Is the IQ routing effective?

TangoCharlie · Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 1:43 am Post subject:

Ive just bought a 730 and updated it.

How does one know IQ Routes are working?
Can one disable it?

It looks to me like an invisable feature.

Thanx

Tc

mikealder · Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 7:53 am Post subject:

Plan a route and the device will show the route summary screen, on here it should also state IQ routes and date and time of day the route was planned - Mike

TangoCharlie · Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 9:21 am Post subject:

Thanx Mike. I love this forum. People like yourself are so helpful.

Tc

theripper · Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 3:15 pm Post subject:

Just to throw my 2 halfpence worth in IQ routes do seem to give different routes at different times of the day, for me the followiing is what happened:

Rochester to Tower Bridge, Saturday morning 07:45
A2 - Woolwich Road - Greenwich - Surrey Quays - Jamaica Road, Clear all the way.

Same Route Sunday Evening 16:45
A2 - Blackwall tunnel - East India Dock Road - Rotherhithe tunnel - Jamaica Road, clear all the way again.

A workmate used the other route on the Sunday and was late for work.

theripper

Andy_P · Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 8:26 pm Post subject:

TangoCharlie · Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:19 am Post subject:

Does IQ Routing update every time you sync the TomTom?
How is the information collected and distributed?

I am intrigued.

Tc

mikealder · Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:22 am Post subject:

IQ data is stored within the map data so it doesn't get updated by connecting to Home, you would need to update the map to a newer release to obtain newer IQ related data.
Every time you connect to the Home software assuming you have selected to partake in information gathering the device will upload data to TomTom about the soeeds of roads you have been driving on. It is this data that is used to forumlate the IQ data - Mike

gluey · Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 1:01 am Post subject:

Hi All,
One problem i can see with IQ routes is when a new road is made to bypass a village or a better link road.
These new roads have no data for them.

So even though these new roads are on the map IQ still uses the old road!
All well if you know the area but if not you still end up on the old road.

Kev

Andy_P · Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 2:41 am Post subject:

JaguarV12e · Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 7:41 am Post subject:

The problem might be that the bypass (probably being longer) is actually no quicker than going through the town.

In on case that I know (the Caxton bypass near Cambourne), the bypass takes quite a big loop, and even with new traffic calming in the village, there is not much difference in time to traverse, and TT calculates that the direct route is quicker.

My usual commute is to Cambourne from the south, and IQ routes would take me to work via the bypass, and home through the village.
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