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astrocompass Lifetime Member
Joined: Aug 15, 2005 Posts: 156 Location: Windsor, UK
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 5:06 pm Post subject: NatWest POI |
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Not sure how much this will excite PGPSW readers, but.....
If you're a NatWest customer and use their internet banking site, there's a section called something like "Other Services" well hidden away which offers you POIs for their branches and ATMs. Handy when you're lost and skint.....uses OV2 for TT amongst other formats.
Apologies if this has been covered before
astro _________________ Garmin 2360LT
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Oldboy Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Dec 08, 2004 Posts: 10642 Location: Suffolk, UK
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 5:15 pm Post subject: |
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We do have NatWest POIs for Banks and ATM on our download page.
It would be interesting to see if NatWest have just used Postcode data for their locations, or whether they have used the actual locations.
If it has been generated from the Postcodes shown on the Branch Locator that was on their Web Site, it might leave a lot to be desired.
I only hope I'm proved wrong. _________________ Richard
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astrocompass Lifetime Member
Joined: Aug 15, 2005 Posts: 156 Location: Windsor, UK
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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Richard
Just checked the ones I know, and they're more or less right, tho' I was surprised to see one located in the centre of Windsor Castle.......always thought royalty banked with Coutts..... _________________ Garmin 2360LT
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astrocompass Lifetime Member
Joined: Aug 15, 2005 Posts: 156 Location: Windsor, UK
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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Richard
OK just downloaded the NatWest POIs from here, and did a side by side comparison of those branches I know, and conclude that there's not a lot of difference. The PGPSW ones also place a POI in Windsor Castle, and other branches are just as misaligned from their "true" location as the NatWest ones - often sited much further back from the road than they are in reality.
Don't think this matters very much as both sets will get you near enough to engage with the Mk II eyeball, but I'll stick with the PGPSW ones anyway!
And BTW, just set up for the first time the "Liz" voices for the camera warnings - worked first time, like it says on the box. Excellent. Wish I'd done this before, but I'm not convinced that even Liz is enough to woo me back to the 2210 and BT338 instead of the 6110 Navigator. IMHO, the less kit, the better....
astro _________________ Garmin 2360LT
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Oldboy Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Dec 08, 2004 Posts: 10642 Location: Suffolk, UK
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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astrocompass wrote: | The PGPSW ones also place a POI in Windsor Castle, and other branches are just as misaligned from their "true" location as the NatWest ones - often sited much further back from the road than they are in reality. | Usually an indication that they have been generated from Postcodes. _________________ Richard
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carl_w Lifetime Member
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 11:40 pm Post subject: |
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astrocompass wrote: | Richard
Just checked the ones I know, and they're more or less right, tho' I was surprised to see one located in the centre of Windsor Castle.......always thought royalty banked with Coutts..... | Interestingly Coutts is actually just a division of NatWest now... |
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