FREE Points of Interest to Download for Your SatNav!

knocker · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 12, 2006 Posts: 1

Upgraded to 1gb card and put loads of poi's on from here. Fantastic, had no problems.

alan_dr · Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 8:58 am Post subject:

I got the same message about the corrupted ZIP and I am on IE6. I tried several times, and with different POIs. The only way I could get it to work was to check the 'show link' checkbox and download from there.
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Alan - iPhone 5 64GB, with CamerAlert, TomTom Europe & CoPilot

MickeyMouse00 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 07, 2007 Posts: 2

Hello...I am new here. I went to download some POI's. These are the steps I used

1) Select System - Garmin
2) Select Country - USA
3) Select POI's - Accomodations
3) Separate Files per Directory

The one category I got to work was Accomodations all the other ones will just download a 22byte file and the file is corupt or bad.

I have tried to download with Internet Explorer 6 and Firefox 2.0 but no luck. Oh and yes I am logged in.

I see some people got it to work as a download link I will have to try that as well.

Thanks for the site.
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Michael

Garmin Streetpilot 2720

Oldboy · Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 10:30 am Post subject:

There is only 1 sub-category in the United States Accomadation POI, and when unzipped it's over 143KB. Confused

Which other Files did you download?
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Richard

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

MickeyMouse00 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 07, 2007 Posts: 2

I figured out what my mistake was. When I selected the country I forgot to refresh. Actual I saw 3 different categories for the USA and they are.

1) Accomodations
2) Food & Drink - Only 1 StarBucks
3) Shopping - Only 3 choices

I would like to find a list of Zoo's for the USA for my Garmin. I am an Active member and have a Zoo pass which will get me into all the Zoo's around the USA. I just have not mastered writing a POI file yet!

Thanks

Michael
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Michael

Garmin Streetpilot 2720

j_g952 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 16, 2007 Posts: 1

Why is it only for Garmin and TomTom ?

Where is the download for Navman ?

Andy_P · Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 2:38 pm Post subject:

[quote=(from the download page)]Note: The Garmin format is a basic CSV, you will be able to use it for other systems too.[/quote]

I think Navman can use either csv or asc format.

minesisabud · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 15, 2007 Posts: 7

Hi does anyone know when I download any poi for garmin I always get the same 'accomodation ov2 file' no matter what I try and download?
Thanks to anyone who can help me.
Angie

Oldboy · Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:47 pm Post subject:

Can you give us a bit more detail, please.

Which country's POIs are you trying to download? Which other categories are you trying?

The download Files are called pois.zip and it could be that your ISP is cacheing the name.

Try again and this time Tick the Show Link box, to see if that makes a difference.
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Richard

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

minesisabud · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 15, 2007 Posts: 7

Hi. Sorry about the double post. I am new to the forums and still not quite got the hang of it. Basically I have downloaded the tesco poi ok. Then when I select another poi it gives me the link but downloads tesco again. I am using the link and I am not combining categories. Do I have to do something else. Thanks
Angie

Oldboy · Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 8:29 am Post subject:

You can tick all the categories that you want if you want individual categories. Just DON'T tick the Combine box.

You will then have a zip file that contains all the individual categories as seperate OV2 and BMP Files.

Are you doing them one at a time? If so, are you unticking the Tesco Box before moving on to the next one?
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Richard

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

minesisabud · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 15, 2007 Posts: 7

Hi. Well what I basically do is make sure the last one is unticked. I then make a new selection. I choose a single category tick the show link box which then brings up the link which says download poi files with the number of kb next to it. This number changes every time indicating it is downloading the correct file but when it opens up it has downloaded the last poi I downloaded. Hope this makes sense.
Angie

Oldboy · Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 12:46 pm Post subject:

What happens if you tick 2 categories to download at the same time?

The Zip Filename will be the same number everytime, and I can only think that the ISP has a cache that is comparing the names. This will give you the same file you had earlier. Or it could be the PC.

You could try emptying the cached Internet Files on your PC. This might clear the problem. It depends what your setup is, as to how you go about that.
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Richard

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

minesisabud · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 15, 2007 Posts: 7

Yeah I have tried emptying the internet cache. I have also tried deleting history & temp. internet files. Downloading 2 at the same time is still the same. I think I am downloading a different only to find when I open it up it is the same file as last time. I am working from AOL. Thanks for trying anyway.
Angie

JockTamsonsBairn · Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 3:14 pm Post subject:

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