POI Database Cleanup Software

PGA_UK · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 23, 2007 Posts: 11

Does anyone know of any software that will cleanup a POI database?

I.e. Fuel database contains multiple POI's for the same Petrol Station - with each POI being in a very slighlty different location.

The sort of thing I am looking for is software that will detect POI's that are within say 100 Metres of each other and delete all aprt from the first POI

Darren · Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 3:17 pm Post subject:

POI Grouper may work:

http://rjdavies.users.btopenworld.com/html/poigrouper.html
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Daggers · Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 5:05 pm Post subject:

POI Edit has a facility to detect duplicates within a specified distance of one another. Be wary not to set the distance so that you identify two stations on the opposite side of the road as a single duplicate!

However, if you have created your POI files by combining many sub-categories available from this site, you are likely to have got duplicates if you have included things like Unleaded, LPG, BioDiesel or Diesel Direct in your compilation. These are nearly always at a location which is already identified within one of the major fuel suppliers' lists. (E.g See 52.42504,-1.79589 for a site which has Shell and LPG POIs at the same location - for a perfectly valid reason).

If this is the case, you may find it easier to download again, but this time only select the major suppliers' sub-categories, and omit the ones mentioned above.

Andy_P · Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 6:20 pm Post subject:

Good reply, Daggers Thumbs Up

PGA_UK · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 23, 2007 Posts: 11

I have downloaded the conslidated files, however - ther are still multiple instances - more noticable in 3d. I have tried POIEdit, but cant seem to find away of reducing the cathment area to less than 1m (mile??). Many thanks for the relies!

Andy_P · Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 1:55 pm Post subject:

Daggers · Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 6:30 pm Post subject:

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