poi,s

wrongturn · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 17, 2008 Posts: 13

hi can anybody give a complete numpty a guide of how to load poi,s onto my tt one xl europe, i have downloaded some poi,s for camperstops in france into a folder on my computer (i think they are zipped) and now i want to load them. i think there is a guide on here but i cant find it thanks in advance

Darren · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:36 pm Post subject:

Aside from the section relating to configuring warnings, the guide for installing Safety Camera POIs also applies to ordinary POIs, see our guide here.

In summary (assuming you use a PC):

Download your chosen Points Of Interest file. You will be prompted to Open the file or Save the file (the exact wording will be dependent upon which browser and operating system you are using). Choose 'save' and make a note of where you save the file.
Locate the file you have just downloaded and right-click the file. Choose 'Extract files here...' from the menu that will pop up.
Choose where you want to extract the files to by following the on-screen instructions.
Connect your TomTom Go/Rider/One to your PC using the supplied USB cable.
Open 'My Computer' by either double clicking the icon on your desktop or by selecting it from the Start Menu (dependent on what version of Windows you are using).
Your TomTom device should now be visible in 'My Computer' as a 'Removable Disk'.
Open the TomTom drive, by double-clicking it, and then open your map folder. The name of the map folder will be dependent on which mapset you have installed but will be similar to 'Great_Britain-Map' (if you have only UK maps), ‘Western_Europe-Map' (if you have full European maps) or 'United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland' (if you have a newer One model).
Locate the folder where you extracted the files in Step 3 above.
Select all the poiname.bmp and poiname.ov2 files. Copy them by holding 'CTRL' and pressing 'C'.
Go back to your map folder and paste the files by holding 'CTRL' and pressing 'V'.

That's it, you have now transferred the POI files to your TomTom. You can now access the POIs by selecting Navigate to | POI | POI Name.
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Andy_P · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:42 pm Post subject:

wrongturn · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 17, 2008 Posts: 13

thanks darren i will have a go now.... andy your not wrong about tuggers(only joking)

wrongturn · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 17, 2008 Posts: 13

thanks darren i followed your guide and it all went fine well pleased

geesss · Banned Joined: Feb 29, 2008 Posts: 18

It works fine after following it

fluffytails · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 01, 2007 Posts: 13

Those instructions are great. even I could understand those, thank you. I assume that it would be the same for garmin poi download as with the TomTom.(except for selecting Garmin)

Andy_P · Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 10:22 pm Post subject: Re: Poi Garmin c510

fluffytails · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 01, 2007 Posts: 13

Thank you Andy, much appreciated.

theberties · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 15, 2007 Posts: 35

Darren, many thanks for the clear and concise instructions, even a grey haired, i would be if i had some, silver surfer could follow them

bertie

Andy_P · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:04 pm Post subject: Re: tomtom

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