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TomTom Go: Shortest or Quickest route

 
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bimmerboy
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 1:58 pm    Post subject: TomTom Go: Shortest or Quickest route Reply with quote

Is there a way in the Go to choose quickest or shortest route? I got the latest software (4.40)

I now i have it in TTN3 but i can not find it in the Go

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 3:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not explicitly as far as I can tell... but if you calculate a route and don't like it (or know it not to be the quickest for whatever reason) you can select "calculate alternative" i think, which will give a different way of getting to your destination. i haven't worked out if the recalculation works in any particular way (it might go fastest-shortest-main roads only-back roads only etc)...
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 4:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Does anyone now how TomTom Go calculate as default? fastest or shortest? Question
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 6:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fastest
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 9:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Powelly131 wrote:
Fastest


If you press "re-calculate route" you get the shortest.
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 10:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

is this fact or you think this is the way?

can someone confirme this 8O
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 5:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

bimmerboy wrote:
is this fact or you think this is the way?

can someone confirme this 8O


It's fact.

I was going to Batley from Blackpool. First it gave me 78 miles via M62, timed at 1 hour 35.Then i did a re-route, distance then was 65 miles via "A" roads, this was timed at 2 hours.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 7:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

delboy0754 wrote:
It's fact.

I was going to Batley from Blackpool. First it gave me 78 miles via M62, timed at 1 hour 35.Then i did a re-route, distance then was 65 miles via "A" roads, this was timed at 2 hours.


Not always, I planned routes and then re calculated the route and the 2nd option is sometimes longer and also uses motorways.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 30, 2004 11:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I can now confirm that this is not a fact!

I tried to take alternative route 4 times and everytime the route whas longer and took longer time.

IŽll miss the choice of shortest/quickest calculation.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 04, 2004 6:37 pm    Post subject: auto updates Reply with quote

:P I have noticed that with the latest TomTom Go Firmware that you can take a diferent route, and TTG just updates itself without any moans or groans. This saves having to set a road block etc. With the earlier firmware I think that it would tell you to turn aroung and go back. Truly a great product
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 04, 2004 11:48 pm    Post subject: Re: auto updates Reply with quote

dannyswa wrote:
:P I have noticed that with the latest TomTom Go Firmware that you can take a diferent route, and TTG just updates itself without any moans or groans. This saves having to set a road block etc. With the earlier firmware I think that it would tell you to turn aroung and go back. Truly a great product



I agree! For the first week I had mine I kept on deliberately ignoring the instructions and taking a different route just for the pleasure of watching it calculate a new route. The nearer you are to your destination the faster it recalculates. Even on a long route it's never taken more than 5 seconds.

Although it's only a 200Mhz processor I think the increased speed comes from a combination of better algorithyms in the software and increased refresh rates for the screen.
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