Height
| Height | |
|---|---|
| This application displays the actual altitude on the TomTom screen. | |
| Properties | |
| Developer: | Joghurt |
| Version: | 17 (10.07.2010) |
| Architecture: | arm-linux |
| Language: | C |
| Comment: | compiled under cygwin, uses ttninit framework |
| Dependencies | |
| Requires: | {{{requires}}} |
| See also: Software | |
Height ist ein kleines Plug-in das die aktuelle Höhe auf dem TomTom-Bildschirm anzeigt.
Height est un petit plug-in qui affiche l'altitude actuelle sur l'écran du TomTom.
Height è un piccolo plug-in che mostra l'altitudine corrente sullo schermo del TomTom (funziona da altimetro).
Download
Find the binary package here.
Installation
- Unpack the binary package (.zip file)
- Then unpack the .cab file
- Then copy the ttn file and the Height and ttninit directories on the root directory of your TomTom.
Tip: to unpack the .zip and .cab files, you can use for ex. the 7-Zip freeware.
- Die .zip Datei auspacken
- Dann die .cab Datei auspacken
- Dann die ttn Datei und die Height und ttninit Verzeichnisse im Root-Verzeichnis des TomToms kopieren.
Tipp: um die .zip und .cab Dateien auszupacken kannst Du z.B. die 7-Zip Freeware benützen.
- Décompresser le fichier .zip
- Puis décompresser le fichier .cab
- Puis copier le fichier ttn ainsi que les répertoires Height et ttninit dans le répertoire source du TomTom.
Conseil: pour décompresser les fichiers .zip et .cab, tu peux utiliser par ex. le freeware 7-Zip.
- Estrarre il l'archivio .zip
- Estrarre il l'archivio .cab
- Copiare il file ttn e le cartelle Height e ttninit nella cartella di root del TomTom.
Consiglio: per estrarre gli archivi .zip e .cab, è possibile usare il programma gratuito 7-Zip.
| Navcore | Height | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | |
| 8.x | not tested | YES | not tested | |||||||||||
| 8.351 | not tested | YES | not tested | YES | ||||||||||
| 9.026 | not tested | YES | not tested | NO | YES | not tested | ||||||||
| 9.051 | not tested | YES | not tested | NO | YES | not tested | YES | |||||||
Showing the height above sea level
Some Tomtom GPS-Chips (see table below) tell the height above WGS84 ellipsoid instead of producing the height above sea level (ASL). The difference between the height ASL and that above WGS84 ellipsoid is not constant (varies between -106 m and +85 m [1]) although it varies quite smoothly. The correction for a particular position can be obtained with the online geoid calculator.
| TomTom Models with the height bug | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model | height bug | Option for TTTracklog | Option for Height | Option for GPSBabel |
| TomTom ONE 3rd Edition | YES | --agc | h-48.4 | -x height,wgs84tomsl |
| TomTom GO 520/520T | NO | none | h0.0 | none |
| TomTom GO 720/720T | NO | none | h0.0 | none |
- Note: the option for Height is an example where the correction needs to be -48.4 m.
This bug can be corrected with the h parameter. For example in Rome, Italy (whose coordinates are 41.8833,12.5000), the geoid height is 48.4 m and hence the correction for Height must be h-48.4.
Configuration
The day- and night-mode to use
For TomTom PNAs using Firmware 7.x ("small" ONE and Rider), use d7 and n7.
For TomTom PNAs using Firmware 8.x ("large" ONE XL and newer GO) and if the task list is set to horizontal, use d25401 and n12697.
For TomTom PNAs using Firmware 8.x ("large" ONE XL and newer GO) and if the task list is set to vertical, use d19028 and n8500.
For TomTom PNAs using Firmware 9.x (large and small screen devices), use d19028 and n8500.
Release notes
Version 17 (2010-07-10) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Now with additional font sizes '4' and '5' Version 16 (2010-05-26) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Now works with NavCore 8.351 (TT7000) Version 15 (2010-05-25) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Minor changes: Changed config file format, added debug function Version 14 (2010-05-10) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fixed an error with the algebraic sign of the geoid-separation with some TTs Version 13 (2010-03-08) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Should now also work with 9.x-NavCores. If flickering on older NavCores, use 12 or 8! Version 12 (2010-02-13) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Bluetooth-icon was ghostet on older TomToms, again Version 11 (2009-07-21) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Looks like the shutdown image disabled Height on firmwares <8.3, works now Version 10 (2009-07-15) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * No more flickering on 8.3-firmwares and autodetected nav-page. Version 9 (2009-07-15) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Bluetooth-bug fixed. Version 8 (2009-02-03) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Value can be aligned left, center or right. Version 7 (2009-02-01) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Font can be configured to stay black or white all the time. Version 6 (2009-01-28) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Optimized day/night detection on PNAs with Navcore >= 8.x for 2D nav users. Version 5 (2009-01-26) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Four different font sizes. Version 4 (2009-01-25) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * First version that works on all PNAs, displays altitude on navigation screen, imperial or metric.
Forums
Known bugs
- Should work with Overleap but not 100% sure!
- Tomtom OFF, the battery runs down very quickly in the presence of height ... --jpe54
ASK
- Height v11 and v12 - Go730 Navcore 8.351 : ttn generates a log file of several gigabytes at the root level ... is it voluntary ? --Jpe54
Wishes for next version
- The TomTom GPS-Chip has a bug: instead of producing the height above sea level it tells the height above WGS84 ellipsoid. I think it would be great to show the height above sea level by introducing a correction similar to what the last version of TTTracklog [2] does. --Lapo Mori 10:52, 28 February 2010 (CET)
You can correct this manually by changing the value of the h-option in Height/height.cfg. I can't do it completely automatic because the vendors of the used GPS-chips handle this stuff in different ways. :( Joghurt 13:50, 16 July 2010 (CEST)