Hospital POI Navigator5

nearlylost · Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 8:42 pm Post subject: Hospital POI Navigator5

I think Nav5 is great Smile

BUT

the Hospital POI is not as complete as the Nav3 version, many hospitals are missing, including James Cook university hospital Middlesbrough ,reputed to be one of the biggest in Europe & the regional cardio hospital the Freeman at Newcastle.
Is it possible to transfer all the hospital poi details from nav3 to nav5 & if so how? Rolling Eyes

Hannibal · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 06, 2005 Posts: 19

download the pois from the pocketgpsworld site - it's easier than copying them over, alternatively, copy the POI file from the map directory of TT3 into the map directory of TT5.

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nearlylost · Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 9:16 am Post subject:

Are there hospital poi on the gps site? if so where please
Will I need to uninstall n5 from my pda reinstall n3 find that file copy it then reinstall n5 or is there an easier way?
Many thanks

linknet · Frequent Visitor Joined: May 05, 2005 Posts: 872

CJackel492 · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 15, 2005 Posts: 210

I have done some searching and I have found 4 local hospitals, that I know of anyway, that are missing,

Worthing & Southlands Hospital,
Bognor Regis War Memorial Hospital,
St Marys Hosiptal,
Royal Haslar Hospital,

It's riddiculas, 2 of those I know were in TTN3 as I work for a medical company and had to visit 2 of them,

Remind me, Why did we pay £46 for these maps?

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NMatthew · Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 3:26 pm Post subject:

The M6 Toll Road! Rolling Eyes

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linknet · Frequent Visitor Joined: May 05, 2005 Posts: 872

nearlylost · Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 4:57 pm Post subject:

Thanks to linknet I now have the original nav3 hospital files on my nav5.
I noticed that the poi files in nav5 are larger than nav3 but I havnt renamed or explored further as (I am happy to have the Hospital file for now.
Couldn't find Royal Hasler nearest is Royal hallamshire. Thanks again linknet

linknet · Frequent Visitor Joined: May 05, 2005 Posts: 872

nearlylost

Pleased it helped.

Yes - there must be more POI's in the TTN5 files but why have previously valid POI's been removed??

julianbarker · Lifetime Member Joined: Apr 12, 2005 Posts: 431

Looking at the Hospital POIs for London - it looks like the POIs are for hospitals with Accident and Emergeny Departments. Thise which don't take walk in casualties are not in the last as far as i can see. I that is the case there is some method to the madness - I would rather that than find it routing me to a hospital in an emergency only to find the hospital could't help me.

nearlylost · Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 5:58 pm Post subject:

I see the a&e point but I am a volunteer Ambulance car service driver taking patients from the northeast to hospitals all over the country for outpatient appointments or admission so I need all hospitals,Also James Cook Middlesbrough is an A&E hospital but wasnt on the list mind you it is on the nav3 under it's old name of south cleveland

julianbarker · Lifetime Member Joined: Apr 12, 2005 Posts: 431

If you know the postcode of the hospital you should be able to generate your own POIs on the fly. The TT POI file is never going to have all the destinations you want. I don't rely on the TT POI files if there is an alternative way of getting to my destination.

dmahon · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 06, 2005 Posts: 21

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