If their are no roads , TomTom will calculate position from the nearest road. It is primarily designed for road use. It will not be able to tell you distance travelled as I did earlier say, it will only calculate the distance to return to home. It will show your position on a moving map as you ask.
See the later posting from Jake, seems their are specialist programs that will cope with off road and others that cope with in car, but not one that will do all.
What you should however ask yourself is how necessary is the recording of distance travelled and time. In my humble opinion a simple paedometer will cost much less and is purpose designed for this !! ( although not as flashy as an x50v and BT GPS)
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Originally Posted by MarkPerkins
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Thank you for the information.
2) How does TomTom cope if you are in an area that does not have any paths/roads marked - in a park/forest. Will it show the current location on the map (in the middle of green shading)? I presume TomTom will not be able to calculate distances as per your technique described if it doesn't have a road or path? Will TomTom allow you to map your journey as you perform it..Hypothetically can you..Press start journey. TomTom then follows your position on a map as you move around. Press end journey and then it will tell you the time and distance you have travelled?
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