View map
About viewing the map
You can view the map in the same way as you might look at a traditional paper map. The map shows your current location and many other locations such as Favourites and POIs.
To view the map in this way, tap View map or View route in the Main menu.
You view different locations on the map by moving the map across the screen. To move the map, touch the screen and drag your finger across the screen. If your device supports gestures, you can also zoom in and out by touching the screen with your thumb and forefinger and sliding your fingers in and out.
To select a location on the map, tap the location on the map. The cursor highlights the location and displays useful information about the location in an information panel. Tap the information panel to create a Favourite or plan a route to that location.
View map
1. The scale bar
2. Traffic - current traffic incidents. Use the Options button to select whether traffic information is shown on the map. When traffic information is shown on the map, POIs and Favourites are not shown.
3. Marker
A marker shows the distance to a location. Markers are coloured as follows:
Blue - points to your current location. This marker is grey if you lose your GPS signal.
Yellow - points to your home location.
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Red - points to your destination.
Tap a marker to centre the map on the location pointed to by the marker.
You can also set your own marker. Tap the cursor button, then tap Set marker position to place a green marker at the cursor position.
To turn markers off, tap Options, then Advanced and clear the Markers checkbox.
4. Options button
5. The cursor with street name balloon
Tap the button in the street name balloon to open the cursor menu. You can navigate to the cursor position, make a Favourite of the cursor position, or find a Point of Interest near the cursor position.
6. The Find button
Tap this button to find specific addresses, favourites or Points of Interest.
7. The zoom bar
Zoom in and out by moving the slider.
Options
Tap the Options button to set the information shown on the map and show the following information:
Traffic - select this option to show traffic information on the map. When traffic information is shown, POIs and Favourites are not shown.
Note: LIVE services are only available in designated countries. For more information on available services in your country, go to business.tomtom.com/liveservices .
Names - select this option to show street and city names on the map.
Points of interest - select this option to show POIs on the map. Tap Choose POIs to choose which POI categories are shown on the map.
Images - select this option to show satellite images of the area being viewed. Satellite images are not available in every map or for every location on the map.
Favourites - select this option to show your Favourites on the map.
Tap Advanced to show or hide the following information:
Markers - select this option to enable markers. Markers point to your current location (blue), your home location (yellow) and your destination (red). The marker shows the distance to the location.
Tap a marker to centre the map on the location which the marker is pointing to.
To create your own marker, tap the cursor button. Then tap Set marker position to place a green marker at the cursor position.
To disable markers, tap Options, then tap Advanced and unselect Markers.
Coordinates - select this option to show GPS coordinates in the lower left corner of the map.
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Cursor menu
The cursor can be used to do more than highlight a location on the map.
Position the cursor on a location on the map, then tap Cursor and then tap one of the following buttons:
Tap this button to plan a route to the cursor position on the map.
Navigate there
Tap this button to view information about the location on the map such as the address.
View location
Set marker position
Tap this button to create your own green marker and place it at the cursor position.
If a green marker exists, this button changes to Delete marker.
Tap this button to find a POI near the cursor position on the map.
For example, if the cursor currently highlights a restaurant location on the map, you can search for a nearby parking garage.
Find POI nearby
Correct location
Tap this button to make a map correction for the cursor position on the map.
You can make the correction only on your own map or you can share the correction with the TomTom Map Share community.
Tap this button to create a Favourite at the cursor position on the map.
Add as Favourite
Tap this button to create a POI at the cursor position on the map.
Add as POI
Travel via...
Tap this button to travel via the cursor position on the map as part of your current route. Your destination remains the same as before, but your route now includes this location.
This button is only available while there is a planned route.
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Tap this button to centre the map on the cursor position.
Centre on map
Call...
Note: Hands-free calling is not supported on all devices.
Tap this button to call the location at the cursor position.
This button is only available if your PRO device has the phone number for the location.
The phone numbers for many POIs are available on your PRO device.
You can also call phone numbers of your own POIs.
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