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if1977
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| Gnomeface wrote: |
I was given the same URL a couple of days ago, after querying why the new maps I'd bought hadn't included new post codes. By chance, my daughter was gifted a new TomTom One yesterday (512Mb built-in memory, no SD card slot) and when I backed it up I checked her ZIP folder. The UK postal Code file in there was exactly the same size as the downloadable one, although the TT download site does not provide a VER file. |
I thought that too but when i unzipped it and opened the unzipped folder it was there. What folders do you have Gnomeface.
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Andy_P
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 4:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Are we confusing "zipped" archives and the "zip" (as in US postcodes) folder here? |
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Gnomeface
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:09 pm Post subject: |
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| if1977 wrote: | | What folders do you have Gnomeface |
The zipped archive (PostcodeWE1GB.zip) I downloaded from TT contained just 2 files - Nederland.postal (1,980,837 bytes) and Great_Britain.postal (9,308,529 bytes).
In my daughter's new TTOne "zip" post-code folder is Great_Britain.postal (same size as above) and Great_Britainpostal.ver - which is a 64 byte text file containing just the following 3 lines:
[description]
ID=GreatbritainPostal_TeleAtlas
version=701
so I guess you could create your own if you don't have one using a simple text editor.
Before I copied the new postal and ver files into it, my own TomTom zip folder contained only the original Great_Britain.postal file dated 18/08/2005, size 10,070,001 bytes - unchanged since I purchased it in December 2005 even though I'd bought and installed the current UK maps.
For interest, I also compared the map files I downloaded a few days ago with the ones on my daughter's new TTOne - they are the same. |
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if1977
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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I suppose you could just copy the .ver file from your daughters TT and paste it in your zip folder which would save you creating one 
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Gnomeface
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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| if1977 wrote: | | I suppose you could just copy the .ver file from your daughters TT and paste it in your zip folder which would save you creating one |
That's what I did. I quoted the .ver file info in case anyone else wanted to create one. |
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Philgo
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Philgo
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm pretty confident that the postcode given to us via the link is newer than 701. I have a friend in a new house in St Austell, his postcode is on this new one but not on 701. It doesn't show the road name just unnamed road. I'm pretty pleased with that |
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norm2002
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:21 pm Post subject: |
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| I see the files in the zip file you have linked to are dated 14 November. In the 920 I bought a couple of weeks ago, they are dated 17 August. Not sure if that suggests these are newer. |
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mikealder
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Philgo wrote: | | It doesn't show the road name just unnamed road. I'm pretty pleased with that |
Road names are part of the map not the postcode file so you could submit a change/ update using mapshare to correct the error - Mike |
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Philgo
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:00 pm Post subject: |
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| mikealder wrote: | | Philgo wrote: | | It doesn't show the road name just unnamed road. I'm pretty pleased with that |
Road names are part of the map not the postcode file so you could submit a change/ update using mapshare to correct the error - Mike |
Good point, I'll do that. |
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norm2002
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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| mikealder wrote: | | Road names are part of the map not the postcode file so you could submit a change/ update using mapshare to correct the error - Mike |
I've got the opposite problem. Friends of mine live in Cockermouth. Searching by their postcode, my 920 finds it but says it is in an unnamed road. Go to the map and it shows the right road name. (The road was built about 20 years ago!) |
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Oldboy
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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| norm2002 wrote: | | my 920 finds it but says it is in an unnamed road. |
Is there an unnamed road nearby? It could be that the Device is latching on to the data from there.
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Andy_P
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:59 pm Post subject: |
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I'm pretty sure the UK file in this download is exactly the same as the one that was on my 720 when I bought it (exactly same filesize), but the Netherlands one is older.
I know it is easy to create a ver file yourself, but the whole point is that if YOU create it, we've no guarantee that the version number really is correct. That's TomTom's job.... |
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Philgo
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| Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:26 am Post subject: |
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| In my email from Tomtom it was suggested that I create a tomtom folder, I've seen this has been mentioned in other threads. Now my OneXL hasn't got a tomtom folder and I haven't created one. My postcode search works with no problems, so is it only some Tomtom models that require this folder or is it the firmware version. |
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Andy_P
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| Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 1:01 am Post subject: |
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| Philgo wrote: | | I'm pretty confident that the postcode given to us via the link is newer than 701. I have a friend in a new house in St Austell, his postcode is on this new one but not on 701. |
Philgo, sorry I'd missed this when I wrote my last post.
Can you give an example that's right on this download version and not on 701? |
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