Comments on: TomTom Route Planner

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:31:10 +0000

Carl, the TomTom Route Planner is in beta. When they release version 1.0 I suspect that functionality and more will be in there.

By: Carl

Carl — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:19:15 +0000

Why can’t you send a Route from Route Planner to the actual TomTOm?

The reason I am using the route planner is because the route TomTom gives is me ridiculously convoluted and not even close to the best way to get there. Route Planner shows a far better way. But there’s no way to send that route to the TomTom. It’s insane.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:24:07 +0000

Seems quite cool, I’ll have to give this a try sometime :p

Go TomTom!

By: Steve Bukosky

Steve Bukosky — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:55:22 +0000

It’d be nice if they did the courtesy of a reply when signing up for the beta. I’ve been waiting for something from them like Mapsource. I also think that the traffic is marginally useful, but it is a work in progress. Hope it becomes useful before I retire.

By: gatorguy

gatorguy — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:41:31 +0000

Maybe I was a little mistaken then. . .

Boy, you sure know how to ruin a good time. LOL!

By: gatorguy

gatorguy — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:45:43 +0000

Now it makes sense.

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:37:43 +0000

From the TomTom Route Planner:

If you choose to leave now or within 30 minutes, current traffic conditions are taken into account when planning your route.

By: gatorguy

gatorguy — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 01:38:03 +0000

One hope for HD here in the US may come from Navteq. They are currently beta-testing a system in California that looks as tho it uses the same reliance on cellphone movement as TT is using with VodaPhone in Europe. One advantage they may have is Nokia (and their GPS-enabled phones) owning Navteq, making the integration a little more transparent.

By: mafferik

mafferik — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:24:05 +0000

They should, although I’m not sure how accurate and granular the traffic information will be by just relying on road sensor data and fleet management systems. I’m unsure whether TomTom or anybody else is able to create cellular network based traffic information here in the US, like they do in Europe. Here’s a link to a press release to the launch of HDTraffic in Portugal, no mention of launching this in the US

By: gatorguy

gatorguy — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 13:13:52 +0000

As long as you consider the limitations of the traffic reporting effectiveness, no reason not to. The inclusion of IQRouting has the potential to make it more reliable than Google or Mapquest, altho it seems I read that Google intends to include current traffic and traffic speeds in their routing engine. MSN has started doing so for major metro areas (I noticed it in Tampa Friday), and since Google is using TeleAtlas maps now for the US, it shouldn’t be long before IQRoutes is included there.