HOME 2.1 PROBLEM..PLEASE HELP..........AGAIN

Anita · Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 8:15 pm Post subject:

Yes, I was being thick! Embarassed

I read it that the link you had to click on was in Home, not on the webpage!

All downloaded, and I no longer have to cross the channel in an emergency to reach the nearest 'Help me!' destinations. Thanks to everyone who replied. Very Happy

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Andy_P · Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 9:23 pm Post subject:

Seems to be a bit busy now....
Click on any of the links and it sits there for ages saying "waiting for addto.tomtom.com
Finally got the first one after about tem minutes.

technik · Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 11:18 pm Post subject:

TVR · Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:49 am Post subject:

Well at least its proven some things:-

1. TT know there's a problem with the POI's. The just need to do all rest now. Rolling Eyes

And

2. TT ACTUALLY READ THIS FORUM ! - WOW!! and so they should.. Razz

Now TT, just sort out the "Warn near pois" problems for the speed cams and you laughing...
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Andy_P · Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:29 am Post subject:

Ahh, I can see this is going to turn into a right mess....

We now have the original POI files, the add-on files AND the Mapshare corrections, all going at once.

I thought I'd check the nearest Police Station to where I work in Wandsworth (which I had added myself via Mapshare).

I now have FOUR Police stations nearby!
Up first is the one I added (in the right place), then there are two more entries for the same station (same phone number) both mis-positioned in exactly the same place a few hundred yards away (but with different names), and the forth, just round the corner, is totally fictitious.

Putney Police Station a mile or two away is also confusingly called "Wandsworth" (and that is wrongly positioned by one street too).

Anyone like to tell me which ones I should 'delete' and which one I should 'edit'? Stop it!

(because presumably other people will be doing it too!).

Someone on another forum also pointed out that if you use the new Doctors' file from "Help me..." you've got a 50% chance of being sent to a Herbalist or false leg maker!
Finally, I now have a new dentist just around the corner called "Competitive mortgages".... could come in handy I suppose! Laughing

Hemlock · Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:25 pm Post subject:

Yes, that would be me. But I did say…”this would be the ultimate guide to creative entertainment”
Seriously though, I expect there will be the odd numbskull around who will want to move the local police station just for laughs and believe it’s a clever wheeze, there’s always one, but by and large I would imagine that the vast majority of mapshare users would want to build on it sensibly and make it a utility well worth having. Smile

Andy_P · Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:55 pm Post subject:

The plot thickens....

Using my example of the four entries for the same police station above:
If I turn off "use my own corrections" the one that is in the right place disappears, so that is only coming from my local PAxxx.ov2 file.
Therefore I decided to delete that one andmove one of the TT supplied ones to the right place, then delete the others.

All went well until I went to delete the last TT one that was in the wrong place. Got the message "Selected item is not a map provider POI".
Huh? Why not? I'd just deleted two already, and this one is definitely in the same added file.

So I tried another "new" POI this time a Dentist called "Putney School" (!?!?). This one I COULD delete via Mapshare corrections.

My brain hurts....

xda · Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:16 pm Post subject:

I'm keeping the ones I have added locally then working through the others correcting the locations as required, deleting any that are in the wrong category or don't exist at all. Hopefully over time it will gradually become accurate enough to be completely useful.

At least TomTom are reading and taking some notice and showing some effort in trying to make corrections.
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xda · Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:19 pm Post subject:

Darren · Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:27 pm Post subject:

Andy_P · Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:47 pm Post subject:

I was... but it's true we've deviated away from the original topic rather.
Any chance you could do a little split to a new one?

xda · Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:47 pm Post subject:

More haste less speed Rolling Eyes

but still think it might be an idea to lump all the various threads into one regarding the MapShare, corrections and POI problems.
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awdriver96 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 02, 2005 Posts: 18

Andy P2002
Even I had not thought of that one, clever TOM TOM to sell us POIs that arent even on the device! Lol.
Will try the download/fix tonight, cheers guys.
Mike

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technik · Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 7:45 pm Post subject:

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