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Noobiest
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 Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 2:35 pm Post subject: Help with adresses please... |
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Hello again,
In the continued effort to plan my roadtrip I've hit another snag.
How do you read/enter a french address into TomTom?
For instance my first stop after Calais....our motel.
Premiere Class Boulogne......Name of hotel
Saint Martin les Boulogne
Lotissement du blanc pignon
62280 saint martin les boulogne
TT One Europe....what do I do?
Thanks guys
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Oldboy
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You can use the 62280 to find the City and the try the Street. I had to enter 'pignon' to find anything.
Probably better to use POI, POI in City, select City (using 62280), select Hotel/motel. There is only one Premiere Classe in the list.
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46jimbo
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 3:04 pm Post subject: |
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The POI for the hotel exists at these coordinates:
N50.72706 E1.64405
Here's what I did. No 'Saint-Martin-les-Boulogne' was in the data base. So I tried the postal code and it took me to 'Saint-Martin-Boulogne'. (Double checking the data base shows another town by the same name in the south.)
But the street address didn't come up either. So I browsed the map with the 'hotel' POI turned on, and it was easy to find, just off the junction of the A16 and the N42. The map calls the street Rue de la Plaine, which is certainly not what the hotel itself lists as it's address. |
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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Ok I'll give it a shot.
Could someone please break down a french address for me and tell me which part is which? 
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46jimbo
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 4:42 pm Post subject: |
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This particular address is quite unusual. There is no street or number. The word 'lotissement' means 'plot of land' or 'allotment'.
Normally, a French street address starts with 'Rue', 'Avenue' or something like that. In the TomTom, you MUST type these words in. For example, 'rue de la Paix' - you have to type everything. (In English, we don't even have to type the word 'street' in order to find something.) |
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Border_Collie
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | How do you read/enter a french address into TomTom? |
With difficulty usually, and not only TT. Maybe it's to confuse us in the UK. Take for example the Saint in the address you gave, they also use Ste. Sainte and St. without any firm rule. If you double check the street, Rue de la Plaine, you will see it is not only the main road but also several streets off it, which happens a lot over there, plus many houses do not have numbers.
| Quote: | | (Double checking the data base shows another town by the same name in the south.) |
With iGo I find there are 15 Saint Martin Boulogne's dotted around France and a further 19
e.g. Crosses, Saint Martin Boulogne - Hostun, Saint Martin Boulogne....... etc.
I wonder if they have the same problems when they visit here? |
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PaulB2005
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 6:04 pm Post subject: |
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Hope this helps a bit....
If you Google "Lotissement du blanc pignon" you get this page CLICK HERE under Images. Turn the map 90 degrees to the right.
Use Google Maps to find "62280" and you get CLICK HERE. Double click NEAR the green pointer and it'll zoom in. Do this tiwce and you'll see the two maps match up.
I take it "Premiere Class Boulogne" is "3 - Hôtel First Classe" on the first map and you can see where it is and relate this to the TomTom. |
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999tommo
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Lost_Property wrote: | | With difficulty usually, and not only TT. Maybe it's to confuse us in the UK. Take for example the Saint in the address you gave, they also use Ste. Sainte and St. without any firm rule. |
Just for info.....a Saint, as we would say, is Saint (pronounced 'San' in French), and shortened to St if the saint is masculine and Sainte (pronounced 'Sant' in French) and shortened to Ste if the saint is femenine.
I know this doesn't necessarily help you find the address, but they say knowledge is power......right 
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| Quote: | | Just for info.....a Saint, as we would say, is Saint (pronounced 'San' in French), and shortened to St if the saint is masculine and Sainte (pronounced 'Sant' in French) and shortened to Ste if the saint is femenine. |
Ah, a bit more knowledge to had to my 'Petit pois français'.
| Quote: | | Sainte (pronounced 'Sant' in French) |
That explains why Sainte Anne, near Grasse, is spoken as 'Santan'. |
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| Lost_Property wrote: | | Quote: | | Just for info.....a Saint, as we would say, is Saint (pronounced 'San' in French), and shortened to St if the saint is masculine and Sainte (pronounced 'Sant' in French) and shortened to Ste if the saint is femenine. |
Ah, a bit more knowledge to had to my 'Petit pois français'.
| Quote: | | Sainte (pronounced 'Sant' in French) |
That explains why Sainte Anne, near Grasse, is spoken as 'Santan'. |
And why Saint Albert is pronounced Santalbear. 
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Border_Collie
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| Quote: | | And why Saint Albert is pronounced Santalbear. |
Moi Francais et petit pois.  pTranssexuel peut-être ? |
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| Lost_Property wrote: | | Quote: | | And why Saint Albert is pronounced Santalbear. |
Moi Francais et petit pois. pTranssexuel peut-être ? |
C'est la guerre.
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Mange Tout, Mange Tout.......
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