POI Database 'zipped file is invalid@

tracey29 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 11, 2005 Posts: 11

This is my first post so please be gentle with me Smile

I've tried downloading POI's from the database on this site. I save the folder to my desktop but when I click on the folder i get the message that the zipped folder is invalid.

Can anybody tell me how to get this to work?

Thanks
Tracey

Darren · Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 12:23 pm Post subject:

What operating system do you use, PC or Mac?
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tracey29 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 11, 2005 Posts: 11

I've got a PC and am currently on Vista but i've tried to download it on another PC with XP but still have the problem.

Oldboy · Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 1:59 pm Post subject:

How many POIs are you downloading? Which category?

Are you doing them as separate categories? Or combining the sub-categories?

Have you tried ticking Show Link?
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tracey29 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 11, 2005 Posts: 11

i've just managed to download some by selecting show link but now can't copy them across to my TomTom SD card!

Sorry for being a pain!

Oldboy · Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 5:57 pm Post subject:

Where are you having the problem?

Can you see the TomTom as an extra Drive in Explorer?

If you list what you are doing, and where you are having a problem, we'll be able to help you some more.
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tracey29 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 11, 2005 Posts: 11

Thanks for being so patient.

I'm using TomTom Navigator 5 on my iPaq
I go to my computer, find the PDA, then the SD card and try to copy and paste the POI files into the folder on the SD card that contains the GB map but when i right click to paste the bitmap and ov2 files i don't get the option to paste. i've tried switching the lock switch at the side of the SD card to make sure it wasn't locked but that didn't make any difference.

Oldboy · Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 6:36 pm Post subject:

It could be that ActiveSync, under Vista, is not behaving.

Do you have a Card Reader?

If so, it is easier to just use that and copy/paste the files with Explorer. It won't need to use ActiveSync.
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tracey29 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 11, 2005 Posts: 11

I don't have a card reader unfortunately but i've got a lot of other programs that aren't working with Vista so am about to go back to XP!

Thanks again for all your help, i'll try again when i go back to XP.

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