[OSM-talk] TomTom recording (Was: New Forest mapping weekend...)

[Simone Cortesi]

Dean Earley wrote:
>> We have tried a TomTom here*, and are very suspicious that it 
>> actually locks the
>> points it records to its own internal maps, rather than recording the 
>> actual GPS
>> co-ordinates.
>>
>> Can anyone confirm or deny this? If it is correct, then it could mean 
>> a lot of
>> data is actually "invalid", being indirectly copied of other maps.
>
> I don't know about the TomTom's but this is an issue with the Garmin 
> eMaps by default (my handheld).
> As soon as I noticed the option I turned it off and mentioned it here.
>
> Its NOT an issue on my car GPS as it has no internal map data and the 
> traces are recorded outside any mapping apps.
If you are using amacri's event logger v6.4 (latest version) for tomtom 
it has the ability to switch off this tomtom "feature".

before going to v6.4, I have to admit that I have not been able neither 
to prove nor deny that my tomtom 300 has this "stick to road" feature. 
sometimes it seems, sometime it doesnt.


-Simone.