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Sat Nav Route Planning Tool free shareware download

#1 User is offline   8342mat 

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Post icon  Posted 26 October 2008 - 01:14 PM

I have found this very useful FREE Shareware on the web. It pairs tomtom with Google Earth/Google Maps to create and check your route and then upload it to the Tomtom.

www.janboersma.nl/gett/index.php

It allows you to plan your route to every fine detail using waypoints, thus fantastic at planning routes when towing a caravan ie avoiding those unsavoury narrow roads.
It is that good that you have to be careful when planning your route particularily if dual carriageways are concerned, as you have to choose the correct side of the road. This is where the zoom function comes in on the google maps/ earth.

Try it.

Mat

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Posted 26 October 2008 - 01:16 PM

Wow they rerally are trying to catch up with Garmin!!

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Posted 28 October 2008 - 07:42 PM

after a period of getting familiar with this application, i am likeing it even more.
i downloaded the caravan club sites from their web page and added them to the application as POI's.
i can now chose to show all or anyone on the map (google earth or google maps) and plan my route as i want.
google maps even gives you a birds eye view of the caravan site.

as you save each route you have planned into a folder on your computer, for upload, you can have all your favourite sites with the most acceptible routes to hand.

has no one tried it for themselves yet ?

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Posted 29 October 2008 - 06:21 PM

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has no one tried it for themselves yet ?
mat
Yes - I've been using it for at least the last twelve months. Fantastic !!
http://www.caravanta...showtopic=16417
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Posted 11 January 2009 - 07:02 PM

Does it work with other Sat Navs or just Tomtom?

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Posted 12 January 2009 - 11:48 AM

View Postred kev, on Jan 11 2009, 07:02 PM, said:

Does it work with other Sat Navs or just Tomtom?


Probably not - because it doesn't seem to work with all versions of Tomtom - Mine is a 3rd edition of Tt1 and Tyre tells me a route is downloaded but nothing is received on the unit.

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Posted 12 January 2009 - 04:08 PM

Wish there was a cheap or free update for Nissan built-in systems!

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