poi download - file corrupted

macwhite · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 22, 2006 Posts: 3

trying to download from the poi database, but then can't open the file - all i get is a message saying file corrupted.
any suggestions?

BigPerk · Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 7:03 pm Post subject:

Might be a zip file. If it is did you unzip it?
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Oldboy · Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 7:31 pm Post subject:

Can you tell us which format you were downloading (CSV or OV2), and which, and how many, POIs?
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lardyb · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 12, 2007 Posts: 4

I am getting the same problem

UK (tried UK,France and Germany too)
fuel + supermarkets.

garmin CSV

I get an error saying the zip file contains no data even though it has about 400Kb size.

driving to geneva soon so could do with it. please help?

Oldboy · Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 6:46 am Post subject:

So are you using a Mac, or Windows?

What method, and application, are you using that gives the error message?

Have you tried downloading again, to see if the error is the same?

If we know what we are dealing with, we should be able to get you up and running.
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lardyb · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 12, 2007 Posts: 4

I'm using windows (7) and have been using Chrome but couldn't get the poi's to list so had to resort to using IE8

I would select the country/s and refresh
select the catagories (fuel and supermarkets)
choose garmin CSV
leave as seperate file per catagory
click download
save zip file.

after it had saved I would try to open the file but it wouldn't as it was corrupt with "no data" even though it was 400-500kb in size

everything I have tried to open/extract the zip file has failed so haven't got to use garmins poi loader yet.

if you can help that would be great.

cheers

lardyb · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 12, 2007 Posts: 4

just tried it on an XP machine at work using ie8.
it worked fine.

is there possibly an issue with the win7 zip extracter????

Andy_P · Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 3:42 pm Post subject:

Either that or with the way the webpage loads on the Win7 m/c.

I suppose (just as an experiment) you could take the zip file home that you downloaded at work, (on a memory stick or email it to yourself) and see if the Win7 machine will unzip it or not.

lardyb · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 12, 2007 Posts: 4

right I think on the Win 7 machine the temp zip file is too long ie. c:/blah/blah/blah /blah/temp/windows rubbish/etc/etc/poi download filename.zip

selecting the "show link" shortens the name right up and so works first time.

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