tomtom's bundled POI ?

soweezy · Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 9:36 pm Post subject: tomtom's bundled POI ?

are the POI files for the western europe maps by teleatlas and navteq the same ?
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zogman · Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 9:53 pm Post subject:

probably mate..why do you ask?
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soweezy · Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 11:58 pm Post subject:

ISTR there was an issue with an earlier version of TT that had problems with the POI file
where the POI categories were listed but if you tried to navigate to one it didn't work and this was solved by users installing the POI file from older maps/versions of TT

also, if, for instance, the teleatlas POI file was Xmbs and navteq was Ymbs stands to reason (although not neccesarily so when TT are concerned) the larger mbs file could have more POIs ?

so, would it be illegal to use the POI file that came with the Navteq map with a Teleatlas map ?
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fao91 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 08, 2007 Posts: 48

They are not the same.
I have WE v6.6(navteq) and Iberia v6.52(teleatlas).
The teleatlas has more poi´s,like car parking,pharmacy´s,police etc.The navteq does not have any of these in Portugal or Spain map region.
No problem if you live in the UK.They are listed.
I came across a poi.dat file with 68mb.They say that conbines the teleatlas and navteq poi's.Haven´t tried it yet.I need a 2gb sd card.

soweezy · Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 10:47 am Post subject:

thanks fao91

FYI there's a 4gb sd card for £17.99 here
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henryg · Regular Visitor Joined: Jul 05, 2005 Posts: 78

mikealder · Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 4:25 pm Post subject:

henryg · Regular Visitor Joined: Jul 05, 2005 Posts: 78

fao91 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 08, 2007 Posts: 48

Well...my post brought some legal questions.
I do own both maps.I payed for them.
Tomtom states that both versions(regional and full Europe)have no diferences.It´s not true.
POI´s like pharmacy´s,police,etc.ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
With the WE version,the closest one that i´m getting is +1000km away 8O !!I´m not in Australia :D
If someone decided to join the two poi.dat file(that i own the "license"),GREAT.
Copyright laws(like all laws),have what´s called the spirit of the law,the real intent of the law.
In using that poi.dat,at least to me,does not go against the real intent of that law.

Francisco

mikealder · Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:39 pm Post subject:

Read the EULA I think you will find taking apart the software is not permitted, so not quite within the rules. I would suggest you use the POI files from this site as they are more up to date and accurate than the inbuilt ones supplied with the device. If the specific POI category doesn't exist start one off and others may well contribute with additional information - Mike

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