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el Occasional Visitor
Joined: Mar 08, 2006 Posts: 12
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Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 1:09 am Post subject: i3 version and pubs! |
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Right, I haven’t been on here for a while so first question I'd be grateful for answering is whether I should upgrade to a newer version or not? I have 2.7 currently and was put off upgrading before.
Also, does anybody know where to get ‘pub custom points’ from? I can't find them on my system and they're not on another load I downloaded.
Thanks in advance for anybodies help! |
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el Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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Somebody must know! |
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zogman Frequent Visitor
Joined: Sep 05, 2005 Posts: 1417 Location: swindon uk
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Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 11:08 pm Post subject: |
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why would want to know anyway....you can find pubs everywhere but its not a kind of 'necessary' poi i would have thought...remember dont drink and drive.. _________________ *************************** |
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el Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 1:06 am Post subject: |
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It's more when people say we'll meet up by the Red Lion or whatever and I have no clue where it is!
Any news on those updates? |
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zogman Frequent Visitor
Joined: Sep 05, 2005 Posts: 1417 Location: swindon uk
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Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 11:54 am Post subject: |
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heres a list of alternative places where you could meet..
Aldi
Argos
Asda
B&Q
Bowling
Brewsters
Burger King
Caravan & Camping Club Sites
Car Auctions
Car Parks & Garaging
Castles
Congestion Charge Zones
Co-Op etc
CountryWide Farmers LPG
English Heritage
Exhaust & Tyre
Fish & Chips
Football Grounds
Hilton
Halfords
Holiday Inn Express
Homebase
HSS
Hungry Horse
Iceland
Ikea
Innkeepers Lodge
Karting
KFC
Lidl
Little Chef
LPG Forecourts
Maplin
Makro
McDonalds
Morrisons
Motorbike Parking
Motorway Junctions
Motorway Services
Museums
National Trust Sites
Netto
Odeon Cinemas
Paintball
PC World
Pizzahut
Premier Travel Inn
Safeway (soon to be merged with Morrisons file)
Sailing Clubs
Sainsbury
Starbucks
SubWay Sarnie
Super League
Swimming Pools
Tesco
Toys R Us
Travelodge
UCI Cinema
UK Mountains
Underground (London & Glasgow)
Waitrose
Wetherspoons
WiFi Hot Spots
Yates'
Youth Hostels (Scotland only at present)
Zoos
all available as poi's..... _________________ *************************** |
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Jamas Regular Visitor
Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 76 Location: Toulouse-France
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Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 2:58 pm Post subject: |
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el wrote: | Somebody must know! |
Sorry mate, this is only a tiny list of 1136 pubs located in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire.
There: http://www.dirksoft.co.uk/downloads/pubs.zip
Jamas _________________ SP i3 S/W 2.9-> 2.7 City Navigator V8 NT+ |
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el Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 1:37 am Post subject: |
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Yeah I can see me saying I'll meet you at the CountryWide Farmers LPG!
I live in Birmingham but thanks for the list Jamas - they may be useful some day! |
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zogman Frequent Visitor
Joined: Sep 05, 2005 Posts: 1417 Location: swindon uk
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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 10:36 am Post subject: |
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why dont you do a massive pub crawl and mark down the locations of each and send to MaFt for him to include them in the poi database... _________________ *************************** |
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viza Occasional Visitor
Joined: Mar 01, 2006 Posts: 10
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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 12:11 pm Post subject: |
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Hope you've got plenty of space for POI, see stats below about number of pubs in UK!
Number of public houses in the UK
Year Number % change
2001 59,558 negligible
2002 57,965 -3%
2003 58,788 +1%
2004 59,673 +2%
2005 59,912 negligible
2006 60,331 +1%
Source: MBD analysis of data from the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) and trade estimates
Best I've found is on POIHandler.com which lists just over 4000 pubs. |
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gilesme Regular Visitor
Joined: Jan 22, 2006 Posts: 63 Location: North West
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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 1:45 pm Post subject: |
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I would love a list of pubs. When in an unfamilar area (e.g. away on Holiday) could find a decent pub.
As to drink-n-drive argument, myself and my wife share the driving.
I drive there, she drives back.... |
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zogman Frequent Visitor
Joined: Sep 05, 2005 Posts: 1417 Location: swindon uk
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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 2:18 pm Post subject: |
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gilesme wrote: | I would love a list of pubs. When in an unfamilar area (e.g. away on Holiday) could find a decent pub.
As to drink-n-drive argument, myself and my wife share the driving.
I drive there, she drives back.... |
ok, you might have a poi of some pubs in holiday area for instance ,but how do know that its a good one....surely the best part of a holiday is to visit pubs you come across on your travels.... _________________ *************************** |
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tkerby Lifetime Member
Joined: Aug 07, 2006 Posts: 160 Location: Edinburgh
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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 3:09 pm Post subject: |
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How about we compile a pub database like the speed camera database where each poi has some letters after it representing Food, Ale, Toilets, Lodging and an average 0-0 score
E.g. The Pond: A9 T - saying they have an excellent range of ales and toilets
I'd really like to see a web app for a collaborative database of POI such as this |
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zogman Frequent Visitor
Joined: Sep 05, 2005 Posts: 1417 Location: swindon uk
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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 4:30 pm Post subject: |
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tkerby wrote: | How about we compile a pub database like the speed camera database where each poi has some letters after it representing Food, Ale, Toilets, Lodging and an average 0-0 score
E.g. The Pond: A9 T - saying they have an excellent range of ales and toilets
I'd really like to see a web app for a collaborative database of POI such as this |
good idea mate but most pubs do food now, dont know about the ale cos i drink lager..all pubs have toilets..lodging a good idea..one persons opinion about a pub might be different to someone elses , ie a smoker might enjoy a smoky ambience where-as a non-smoker will not... _________________ *************************** |
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gilesme Regular Visitor
Joined: Jan 22, 2006 Posts: 63 Location: North West
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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 6:00 pm Post subject: |
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Zogman,
Agree that "surely the best part of a holiday is to visit pubs you come across on your travels....", however AA make a nice living out of publishing such guides...
I do use such a beast myself, however if it were POI based, would be a lot easier to tap into. |
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zogman Frequent Visitor
Joined: Sep 05, 2005 Posts: 1417 Location: swindon uk
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Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 9:23 am Post subject: |
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good point mate..but doe'snt the AA have a full write up on the place...the i3 info would be limited.. _________________ *************************** |
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