TomTom Urban Rider 3 Manual

Finding alternative routes10.
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Find-
ing 
alterna-
tive 
routesOnce you have planned a route, you may want to change something about the route, with-
out changing your destination.
Reasons for changing a route
Maybe for one of these reasons:
• You can see a roadblock or a line of traffic ahead.
• You want to travel via a particular location, to pick someone up, stop for lunch or fill up 
with petrol.
• You want to avoid a difficult junction or a road you don’t like.
Change route
Tap this button in the...

22 Travel via...
Tap this button to change your route so that it passes a particular 
location, perhaps to pick someone up on the way. When you do this, 
a marker is shown on the map for the location you choose to travel 
via.
You choose the location you want to pass in the same way as you 
choose a destination. So you can select from all the same options, 
for example: Address, Favourite, Point of Interest and Point on 
map.
Your Rider calculates a new route to your destination that passes the 
location...

Recording your route11.
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Recordi
ng your 
routeAbout recording your route
There are several reasons why you may want to record a route. You may be on the riding 
holiday of a lifetime and want to share the route with fellow bikers or you may simply wish 
to build a collection of your favourite routes.
When the recording of a route stops, two files are created. The first file is a GPX file that 
holds very detailed information and can be viewed with software such as Google Earth.
T h e  s e c o n d  f i...

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Using the file
There are several things you can do with your GPX file:
• Connect your Rider to your computer and view the file using software such as Google 
Earth.
Note: While viewing your recording, you may notice that the recorded GPS locations do 
not always correspond with the roads. This can happen for several reasons. Firstly, your 
device tries to keep the files small and this can cause a slight loss of data precision. Sec-
ondly, your device records the actual data from the GPS chip for an...

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You can receive an ITN file from a friend using Bluetooth, download one from the internet 
or receive one using HOME. 
Loading an ITN file
To load an ITN file, do the following:
1. Tap the screen to bring up the Main Menu.
2. Tap options.
3. Tap Itinerary planning. 
4. Tap Options. 
5. Tap Load Itinerary. 
Tip: After loading a scenic route, if you are asked for a route type, select Shortest route 
to give you the closest representation of the original route. 

Browse Map12.
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Browse 
MapTo look at the map in the same way as you might look at a traditional paper map, tap 
Browse map in the Main Menu.
You can move the map by touching the screen and sliding your finger across the screen.
1. Scale bar
2. Marker
Markers point to your current location, your home location and your destination. The 
marker shows the distance to the location.
Tap a marker to centre the map on the location pointed to by the marker.
3. Options button
Tap this button to select whether...

TomTom Map Share™13.
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TomTo
m Map 
Share™With TomTom Map Share, you can correct errors on your map and share those correc-
tions with other people in the TomTom Map Share community, as well as receiving cor-
rections made by others.
If you find a street that has recently been blocked to traffic which was open before, you 
can use Map Share to correct your map and then share the correction with other Map 
Share users.
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Making a map correction
Important: For safety reasons, you should only mark a location when you are driving. Do 
not enter the full details of an error while you are driving.
Receiving the latest map updates
When you connect your TomTom Rider to your computer, TomTom HOME automatically 
downloads any available map corrections and sends any changes you have made, to the 
Map Share community.
There are several types of corrections which can be set in the Correction preferences 
menu.
Marking a map error...

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button and your Rider will save your current location. You can then send the correction to 
TomTom Map Share when you have finished your journey.
TomTom Map Share community
To join the Map Share community, do the following:
1. Tap options in the Main Menu then tap Map corrections.
2. Tap Download corrections made by others.
3. Tap Join.
When you connect your Rider to your computer, TomTom HOME downloads new correc-
tions and sends your corrections to the Map Share community.
Important: Connect your...

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Types of map correction
There are several types of correction that you can make to a map. 
To make a correction to your map, tap Map corrections in the options menu then tap Cor-
rect a map error. The following types of corrections are shown.
(Un)block 
street
Tap this button to block or unblock a street. You can block or unblock 
the street in one or both directions.
For example, to correct a street near to your current location, do the fol-
lowing:
1. Tap (Un)block street.
2. Tap Near you to select...