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Joris 3 Pinter
Mar 10, 2013, 4:53:42 AM3/10/13
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I have somehow managed to tweak the TomTom XL so you can see the height in
meters (via a download that I can not remember ...). As an altimeter can be
added then it must also be possible to add a compass? A compass that shows
where your destination is and how many km that is, as the crow flies. Does
anyone know a site with a Compass function for TomTom XL?
Joris.
meters (via a download that I can not remember ...). As an altimeter can be
added then it must also be possible to add a compass? A compass that shows
where your destination is and how many km that is, as the crow flies. Does
anyone know a site with a Compass function for TomTom XL?
Joris.
Roger Mills
Mar 10, 2013, 4:46:20 PM3/10/13
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TomTom GO Classic has a little pointer at bottom left which shows the
distance to destination and the direction relative to the current
direction of travel (I think).
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Roger Mills
Mar 11, 2013, 10:04:56 AM3/11/13
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On 10/03/2013 21:04, Anthony R. Gold wrote:
> OP wants to determine the true point-to-point distance (as the crow flies).
No it isn't! It's the straight line distance. For instance, when I start
out on one journey which I undertake frequently, it reports the
destination as being 97.3 miles away, whereas the route distance is 125
miles.
> On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:46:20 +0000, Roger Mills<watt....@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 10/03/2013 08:53, Joris 3 Pinter wrote:
>>> I have somehow managed to tweak the TomTom XL so you can see the height
>>> in meters (via a download that I can not remember ...). As an altimeter
>>> can be added then it must also be possible to add a compass? A compass
>>> that shows where your destination is and how many km that is, as the
>>> crow flies. Does anyone know a site with a Compass function for TomTom XL?
>>>
>>> Joris.
>>>
>>
>> Haven't you almost got that with the standard software? My very old
>> TomTom GO Classic has a little pointer at bottom left which shows the
>> distance to destination and the direction relative to the current
>> direction of travel (I think).
>
> The distance displayed by your TomTom would be along the route journey. The
> wrote:
>
>> On 10/03/2013 08:53, Joris 3 Pinter wrote:
>>> I have somehow managed to tweak the TomTom XL so you can see the height
>>> in meters (via a download that I can not remember ...). As an altimeter
>>> can be added then it must also be possible to add a compass? A compass
>>> that shows where your destination is and how many km that is, as the
>>> crow flies. Does anyone know a site with a Compass function for TomTom XL?
>>>
>>> Joris.
>>>
>>
>> Haven't you almost got that with the standard software? My very old
>> TomTom GO Classic has a little pointer at bottom left which shows the
>> distance to destination and the direction relative to the current
>> direction of travel (I think).
>
> OP wants to determine the true point-to-point distance (as the crow flies).
No it isn't! It's the straight line distance. For instance, when I start
out on one journey which I undertake frequently, it reports the
destination as being 97.3 miles away, whereas the route distance is 125
miles.
Joris 3 Pinter
Mar 11, 2013, 4:35:31 PM3/11/13
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"Roger Mills" <watt....@gmail.com> schreef in bericht
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since customers-research revealed that people were not interested. On the
internet one can read many complains about the removal but TomTom has a
different opinion. I would say: what's wrong with a Compass when one can
manually turn it off if not interested...
Joris.
Roger Mills
Mar 12, 2013, 6:15:53 PM3/12/13
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On 11/03/2013 20:35, Joris 3 Pinter wrote:
>
>
> TomTom support says they deliberately removed the Compass functionality
> since customers-research revealed that people were not interested. On
> the internet one can read many complains about the removal but TomTom
> has a different opinion. I would say: what's wrong with a Compass when
> one can manually turn it off if not interested...
> Joris.
>
Well, I've still got it - but I haven't updated the software for quite
>
>
> TomTom support says they deliberately removed the Compass functionality
> since customers-research revealed that people were not interested. On
> the internet one can read many complains about the removal but TomTom
> has a different opinion. I would say: what's wrong with a Compass when
> one can manually turn it off if not interested...
> Joris.
>
some time!
Joris 3 Pinter
Mar 13, 2013, 3:25:44 PM3/13/13
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Joris.
> On 11/03/2013 20:35, Joris 3 Pinter wrote:
>>
>>
>
> Well, I've still got it - but I haven't updated the software for quite
> some time!
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Lucky you!
>>
>>
>
> Well, I've still got it - but I haven't updated the software for quite
> some time!
> --
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