TomTom 720 and traveling via dover

snowman72 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 26, 2009 Posts: 31

Hi all
I am planning a road trip to mulhouse and when i put into my tomtom but keeps sending me via the channel tunnel or via ramsgate not by dover ports how can i get round this

mikealder · Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 9:39 pm Post subject:

Plan the trip in two parts, the first leg takes you to the port, the second leg routes you once you get off the boat - Mike

snowman72 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 26, 2009 Posts: 31

didnt think of that i was trying to work out the total route for costing

dorsetwurzel · Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 9:41 pm Post subject:

Plan your trip in 2 parts; from home to Dover and from Calais to Mulhouse.

I am fortunate as I only live a few minutes from the Channel Tunnel Laughing

Tim

Andy_P · Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 9:45 pm Post subject:

Won't it let you do a "Travel via..."?

Let it create the route it suggests, then go to "Calculate alternative/Travel via" and put a point in near the port on the map.

dorsetwurzel · Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 9:49 pm Post subject:

mikealder · Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 9:52 pm Post subject:

Or perhaps Euro Tunnel have decided to "sponsor" TomTom to provide routes via their route to Europe Twisted Evil

- Mike

dorsetwurzel · Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 9:53 pm Post subject:

Andy_P · Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 10:04 pm Post subject:

dorsetwurzel · Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 10:11 pm Post subject:

Andy_P · Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 10:15 pm Post subject:

Whatever is going on... I reckon it SHOULD let you choose the ferry! I see that as a bug....

dorsetwurzel · Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 10:19 pm Post subject:

Yes it is annoying! I was on the tunnel yesterday (my free TT trip Very Happy

) and it held signal until we got almost to the tunnel entrance!

sgould · Frequent Visitor Joined: Oct 05, 2004 Posts: 1320

Tomtom has always used the Channel Tunnel. I remember reporting this on one of the TT forums back when I got my 700 in Sept 2005.

It even sent you through the tunnel if you put both ends of the ferry route in an itinerary. I tried the waypoint on the dotted line in mid channel. And I got three crossings too!
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jimbo_hippo · Frequent Visitor Joined: May 18, 2005 Posts: 444

Arguably this makes sense from a mapping point of view since the Chunnel is the only physical connection via vehicle across the channel. But it should have been addressed as a practical problem for users by now as there is a post about this every 6 months in every forum. It would be good if the system asked you if you wish to travel by ferry or tunnel or bridge or whatever the options are.

Furthermore, I keep seeing items which would be useful in the LIVE versions. e.g. if you were planning a route it could give you prices for the options by pulling them down from a database somewhere. Lets face it, the choice made is based on speed and price so if you had both you could decide. Might be a bit messy as part of the Tom Tom interface but could be an evolution for preplanning using Home. I posted a similar one about tolls charges and giving real-time calculations about costs en route. But since I don't have access to these services on my 720 it's simply a pipe dream for me.
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andy-c1 · Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 6:10 pm Post subject:

surely if you travel via the ramp exit it should work right ..I havn't tried it but i can't see it not working ,or even try via point on map
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