Makeov2 and own POI`s

Davemazo · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 14, 2004 Posts: 46

I`e just bought a TomtomOne V2 after owning a PDA and Tomtom 5. Somebody was looking at my One with a view to buying one and asked me if it was possible to add fire stations on Merseyside as POI`s so I thought I`d have a go. Here`s what I did. Using Google earth I found the Longitude & Latitude for each station and typed it as a TXT file in Notepad in the following format 53'28"25 , 3'01"19 , "Crosby" (I don`t know much about Latitudes & Longitudes) and did this for all stations. Then using makeov2 I managed to create the .ov2 file and also a .bmp file was created automatically, I used this .bmp as the icon. I also tried creating my own icon from clipart, making it 24bit and 22 pixels by 22 pixels according to what I`ve read on these forums. I then added both files (ov2 and bmp) to the map folder on the Tomtom, enabled them, ticked all the right boxes, set a warning sound and as you`ve probably guessed it doesn`t seem to work. I`ve browsed the map, my speed camera and petrol station icons are displayed but not my new fire station icons what, if anything have I done wrong. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I spent hours trying to do this.

Privateer · Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 2:58 pm Post subject:

Hi Davemazo,

Have you read Bo Peep's Guide To Creating A POI (Point Of Interest)?

I'd also recommend that you install and use the latest version of POI Edit as well.

Regards,
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Davemazo · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 14, 2004 Posts: 46

Thanks Privateer hadn`t seen that post before but just tried it and still nothing. I`m using longitude and latitude in degrees, minutes, seconds which I`m led to believe should still work. I`ll try doing it all again in the other format (if I can work it out) if I have a spare couple of hours. If that doesn`t work then I`ll leave it.

Privateer · Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 5:34 pm Post subject:

Hi Davemazo,

I had a look at the official website for Merseyside Fire and Rescue, which show the Crosby station:

http://www.merseyfire.gov.uk/pages/stations/crosby.htm

If you click on the map of the station, you're taken to the Streetmap website to confirm the location. If you then click on the "Click here to convert/measure coordinates" then you will be given the longitude and latitude coordinates in decimal.

I've created a 22 x 22 BMP file in 256 colours, an .OV2 file which contains just the Crosby station (and its telephone number), finally I've created an .ogg file which states "Approaching Fire and Rescue station".

If you'd like the files to use as a basis/example for your POI then let me know and I’ll email them to you.

Regards,
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Davemazo · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 14, 2004 Posts: 46

Blimey, you make it sound so easy. I knew there was a link to Streetmap but just didn`t occur to me that it might have the co-ordinates on there as well. I was prepared to spend another couple of hours with my A-Z, Streetmap, Merseyside Fire Service web site and flicking between them all. I found that even though the Post code is on the web site it didn`t exactly match the location and sometimes the arrow on Streetmap wasn`t completely accurate, so I was starting to get a bit fed up. But yes I would be very grateful for the files you have created, thanks for spending the time. Could I be cheeky and ask if you could also attach a .txt file explaining how you created the .ogg file or point me to a link which explains it. Do you need my email address or can they be attached to PM. Many thanks again.

Privateer · Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:33 pm Post subject:

Hi Davemazo,

46jimbo · Regular Visitor Joined: Apr 24, 2005 Posts: 185

Do you know the little utility program MyPoi? You can download it here:

http://www.poi2go.com/mypoi/mypoizip.jar

(just make sure that it is saved as a .jar file - it sometimes, somehow gets incorrectly saved as a .zip)

If it doesn't function, it may be because you don't have the correct Java installed (See here: http://java.com/en/

I set it for U.K., Query: fire station, Location: Liverpool, Within: 45 miles

It displays them 10 at a time. Press 'More' to search further. Keep doing this until the search results start getting nonsensical.

I came up with close to 100 fire stations. You then save them as a TomTom ov2. file

Davemazo · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 14, 2004 Posts: 46

Many thanks. I`ve got the files and made a start, it`s still a bit time consuming but I`ll get there. Not sure yet what to do with POI Edit when I`ve finished typing but I`m sure I`ll find the answers here somewhere. Just one small question though, I noticed that POI Edit doesn`t allow me to type in the full co-ordinates, it misses the last digit, is this not a problem.

Oldboy · Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 8:56 pm Post subject:

Davemazo · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 14, 2004 Posts: 46

Thanks all. Finally got it sorted. Thanks Jimbo for POIEdit, hadn`t heard of it before but used it and for the most part it was great. It didn`t find a couple of locations even though they were only a couple of miles outside Liverpool and also a lot of the co-ordinates were way out but Streetmap came in handy there. Thanks again everyone, much appreciated.[/quote]

Border_Collie · Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 5:43 pm Post subject:

This could help. http://www.poidownload.co.uk/poi/index.php
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Davemazo · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 14, 2004 Posts: 46

[quote="Davemazo"] Thanks Jimbo for POIEdit,

Sorry jimbo I meant POI2Go

Lost property thanks for that, very interesting but a bit too much information for me

Border_Collie · Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 8:02 pm Post subject:

Davemazo · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 14, 2004 Posts: 46

I know what you mean and I`ve done all that. What I meant was it gives you a lot of fire stations from all over the country (a lot of them are a bit vague), my mate only needed the ones on Merseyside. But thanks anyway a great site and one I will probably be visiting quite often.

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