PocketGPSWorld FREE POI Collections - Process Change

Darren

Due to public demand, we have now made it easier for people to identify the free POI categories downloaded from PocketGPSWorld.

With immediate effect non-speed camera POI categories downloads will be suffixed with "PGPSW". This will make it easier to quickly determine those POIs sourced from PocketGPSWorld and those POIs sourced from elsewhere.

Should you find an inaccuracy in any POI category downloaded from PocketGPSWorld then please let us know in the usual way so that we may correct it as soon as possible.
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Darren Griffin

Tom59 · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 9:21 am Post subject:

I have spoken warnings on my TomTom. Will "School 500 yards" become "SchoolPGPSW 500 yards"? Wink

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MaFt · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 10:36 am Post subject:

possibly if you use the 'automatic' speech? i thought you could type your own warnings anyway? you may have to set it up to say just school!

MaFt

lamplight · Regular Visitor Joined: Sep 13, 2004 Posts: 130

I couldn't understand why I had suddenly lost a lot of my POI warnings after updating this evening until I saw the PGPSW extention on the POI list. That's how I found myself to this part of the forum - to see what was happening.

I can see the reason for the change was sound, but I have to say that I find the effect a lot more fuss now that I either have to rename each of the 0v2 and bmp extensions or else type in each one of the spoken warnings.

PeterSm · Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 11:46 pm Post subject:

Ah that explains why my scripts didnt do anything!!!..

Anyway what do you mean help identify where you get the POI's from ?
You mean theres other POI sites out there!! Very Happy

Darren · Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 8:49 am Post subject:

andy-c1 · Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 12:17 pm Post subject:

I've just been caught out by this and had to spend ages renaming everything ... I can see your point but if i was going to share i would name change before before sharing so so of defeats the object ,you have already added a poi in every category ,I thought that was suppose to tell you if it was yours or not
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Darren · Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 12:27 pm Post subject:

MaFt · Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 12:55 pm Post subject:

it doesn't help when tomtom make it s easy to share copyrighted work....!!

MaFt

Privateer · Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 3:13 pm Post subject:

Hi andy-c1,

Pocketgps · Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 4:14 pm Post subject:

Lots of my poi files are on TomTom HOME, and no matter what I do I cannot get them removed.

Have clicked the boxes on HOME to get them removed, have contacted TT via their web site form mail, and even phoned. But they have not removed them.

It's a disgrace that anybody can just load these up to TT HOME without any check by TT.

Darren · Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 4:20 pm Post subject:

Drop me an email if you want me to interject. This issue is rapidly building up a head of steam with the various community websites and we are getting very angry about it.

TomTom are facilitating piracy in permitting this and are doing jack to prevent it. They do remove files I report but only when they feel like it. In the 2 -5 days it takes them untold damage is caused to us.

If they don't start taking some responsibility here then we will start making very loud noises about how they are happy to permit abuses such as this. It's the kind of publicity they could well do without in the current climate.
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andy-c1 · Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:11 pm Post subject:

hey i wasn't having a go ,I was just saying I prefer it like that .....If you ask oldboy I have submitted many many poi's changes, new, the lot ..I too don't believe it should be just given away ,is there now way you can ban them like the traffic poi's
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253 · Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 10:58 pm Post subject:

Like andy c1 says, lots of members here correct the post code entry POIs, submit new categories or just add to existing ones. it's what helps to make this one the best to have.

That's why I get a bit miffed sometimes when people complain that a POI is not accurate, all they have to do is submit the correct location, not moan about it and wait for someone else to sort it out.

Moan over.
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Mullet · Frequent Visitor Joined: Dec 12, 2005 Posts: 1051

Just seen this post. Each of the 596 .oggs I submitted now need renaming Laughing

Darren, I will rename and mail these, and the set submitted by member Flack so you can update the download page.

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