POI's, Pre-installed POI's and Favourites - Max numbers etc

tomrob

Apologies if all this has been asked in the past. If so would somebody kindly publish links to the threads.

What is the max number of POI categories and does that include the pre-installed POI's?

What, if any, is the max number of POI's in all categories?

Can the pre-installed POI's be edited/deleted? Are they in the file "POI.DAT? Can this be edited - safely? Can it be deleted - safely?

What is the maximum number of "Favourites"?

Is there a library source of POI type .bmp files? Can Windows icons be used for this purpose?

Why bother with full postcode POI's when the TomTom offers partial post codes and then specific addresses?

You might guess, I'm a beginner - with the TomTom!! :D

lbendlin

lbendlin · Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 5:02 pm Post subject:

Deleting/renaming the POI.DAT file seems to work just fine - TomTom duly informs there are no POI installed, and then happily continues to run. So the next question is - is that any good, performance-wise.
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DavidW · Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 6:34 pm Post subject:

I believe there is a hard limit on the number of add-on POI categories. Unless I'm misremembering, it's 128 for TomTom Navigator 3 on the Pocket PC, and I believe there's a similar (possibly lower) limit for the GO.

The limit does not include the built in POIs - which, as Lutz says, cannot be edited, but apparently can be deleted as one item. You cannot edit the built in POIs.

There are some restrictions on which .bmp files work. They are Windows Bitmap files - I believe the usual recommendation is go to for 8 bit palleted, and the size should be 22 by 22 pixels. You can experiment with .bmp files from your PC.

David

tomrob

lbendlin · Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 7:33 pm Post subject:

teleatlas - use the link in my signature
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