Downloading as a single catagory

smmpost · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 14, 2006 Posts: 1

I can't get POI's at all, tried Firefox, Explorer, Camino etc etc and all corrupted zips - dropping them onto Stuffit makes no difference whatsoever.

Do these Pocket GPS World guys offer any support?

The system used to be good a few years back but it seems totally out of control now.

Lots of bits don't work and navigating (no pun intended) around this site is a complete nitemare.

Andy_P · Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 12:15 pm Post subject:

As you mention "Stuffit", I presume you are using a Mac?
There has been quite a lot of discussion about downloading the speedcam zips on Macs in the Speed Camera Database Forum
Maybe worth trying a

"Search"

Banksman · Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 3:12 pm Post subject: Downloading as a single category

I've been reading through a number of these threads which I've found very helpful since updating my TT700 to 6.520 and reloading everything and many POI's only to find they wouldn't work - (164 custom POI's) - Now having reduced them to under 100 it works! - thanks for the tips!

Question is (hope I'm in right forum) how does one 'combine sub categories into combined categories' - can someone direct me to a topic or some simple answers as I would like to be able to access a few more POI's. I've got POIEdit 2007 but haven't found anything there to guide me - am I missing something?

Andy_P · Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 3:43 pm Post subject:

POI Edit can do what you want very easily, but the language used is a bit weird!

Open up your first POI file with File / Open...,
then add the second and third etc. with File / Append....
This adds them all into the on-screen list, and you can then just File / Save as... to save them as a new, combined category. Smile

Banksman · Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 4:41 pm Post subject:

Thanks Andy - I'll have a go at that tonight - not quite sure just reading it but probably will be able to work through it - look out for further questions though!
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Banksman · Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 5:10 pm Post subject:

Andy - just thinking more about how to do this, have I got this process clear:

Do I create the category I want with TomTom i.e. say 'Banks' as a POI which I then File / Open - is that the .OV2 file?

When I File / Append are they just the .OV2 files?

Or

Do I just open an existing sub category; append others and then

File / Save as... 'Banks' - the new category I want?

Is there a known limit to the number of appends?

What happens about the .BMP; .INF files for each sub category - do I have to carry out the same procedure seperately?

Sorry there are so many questions but you seem to know what your doing.

Oldboy · Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 9:34 pm Post subject:

The second of the ways you mentioned is correct.

You first Open an existing File and then Append others. Then Save As 'Banks'.

You can only have 1 BMP for the newly created 'Banks' File, and it has to have the same name as the 'Banks' OV2. The Inf File is not needed.

I don't know if there is a limit to the number of Files that can be appended.
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lbendlin · Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 11:08 pm Post subject:

To come back to the original question. If the combined download doesn't work right, select the "show link" option. Combined with the Garmin format it should allow you to download everything.
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aj2052 · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:49 am Post subject:

I dont think so Lutz, way back back it was said this was being looked at but since then no comment.

lbendlin · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 4:27 am Post subject:

I am not aware of any progress. Nobody has yet come up with a bright idea where to look - the server has enough memory, and the behaviour is different between different browsers. Go figure.
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