio, numerous spreadsheets, my own OPL programmes. It was (and is) a great machine and it hardly ever crashes!
Must admit the last time I used Routeplanner was on a trip to Eire in 2006 when there was no map of Eire on Navigator 3.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 11:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

alanji wrote:

Must admit the last time I used Routeplanner was on a trip to Eire in 2006 when there was no map of Eire on Navigator 3.

Must dust mine off and flash it up again for old times sake. Thumbs Up
Back on Topic. As Mike said, Height does NOT work on PPC Navigator. Well I can't make it work. Confused
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