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peterlouisbrown
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 12:30 am    Post subject: Only get one file when I unzip Reply with quote

I've got a tomtom one. When I unzip a file I only get one file - no ov2 file. I've tried various files and various methods of unzipping. what can I do?
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 12:37 am    Post subject: Re: Only get one file when I unzip Reply with quote

peterlouisbrown wrote:
I've got a tomtom one. When I unzip a file I only get one file - no ov2 file. I've tried various files and various methods of unzipping. what can I do?


Could you explain a little more what it is you are trying to do.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

can you try using the 'show link' option when downloading?

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

thanks, when i do the show link button and then unzip I get the two files for sub category of POI. However, on something like restaurants I get two McDonalds, two Burger Kings etc. I thought that all the restaurants POI woudl be in the one place, so I could just find my nearest one without having to go through them all one by one.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You are supposed to get two files for each POI - taking McDonalds as the example, you will get McDonalds.ov2, which is the main POI file containing all the data, and McDonalds.bmp, which is purely the icon which is displayed on your TomTom. You need to place both files in your map folder.

If you want all restaurants combined into one POI file, you have to tick the box marked "Combine subcategories into category file". Just don't try to combine more than around 20-25 subcategories at one, as this can cause problems.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 12:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

peterlouisbrown wrote:
However, on something like restaurants I get two McDonalds, two Burger Kings etc.
I would suggest that you Unhide File extensions. It creates a lot of confusion when you're not able to see what the extension is, if there is one. Don't forget that TT Devices are Linux based and File extensions have totally different meanings when compared to Windows.

In Explorer Tools | Folder Options | View and Untick Hide extension for known file types.
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