Distances And The Route Bar; The Current Location Menu - TomTom GO User Manual

Note: To make the route bar more readable some incidents may not be shown. These incidents will always
be of minor importance and only cause short delays.
The route bar also shows status messages, for example Finding fastest route or Playing route preview.
Below the route bar is a button that immediately clears your current route.

Distances and the route bar

The distance ahead shown on the route bar depends on the length of your route, or the distance remaining on
your route.
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For remaining distances longer than 50 km (31 miles), only the next 50 km (31 miles) is shown. The
destination icon is not shown.
Tip: You can scroll the route bar to see your whole route.
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For remaining distances between 10 km (6 miles) and 50 km (31 miles), the complete distance is shown.
The destination icon is shown fixed at the top of the route bar.
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For remaining distances of less than 10 km (6 miles) the complete distance is shown. The destination icon
moves down towards the chevron symbol as you get nearer to your destination.
The top half of the route bar shows twice the distance of the bottom half, as shown in the following examples:
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A remaining distance of 50 km on the route bar is split into 34 km (21 miles) at the top and 16 km (9 miles)
at the bottom.
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A remaining distance of 10 km on the route bar is split into 6.6 km (4 miles) at the top and 3.3 km (2 miles)
at the bottom.
The route bar is constantly updated as you drive.

The current location menu

To open the current location menu, select the current location symbol or the speed panel in the guidance view.
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A faster route, if there is traffic on your route.
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The stops on your route.
Tip: To quickly remove a stop, select it in the route bar and use the pop-up
menu.
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Petrol stations that are directly on your route.
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TomTom Traffic incidents.
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TomTom Speed Cameras and Danger Zones.
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Rest stops directly on your route.
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A parking button near the destination flag when parking is available near
your destination.
You can choose the information you see
The symbols are in the order that they occur on your route. For traffic incidents,
the symbol for each incident alternates between showing the type of incident
and the delay in minutes. Select a symbol to see more information about a stop,
an incident or a speed camera. If a symbol is shown on top of another symbol,
selecting the symbols zooms in on the route bar to show each symbol separately.
You can then select a symbol.
For a complete list of incident types, see Traffic incidents.
The bottom of the route bar represents your current location and shows the
distance to the next incident on your route.
on your route.
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