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Trev
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 Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 2:16 pm Post subject: new to the forum |
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Just like to Hi to all
I have just got a tom tom Go
I did a run from Essex to Bassingstoke which is great door to door :D
only problem  is that I was on the slip road before I got a prompted it was there plus the road markers eg count down to a roundabout 800yards when I am at 300yards
by the tom tom GO as if the unit is out sync or is it me
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alix776
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| Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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most systems take the juctions end of the slip road as the turninng ie usually where the cheverons are so 300yds the ttgo would 800 ish yrads to the turning its just the way the map data works
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rkm_hm
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| Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 4:39 pm Post subject: Re: [b]new to the forum[/b] |
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| Trev wrote: | Just like to Hi to all
I have just got a tom tom Go
I did a run from Essex to Bassingstoke which is great door to door :D
only problem is that I was on the slip road before I got a prompted it was there plus the road markers eg count down to a roundabout 800yards when I am at 300yards
by the tom tom GO as if the unit is out sync or is it me
Trev |
It's often a bit late with the final exit instruction. But it does give you plenty of warning. You usually get "Exit Ahead" followed by "In 600 yards, take the exit" followed by "Take the exit". You're usually already on the slip road when this final command is given - but it doesn't really matter - 'cos it's obvious what you've got to do! |
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Trev
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Thanks for the reply rkm_hm and alix776
So it's something I will have get use to
I have down loaded the safety cameras which work fine
I am looking at postcode file any good 
plus looking at ttg web site no up date for maps yet as some of the roads I use are not on the map like new A130/ parts of A120 unless some one can show me a link
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DavidW
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| Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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Hi and 
There's no map updates to buy as yet - though I would expect a map update to be brought out at some point in the first half of 2005 as TomTom begin to update their existing products.
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gingernut777
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plus looking at ttg web site no up date for maps yet as some of the roads I use are not on the map like new A130/ parts of A120 unless some one can show me a link
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Report it to TomTom via their website, there's a page for reporting map errors, you'll have to register first.
Remember though, it could take a couple of years to be corrected.
Maps will never be 100% accurate.
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MikeB
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That section of the A130 has been open for over 2 years now. It has appeared on the latest Co-Pilot maps, but not on some "more recent" maps for the AvMap GeoSat2. Hopefully it will be on the next set of TomTom maps.
The A120 is a much more recent road, so that may miss the next release.
This is very frustrating especially if you live near or have to use these uncharted roads a lot, but something we all need to put up with for now.
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