TTN3 routing funnies

dmac · Posted: Mon May 10, 2004 9:01 pm Post subject: TTN3 routing funnies

Journey from Brunton Lane Newcastle NE3 2 to Eastgate Hexham Ne46 directs you onto main Newcastle Carlisle road A69 dual carriageway which
is what I would expect.
But, then it directs you away from A69 and onto B6318 which in turn
joins A68 which in turn takes you back onto A69 Laughing

All my setting on TTN3 are set at default values but this route
just seems mad..............
I bought TTN3 to save me time and NOT take me silly detours.
Seems not just missing roads but daft routing Confused

Cheers

R1chard · Regular Visitor Joined: Feb 07, 2004 Posts: 64

iancjc · Posted: Mon May 10, 2004 11:08 pm Post subject:

I can't check this at the moment but You may want to look at the map as this section of the road maybe "un known" which tomtom will then avoid like the plague as (I guess) it will not know what standard of road or track it is and ignore it.

I have come up against something similar with a new bypass where the middle 300 yards is unkown and you get routed off through an industrial estate and back onto the bypass at the next roundabout where the road is correctly listed once more.....

I guess you just learn to ignore it where you know the way or signs point in an obvious direction - gps really comes into its own for the last few miles through towns - probably best to flag this up as a map error.
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icsys · Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 12:00 am Post subject:

Out of curiosity I tried this with Navman SmartSTv2 and it also routes away from the A69... but not in the same place!

It routes you off the A69, through Ovington then back up the B6309 and back onto the A69 at the next junction?

R1chard · Regular Visitor Joined: Feb 07, 2004 Posts: 64

Mat_Wal · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 11, 2004 Posts: 3

I think TT are having problems, I emailed them nearly a week ago as since upgrading to TTN3 I'm now sent down dirt tracks, deep fords (14in sadly I measured the water mark on my 4x4) and on bridleways.

Still waiting for the answer

Yes I do have a 4x4 but this does help when towing a caravan

dmac · Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 5:29 pm Post subject:

Tim Buxton · Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 5:42 pm Post subject:

SteveW · Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 11:15 pm Post subject:

TT3 user - Land'S End (Cornwall) to John O'Groats (Highlands) 14 hrs 54 mins 835.9 miles........ John O'G to Land's End 14 hrs 55 mins 836.2 miles.

Regards,

Steve

Tim Buxton · Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 7:16 am Post subject:

Steve,

Did you go to the very end of Land's End, i.e. the roundabout right at the end where the Land's End Hotel is?
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Barry320SLK · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 12, 2004 Posts: 1

I've been a user of TT for over a year now. My route to work has changed since the launch of TT3 apparently. That I suppose I can live with, but there is something more aggravating.
I travel from Southport to Stockport and back, which logically would take you down the M60. However the M60 is a nightmare so avoiding it saves me time.
With TT2 I would ask to avoid the M60 once I was on the M6, I would be routed further down the M6 and down the M56 off at Jcn 6, good route. Now I issue the avoid M60 command and I get routed further down the M6 as normal. However once on the M56 TT3 wants to put be back on the M60! I have to reissue a command issued minutes earlier.

Is it a fairly simple job to uninstall TT3 and reinstall TT2 and the old maps?

icsys · Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 10:54 am Post subject:

Tim
I have routed from LE to JoG, what exactly do you need from this?

Distance = 822.8 miles

tom9851 · Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 11:29 am Post subject:

Barry320SLK,
Yes it's no big deal to re-install TTN2 (if I can do it anyone can!). I just deleted all the TomTom files from both the Ipaq and the SD card and installed TTN2. When you get to the end of the installation and the TTN2 CD asks you if you want to register it just ignore that bit - since you have activated it already on the same device then no problem. All the other stuff you may have on there like postcodes and cameras etc just leave it will all work fine - at least it did for me. I don't know if you can just reinstall TTN2 over TTN3 without deleting all first - try that it will certainly be quicker. I assumed you couldn't so I cleared it all out first, but I could be wrong about that.

Tom

Tim Buxton · Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 2:06 pm Post subject:

SteveW · Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 10:49 pm Post subject:

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