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berty
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hi i have downloaded all the av post code some seem to be out of date ie ox8 it shoud be ox28 even on ox8 their are several missing  can any one help |
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timmyo
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These files are unoffoicial aids made by people so are not formally updated. You can add any new ones you know of direct in to TTG by adding them as POIs and GPS locations - use www.streetmap.co.uk to get the GPS location (lat long) for the postcodes you want to add
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1958
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| Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 3:14 pm Post subject: post code |
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| timmyo wrote: | These files are unoffoicial aids made by people so are not formally updated. You can add any new ones you know of direct in to TTG by adding them as POIs and GPS locations - use www.streetmap.co.uk to get the GPS location (lat long) for the postcodes you want to add
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May be a stupid question but how do i input lat/ long to get a destination? |
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timmyo
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| Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 3:25 pm Post subject: |
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when adding a destination or location for a poi / favourite, instead of hitting 'address' hit 'gps location' and it lets you enter the lat long (iirc)
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Zuke
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| Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 4:31 pm Post subject: |
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| timmyo wrote: | when adding a destination or location for a poi / favourite, instead of hitting 'address' hit 'gps location' and it lets you enter the lat long (iirc)
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Tim, AFAIK there is no way of inputting coordinates directly into a TTGO. Are you sure about this? |
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timmyo
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| Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Zuke wrote: | | timmyo wrote: | when adding a destination or location for a poi / favourite, instead of hitting 'address' hit 'gps location' and it lets you enter the lat long (iirc)
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Tim, AFAIK there is no way of inputting coordinates directly into a TTGO. Are you sure about this? |
OK - I'm going to claim stress  
What you can do though is use streetmap to find the spot in question, then browse the TTG map, find the same spot, put the cursor there and then use that as a GPS location to enter . . . . . I hope (not got it in front of me)
Apologies for any confusion caused |
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pilot
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| Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 10:32 pm Post subject: |
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timmyo
Is you South West file the same as the one in the POI downloads section of this site ?
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timmyo
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| pilot wrote: | timmyo
Is you South West file the same as the one in the POI downloads section of this site ?
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The Codesearch_..." file ? yes, I rolled together the different files in that download in to one file |
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rkm_hm
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| timmyo wrote: |
What you can do though is use streetmap to find the spot in question, then browse the TTG map, find the same spot, put the cursor there and then use that as a GPS location to enter . . . . . I hope (not got it in front of me)
Apologies for any confusion caused |
Not quite! You can generate a POI based on the CURSOR position while browsing the map - which is what you may be referring to.
The only way in which you can generate a POI based on GPS Location is to actually BE there when you do it. In other words, it uses the current ACTUAL location rather than letting you input co-ordinates.
Another alternative, is to create a text file on a PC with Lat/Long/Postcode and then use the free POIConverter program to convert it into a .ov2 file - which you can then copy to TTG.
Incidentally, can anyone point me at an on-line source of the Postcode database in a format suitable for TTG (or suitable for simple conversion, using POIConverter)? |
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timmyo
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| rkm_hm wrote: | | timmyo wrote: |
What you can do though is use streetmap to find the spot in question, then browse the TTG map, find the same spot, put the cursor there and then use that as a GPS location to enter . . . . . I hope (not got it in front of me)
Apologies for any confusion caused |
Not quite! You can generate a POI based on the CURSOR position while browsing the map - which is what you may be referring to.
The only way in which you can generate a POI based on GPS Location is to actually BE there when you do it. In other words, it uses the current ACTUAL location rather than letting you input co-ordinates.
Another alternative, is to create a text file on a PC with Lat/Long/Postcode and then use the free POIConverter program to convert it into a .ov2 file - which you can then copy to TTG.
Incidentally, can anyone point me at an on-line source of the Postcode database in a format suitable for TTG (or suitable for simple conversion, using POIConverter)? |
Yes I was referring to map position. Apologies again - I'm usually having a quick nose from work so was probably rushing things a little.
There are postcode files in the POI downloads on this site or on mine compiled in to regions at www.timodonnell.co.uk/ttg
Watch my site for an update soon. |
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