TomTomGo and WinOV2

pushandpull · Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2004 3:12 pm Post subject: TomTomGo and WinOV2

Have the new TomTomGo (with 512Mb SD and the latest 4v40 update installed).

Want to get into POI creation so tried the WinOV2 programme on it.

Seems to work OK on small/medium POI's but when I tried to decode George Spanellis' Codesearch POI I get an error message saying "...more than 10,000 entries" and the programme then closes itself down!

Am I correct in assuming therefore that there is a limit to what the programme can handle and if so is there an alternative?

Appreciate the TTGo is new so may be a compatability problem - any thoughts anyone?

Oldie · Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2004 4:11 pm Post subject:

The problem is with my program WinOV2 not TomTom Go Embarassed

I placed an arbitrary limit on the size of the file that can be read into it.

The limit in my POIConverter program is 15,000 but off-hand I cannot remember the size of the largest of the George Spanellis OV2 files.

I will hunt out a copy of WinOV2 version 1 for you as there was no limit in that version.

Oldie · Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2004 6:01 pm Post subject:

If you look for WinOV2 in the programs area on my websit http://rjdavies.users.btopenworld.com you will find version 1.02 which does not have the 10,000 record limit.

pushandpull · Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2004 7:15 pm Post subject:

Thanks for reply - didn't know you were the author of the programme!
D/loaded version 1.02 from your site.
(Like your site - nice clean, uncluttered look to it!) Smile

Will have a play and let you know how I get on.

pushandpull · Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2004 10:22 pm Post subject:

jregau · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 04, 2004 Posts: 3

[quote="pushandpull"]Have the new TomTomGo (with 512Mb SD and the latest 4v40 update installed).

I also have a TomtomGO and a 512 MB SD card.
Did you manage to copy your favorite destinations (not the POI's) from the original 128 MB card to the new one? . I tried a backup from the old card and a restore to the new one but it seems that favorites are not stored on the SD card but somewhere else, the question is where? and how can you transfer favorites from one card to the other?

pushandpull · Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2004 11:20 pm Post subject:

Hi jregau!

Yes, when I transferred everything to the 512 card it was all there.
However - I didn't do it by using the backup/restore facility.
I did it as follows:-

1). Connect TTG to the PC then open Windows Explorer.
2). TTG will show up as a new 'Removable Disc'.
3). Create a new folder on one of your drives (call it say, TomTomGo).
4). Copy everything from the TTG to the TomTomGo folder created above.
5.) Switch off the TTG and insert new card. Switch on TTG.
6). Copy everything from the TomTomGo folder created above back onto the TTG.
7). Switch off the TTG and disconnect the USB cable.
8). Switch on the TTG, wait approx 30 to 60secs and everythiing should be A OK.

Don't know why you can't find your favourites. According to the TTG manual (page 16 para 6.2 'Backing up') it should backup/restore Home and Favourites locations plus preferences.

You could try putting your original 128 card back in and see if your Favourites are still there. If so then follow the procedure above.

Hope this helps!

jregau · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 04, 2004 Posts: 3

Thank you. I forgot to mention that besides updating the version of the application (from 4.200 to 4.400) I also changed the map. Originaly the map of Spain (Spain Navigator Map) was instaled in the SD card, but since I had much more free storage in the 512MB SD card, I loaded the Iberia map (Spain and Portugal). Favourites and home are associated with each map and are included in a file whose name is "name of map.cfg" . So, if you change the map and want to use the same favourites you already had added in the old map, you should copy and rename this file and place it in the folder with the name of the new map.

Janice · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 16, 2004 Posts: 25

I donwloaded all the area postcodes into a file on the PC, then unzipped them and copied them into the TomTomGo gbmap file. I have a 256 card and it holds them all, but not all show up when using the TomTom GO. My husband wanted Nottingham thismorning and NG wasnt in the POI database on the TTGo, but when i plugged it into the PC, it does exist in the files on the 256SD card, along witht lots of other areas of britain which dont show when using the unit. Ive checked that all the POI's are ticked in the Manage POI box, but even in there only half of the postcodes are displayed.

pushandpull · Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 9:43 am Post subject:

Janice,

Can't speak for the Nottingham area as I only loaded the NorthWest codes.

HOWEVER - TTT only displays a couple of them on the screen, which makes it seem as if the other aren't there.
What you have to do is use the keyboard and type in "Co" and they will all appear listed as "Codesearch XX" arranged alphabetically. Just scroll down the list 'till you get the one you want and then select it.

Hope this helps.

Zuke · Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 9:47 am Post subject:

jregau · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 04, 2004 Posts: 3

I suppose not all POI's that you can download from internet are reliable. I don't know how postcodes are arranged in Britain, but it looks like what you are looking for are AREAS of interest and not POINTS of interest which is exactly what POIs are. As far as I know there's no accurate way to add areas of interest in the TomtomGO, because any area, small as it might be, has an infinity number of points. I suggest you use a POI's editor and check if it can open all the ov2 files, specially those that don't show in the decive and eventually check there's no error in any of the coordinates defined.

MikeB · Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 10:18 am Post subject:

Zuke · Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 10:30 am Post subject:

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