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Topic: Preparing POI files |
jrwc
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 1:37 pm Subject: POI Format |
Thanks for the info. Does the graphics file have the same extension as the TomTom file - bmp? |
Topic: Preparing POI files |
jrwc
Replies: 6
Views: 2809
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 11:27 pm Subject: Preparing POI files |
I have created a POI file for TomTom and want to make it available for Garmin. I would appreciate it if someone would tell me the best format in which to supply it. I have a POI processor which will p ... |
Topic: Speed limits |
jrwc
Replies: 13
Views: 5175
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:42 pm Subject: Speed limits |
When travelling on the bypass of local towns I often hear the speed warning. I'm travelling at about 45mph on a 60 or 70mph zone and the TT One XL shows the speed limit to be 30.
Anyone know a reas ... |
Topic: Route planning |
jrwc
Replies: 2
Views: 1719
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:40 pm Subject: Route planning |
Testing out the route planning on TT One XL today I found that on a journey which involved travelling about 2 miles from one roundabout to another on the bypass of a local town I was, instead, taken f ... |
Topic: POI Format |
jrwc
Replies: 5
Views: 2084
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:01 pm Subject: POI Format |
Sorry, also realized that you said "the easiest answer is to create your own POI file, then add some dummy POIs, you will be prompted to add a phone number". What program are you referring to for crea ... |
Topic: POI Format |
jrwc
Replies: 5
Views: 2084
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:55 pm Subject: POI Format |
Thanks for the advice. I find the format Latitude, Longitude, Name [greater than sign] 012345678 for the file I opened. I have also found that Longitude and Latitude the other way round seems to work. ... |
Topic: POI Format |
jrwc
Replies: 5
Views: 2084
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:02 pm Subject: POI Format |
I'm wondering how some businesses are able to put their phone numbers on the POI screen. I began to wonder about this when I saw that Travel Lodge put the phone number of every hotel into their data ... |
Topic: POIs |
jrwc
Replies: 25
Views: 7459
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 4:50 pm Subject: POIs |
When I started this thread I didn't think that it would generate such an interesting discussion. I also thought that combining sub files into one category would be a great benefit. (And writing a .INF ... |
Topic: POIs |
jrwc
Replies: 25
Views: 7459
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 4:22 pm Subject: POIs |
Thanks, is there any way to batch append? There can be lots of files to be appended. |
Topic: POIs |
jrwc
Replies: 25
Views: 7459
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 9:20 pm Subject: POIs |
Thanks, found it, running it now. |
Topic: POIs |
jrwc
Replies: 25
Views: 7459
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 9:01 pm Subject: POIs |
Thanks, that seems to be the way to go. I've tried to download POIedit, but can only get the web page in Dutch - there's a little UK flag but it doesn't access an English page and I've been unable to ... |
Topic: POIs |
jrwc
Replies: 25
Views: 7459
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 1:23 pm Subject: POIs |
Thanks for the advice. Is there a limit to the number of POI files one can have on the TT ONE XL? |
Topic: POIs |
jrwc
Replies: 25
Views: 7459
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:51 pm Subject: POIs |
Oldboy writes that the POI limitation is a know problem and suggests the location to download third party lists. However, I've been unable to download any of these while combining subcategories into s ... |
Topic: How do I transfer data to a larger SD card? |
jrwc
Replies: 29
Views: 12273
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:18 pm Subject: How do I transfer data to a larger SD card? |
It's a few years old, so probably can't read a 2GB card, though I do think it should be USB2 |
Topic: How do I transfer data to a larger SD card? |
jrwc
Replies: 29
Views: 12273
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:08 pm Subject: How do I transfer data to a larger SD card? |
Glad to find the instruction here for copying from TT memory to card. I've got the ONE XL Europe and wanted to have everything on a 2GB card for safety and backup - I'm hoping to be able to use the ca ... |
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