Duplicate POI Categories

richard345 · Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:46 pm Post subject: Duplicate POI Categories

Let me first of all say how impressed I am with the huge and varied number of Categories and POIs there are here.

I use quite a lot of the UK ones, since I only have the UK and ROI map on my 520.

There do appear, however, to be a couple of duplicated categories that have caused one or two minor issues with me:

1. Under 'Historical & Cultural' there is a sub cat 'Lighthouse' with 1 item dated 2008-06-28. Under 'Landmark' there is also a sub cat 'Lighthouse' with 75 items, dated 2008-03-25. I downloaded the 75 items one day and at another time, I missed the Landmark category and downloaded the Lighthouse file from Historical and Cultural. Needless to say, the 75 items were overwritten by the one item.

2. Not quite the same, but under 'Fuel' there is an 'Independent' sub cat and the same sub cat name appears under 'Pharmacy', so even if both sub cats are downloaded at the same time, one may be overwritten by the other, or the icon for one is given to both, which can be confusing.

I've got over that one by renaming the Fuel .OV2 and .bmp files to InedpendentFuel.OV2 and IndependentFuel.bmp

That's OK if I remember to do it, but if these could be changed at some time, I'm sure it would be beneficial to all. I know it will be to me!

Thanks for considering this request and keep up the great work.
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Oldboy · Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 6:50 am Post subject:

Looking at the Lighthouse it's in the wrong country. Rolling Eyes

The lat/long shows as somewhere in Australia.

Your problem with the Fuel category. Most users will load the Fuel locations as combined subcategories POI, and probably the Chemist set the same. In that situation there would be no conflict.

How do you use the Filling Station locations?
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richard345 · Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 8:35 am Post subject:

Hi Richard,

Normally, I select all the sub categories for fuel and then when I have installed them, I show every one under Show POI on Map, but I only warn for Tesco Fuel, so I get my popints on my Clubcard.

Similarly, the same goes for the Pharmacy categoery, but this time, because my wife has a Boots card, I only warn when Boots are on the route.

May be a daft idea, but it works for me.

Cheers, Ric
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Oldboy · Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:54 am Post subject:

Fair comment. Sometimes it's good that we're not all the same.

And we can all learn from the different ways of utilising such as this.
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frenchdicky · Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:49 am Post subject:

I too would like to add my thanks those who are compiling /administering this POI database. It appears to be an enormous project ,especially if more members start inputting their local knowledge.

I have added a few from my own area ( without I might add having read fully the instructions as laid out ) Having now reread these I hope my future submissions will be more accurate.

I do however have a couple of queries which have confused me

a) Are the categories and subcategories set in stone, as I have been unable to fit many sites into into an appropriate place.
An example is
National Seal Sanctuary, Qweek (Attraction - Aquarium) ID:199095.
This you will see is not really appropriate as "Aquarium" but I could find nothing better ( my thinking was that seals would pretty well full of fish most of the time, especially in a sanctuary). Maybe "Zoo" would have been better but still not quite right. In any case I cannot amend it. See (b) below

Would it be possible to add "Other" as a subcategory for each category to mop up those sites which don't fit exactly.

(I notice there is already a Category "Other" , so maybe this has already been examined. But I wonder how many people download this "Other" category.I have not.

b) On some of my submissions the ID has not been underlined and therefore unable to be amended by others in the future if necessary.
National Seal Sanctuary, Qweek (Attraction - Aquarium) ID:199095 for example.
But
Harrowbarrow, Rising Sun (Shopping - Other - Garden Centre) ID:199104 was OK
Is this an error in my inputting ?

Sorry to add to your workload.

Oldboy · Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 12:50 pm Post subject:

The Other POIs, Other POI selection is purely for those locations that don't 'fit' into an existing category/subcategory.

After reviewing it may be that they are slotted into an existing group, or a new subcategory may be created.

The ID number is underlined when the location is in the downloadable DB. If it's not underlined then it is still pending waiting for review for some reason.

In the example you gave it is probably being decided, along with several 100 more, on whether to give it a new subcategory, for the very reasons you mentioned.
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frenchdicky · Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:47 pm Post subject:

Thanks for that extra info.
It clarifies the "Other" category for me.
I will attempt to put more info in comments column when category etc is not clear on my further submissions.

Andy_P · Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 8:36 pm Post subject:

richard345 · Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:07 pm Post subject:

Cheers Andy_P I'll have a look at that way and see how it goes.
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aj2052 · Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 12:45 am Post subject:

Richard before you submit would you change Qweek to Gweek, it would be most helpfull.
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frenchdicky · Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 9:34 am Post subject:

How stupid am I ?
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Andy_P · Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 10:00 am Post subject:

aj2052 · Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 1:45 am Post subject:

Andy_P wrote:

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