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lbendlin Pocket GPS Staff
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Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 3:11 am Post subject: HowTo: Navigate to Lat/Lon with TTN4 and TTN5 |
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One of the features that was removed from TomTom Navigator after version 3.07 was the option to go to Lat/Lon coordinates on the map. While this may be a reasonable omission for a street navigation program it still angered me because I use that function a lot to verify the location of POIs etc. I guess the geocachers amongst you had some nice words to say to TomTom as well.
I had another look at the Itinerary function in the newer TomTom Navigator versions. And hey presto - there they are, latitude and longitude.
So all you need to do is create a new ITN file (or re-use an existing one) and add the coordinates of the points you want to find. You can do this with Pocket Notepad or even Pocket Word.
Then in TTN go to the itinerary, load the ITN file , point to the item you want to find, say Options > Show on Map.
Quite a few more clicks than in TTN 3.07 but at least this function is back...
This will work equally well on TTM, TTN for Palm, and even on the GOs (but there you'll have to edit the ITN file externally) _________________ Lutz
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Loobster Regular Visitor
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Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 9:42 am Post subject: |
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You can go to co-ordinates in 3.07? How? I've been looking for a way to do this and not figured it out.
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Oldie Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: 22/11/2002 13:33:48 Posts: 992 Location: Surrey, UK
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Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 11:29 am Post subject: Re: HowTo: Navigate to Lat/Lon with TTN4 and TTN5 |
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lbendlin wrote: | One of the features that was removed from TomTom Navigator after version 3.07 was the option to go to Lat/Lon coordinates on the map. While this may be a reasonable omission for a street navigation program it still angered me because I use that function a lot to verify the location of POIs etc. I guess the geocachers amongst you had some nice words to say to TomTom as well.
I had another look at the Itinerary function in the newer TomTom Navigator versions. And hey presto - there they are, latitude and longitude.
So all you need to do is create a new ITN file (or re-use an existing one) and add the coordinates of the points you want to find. You can do this with Pocket Notepad or even Pocket Word.
Then in TTN go to the itinerary, load the ITN file , point to the item you want to find, say Options > Show on Map.
Quite a few more clicks than in TTN 3.07 but at least this function is back...
This will work equally well on TTM, TTN for Palm, and even on the GOs (but there you'll have to edit the ITN file externally) |
Nice one Lutz . I will set up an ITN file for that purpose straight away. _________________ Various TomToms, Garmin eTrex Legend, GPSMAP 60CSx, Oregon 550t, Forerunner 405 |
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lbendlin Pocket GPS Staff
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Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 1:16 pm Post subject: |
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Loobster wrote: | You can go to co-ordinates in 3.07? How? I've been looking for a way to do this and not figured it out.
--Loob. |
Change to map mode, then say Tools > Go-to coordinates _________________ Lutz
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barryd Frequent Visitor
Joined: Mar 27, 2004 Posts: 285 Location: Cheshire, England
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Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 1:29 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Lutz
Great idea. Sounds like it could be a way for me to breathe new life into my OS GPS Convertor utility, which looked in danger of going the way of the dinosaurs when TT5 comes out.
As a more general question, is there an easy way programmatically (using eVC 4) to get the full folder paths to where TomTom is storing its maps, POIs and itinerary files? _________________ Barry Davies
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barryd Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 1:32 pm Post subject: |
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To state the obvious, the above question is when you are not using the TomTom API, because you don't want to pay for it! _________________ Barry Davies
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lbendlin Pocket GPS Staff
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Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 5:04 pm Post subject: |
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barryd wrote: |
As a more general question, is there an easy way programmatically (using eVC 4) to get the full folder paths to where TomTom is storing its maps, POIs and itinerary files? |
TTN 3 is using the registry for that. As far as I understand for TTN4+ you have to look into the \My documents\tomtom folder (currentmap.dat) _________________ Lutz
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Loobster Regular Visitor
Joined: Apr 16, 2005 Posts: 66
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 9:54 am Post subject: |
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lbendlin wrote: | Loobster wrote: | You can go to co-ordinates in 3.07? How? I've been looking for a way to do this and not figured it out.
--Loob. |
Change to map mode, then say Tools > Go-to coordinates |
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barryd Frequent Visitor
Joined: Mar 27, 2004 Posts: 285 Location: Cheshire, England
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 8:57 am Post subject: OS GPS Convertor v 2 |
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I've reworked OS GPS Convertor to work with TT5 - it still supports older versions, and may also work with TT4 now too, though I haven't seen that.
And no, I don't have a copy of TT5 yet, so prepare to throw rotten fruit at me if it doesn't work!
Read about it in this other thread.
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Please post any replies in that other thread. _________________ Barry Davies
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alsavs Occasional Visitor
Joined: May 28, 2005 Posts: 27 Location: Hastings,England
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Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 9:24 am Post subject: |
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Hi There
I am new to sat/nav so i have started of with the TTN Ipaq 1710 system i believe i am using software ver 4.40.I have been reading your forums with great interest.I have ordered the TTN5 upgrade.I have been trying to get up to speed to see what is possible to achieve with a sat/nav.I have downloaded Barryd lat/long conversion software ver 1.Much is mentioned on above posts regarding ITN files. Not sure if its user error but i cannot seem to find it on my system.Could you please give a breif description on ITN files and how to write them.
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julianbarker Lifetime Member
Joined: Apr 12, 2005 Posts: 431
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Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 11:15 am Post subject: |
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The version of TT you have does not support itineraries. You need to create POIs using something like POIEdit on a PC or OS GPS on the PPC. TT5 does support itineraries. |
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alsavs Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you for your reply i have TT5 on order but not sure when it will arrive.
I am able to use barryd OS GPS Converter ver 2.0 and save it as a POI on software ver 4.40 very useful. |
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barryd Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 11:19 pm Post subject: |
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Version 2.0.0 of my OS GPS Convertor utility doesn't work correctly with TomTom Navigator 5 after all. Sorry about that.
I've now released v 2.0.1 which does work. Please upgrade to this new release.
Read about it and post any reply in this other thread. _________________ Barry Davies
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C777 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 5:27 pm Post subject: Re: HowTo: Navigate to Lat/Lon with TTN4 and TTN5 |
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Back to the begining......
[quote="lbendlin"]
So all you need to do is create a new ITN file (or re-use an existing one) and add the coordinates of the points you want to find. You can do this with Pocket Notepad or even Pocket Word.
How do you do that using Pocket Word or Pocket Notepad?
Also, what format do you use for the Lat & Long?
Thank you.
C777
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lbendlin Pocket GPS Staff
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Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 6:11 pm Post subject: |
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Not sure I understand your question. If you need help how to use Notepad or Word please refer to Microsoft.
Format is
Long|Lat|Description|0 or 2|
Long and lat are displayed without decimal point (as if multiplied by 100000)
0 = Destination, 2= Waypoint (I think)
As I said, create an Itinerary in TTN, save it, and then look at the resulting ITN file to learn about the format. _________________ Lutz
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