What's the .tlv for/do/mean?

justbrowsing · Frequent Visitor Joined: Nov 10, 2011 Posts: 679

Seems to be everywhere nowadays incl:-

3D_Green_Glass_Arrow.tlv
splashw.tlv
FuelStationsEU.tlv
0001_Google_Maps_Optimized_For_Tomtom.tlv
Saskia-L7.tlv
Great_Britain.tlv

etc. etc

Oldboy · Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 7:53 pm Post subject:

As far as the TomTom units are concerned, it contains information that the HOME application uses.

If a .tlv file is removed it doesn't stop that function from working.
_________________
Richard

TT 910 V7.903: Europe Map v1045
TT Via 135 App 12.075: Europe Map v1120

justbrowsing · Frequent Visitor Joined: Nov 10, 2011 Posts: 679

Andy_P · Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 10:14 am Post subject:

From personal experience in the UK, the .tlv files are only used by Home as a sort of "index file". They let Home know where they were downloaded to andfrom and also contain the secription that Home shows you if you click on "More info..."

But I've seen reports from our transatlantic cousins, where they say that sometimes the .tlv file IS needed for US/Canada maps to work if you have copied them to your PC and then back again
_________________
"Settling in nicely" ;-)

	PocketGPS
	Web