Modern satnav

Alan

The problem is a matter of connection. Updates to inbuilt sat navs are usually done by a process with a USB stick rather than direct connection to a computer. I did wonder about connecting to my laptop via a USB to USB cable and using My Drive but have not had the courage to do that yet!!!

David

Never tried David but I did think that you could load POIs into the MyDrive programme and then use that to add to SatNav. 

You can create a route on MyDrive based on pre-loaded POIs (very comprehensive list including campsites on my TomTom) then send route to your Satnav.

Tomtom seem to have lost the plot over recent years re POI files...

in older versions, a whole tranche of files could be 'dragged and dropped' in seconds but then it was decided not to allow this type of access to the map area...resulting in having to do one file at a time (i have about 30 'useful' files) which is soooooo slow.

also, they thought it a great idea not to allow custom POI graphics, merely a choice of their six coloured 'blobs'....not much use with 30 different file types....

ive cobbled something together which just about works but nowhere near as uder friendly as in previous incarnations....

a bit like CC in that they keep 'promising' to improve this (highly desirable for many) function area.

this sounds like a great idea Bill, but have you tried it?

what actually happens is that the destination gets sent and the device recalculates the route, ignoring all those specific waypoints which ypu spent ages setting ip to give you 'your' desired route.

ive had endless conversations with tomtom about this as its a great, but flawed, idea.

if it sent the waypoints it would be just what we want....

Tedious, but one could input waypoints individually as you need each one. I've not found a simpler way yet.

That's what I do with the Pioneer unit in our MH. Earlier versions were able to be linked to a computer. This one only seems to accept a USB drive or linking to a companion app on my iphone. Not found an easy way to input POI's and even updates are a nightmare, taking ages and then failing, leaving you with no access to the maps, without going through the lengthy update again.

Actually putting in the Lat and Long does not take that much time and you can identify the waypoints with a name that makes sense to you. I tend to do it on a trip by trip basis, so have built up quite a few over the 8 months we have had the van. In France I tended to input several possibilities for our next night stop, in case we didn't like the first one. 

No, I haven’t used it as you describe, just for a destination but without way points. I don’t tend to use MyDrive much preferring to enter route info directly to the satnav. Based on what you’ve described that won’t change in the near future!

I know what you mean about the uploaded POI icons, the lack of functionality in that respect is woeful.

the idea of 'playing around' with the route on a tablet/pc prior to sending it to the device is that it should be much faster to check (say) toll against non toll etc, and forcing a route via a particular place or avoiding some bottleneck.

having found the 'best' route quickly on a faster device it can be sent to the satnav....if only.

Take a look at Mapfactor BB, it does just what you want. When you buy the Navigation software you get Map Explorer with it to run on your PC where you can create routes and then load them onto the sat Nav. I used version 9 for a few years until I tried Co-Pilot which met my requirements better. I still use Map Explorer as a planning tool  but I have not been able to transfer routes to the Co-Pilot sat nav.

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