POIs set-up problem

MikC · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 12, 2007 Posts: 11

I tried downloading a list of POIs - aldi supermarkets last night and copied them onto my Storage card. However, although I now have a new POI category called ALDI, there are no locations showing on the map. I have Route 66 Navigate 7 for Pocket PC on my Orange SPV M600 phone. I noticed that some Caravan CL sites I downloaded had the text in quotes but the downloaded aldi file does not. Any ideas please?

mikealder · Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 10:23 pm Post subject:

When you downloaded the file did you make sure you selected the "SatNav System" box to Other CSV as this is the format you require for the Route66 software to work.
I have just downloaded the Aldi store POI file and put it on my PDA running Route 66 and it works fine, try another download as something might have become corrupted - Mike

MikC · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 12, 2007 Posts: 11

I did use other csv not tomtom and also ticked show link and seperate subcategory file. However I'll try again and see what I get. I suppose if it doesn't work I'll have to try and find someting to do a repetitive edit to add the quotes but i'm not veru good at excel. Somebody at work may know. Also at end of each line I get carriage return and line feed, whereas the one that work shows no line feed in notepad.

MikC · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 12, 2007 Posts: 11

This time it seems to have come back with quotes round text but still with line feeds. But will try loading into R66 and feed back results.

mikealder · Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 11:23 pm Post subject:

If I open the downloaded Aldi file in NotePad I get the following:

;Longitude,Latitude,Name,Details
-1.37203,53.08203,"Aldi Alfreton","Nottingham Road"
-2.10403,53.50177,"Aldi Ashton under Lyne","12 Picton St"
-1.44093,53.54603,"Aldi Barnsley",""
-1.63439,53.7154,"Aldi Batley","Branch Road"

Is this different to what you are seeing then? - Mike

MikC · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 12, 2007 Posts: 11

Can't believe this. Just copied aldi file across and reloaded storage card. When R66 started low and behold aldi sites are showing. Not only that but Lidl stores, which I also loaded last night and weren't showing are also showing now and I've not re-loaded them !! Whats happening. Well shouldn't grumble. Thanks for suggesting I just try again.

MikC · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 12, 2007 Posts: 11

Yes, my file is the same as yours and now works. Just remembered before I copied this last file across I deleted 2 image files for aldi and lidl as there was also the bmp files as well. Just wondering if this made it work. Anyway thanks for help - am now going to try some other POIs.

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