TomTom POI for Palms

Papa Bear_Left · Post by **Papa Bear_Left** » 16 July 07 10:28 pm

At last!

One of the few things I didn't like about TomTom on my Palm PDA was that there was no way to add a Point of Interest using coordinates rather than an address. I would occasionally use my Meridian's B&W line maps to get a rough address so that I could get driving directions from TomTom, which was something of a pain.

But a new plug-in for Cachemate's just appeared, and it'll export waypoints from CM to a POI file! WooHoo!

It's free and available from PalmGear

Webguy · Post by **Webguy** » 17 July 07 11:18 am

I always just used GSAK to export caches as a POI file.

Papa Bear_Left · Post by **Papa Bear_Left** » 17 July 07 2:54 pm

Webguy wrote:I always just used GSAK to export caches as a POI file.

Oh, same here, it's part of my macro that sends files off in all directions!

But in the middle of a multicache, it's sometimes nice to be able to get driving directions to the next bit (or when solving a puzzle cache when away from the PC.)

Webguy · Post by **Webguy** » 17 July 07 2:59 pm

Ahh, later version of TomTom for palm allowed the entry of co-ords to use as a destination.

Papa Bear_Left · Post by **Papa Bear_Left** » 17 July 07 7:00 pm

Webguy wrote:Ahh, later version of TomTom for palm allowed the entry of co-ords to use as a destination.

Oooh! I might need an update!

What version are you running?

Cannibal Smurf · Post by **Cannibal Smurf** » 25 August 07 3:57 pm

Just upgraded to TOMTOM v6 and you can use coords with it

finally...

Zytheran · Post by **Zytheran** » 26 August 07 9:35 pm

My TomTom V6 has the option for locating via coords greyed out and I can't find any menu option for changing this option..
Symbian version, any one know the fix?

Papa Bear_Left · Post by **Papa Bear_Left** » 27 August 07 12:15 am

Cannibal Smurf wrote:Just upgraded to TOMTOM v6 and you can use coords with it finally...

Which PDA are you running this on?

Cannibal Smurf · Post by **Cannibal Smurf** » 28 August 07 12:29 pm

Running on an i-Mate JAM. Running TomTom 6, Cachemate, Smache, Tracky & GPS2GE w/Franson GPS gate. 

Different programs for different applications. TomTom to get me as close to the cache area as it can, Cachemate to find the darn things and GPS2GE so I can load my travels onto GoogleEarth. Smache & Tracky I use when hiding caches because they seem to give quite accurate coords.

Looking at upgrading to an O2 xda Flame, bigger screen, faster processor, more on-board memory