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dhn
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| Andy_P2002 wrote: | Only discussing "Firmware"!   |
Yeah, but does your unit turn on at strange times? |
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Andy_P
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| Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:52 pm Post subject: |
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Ahem! 
Lurching back on-topic...
I still have the old POI.DAT viewer prog on my PC (can't remember where it came from).
It doesn't seem to like the poi.dat from new maps very much, it shows the categories but only a few of the entries. However, when I tried to get it to open the CRPOI.DAT file and it wouldn't touch it (crashed the prog.)
So, just for a giggle I deleted the CRPOI.DAT file...
So far I haven't noticed ANY difference 
All the built in POIs seem to be there (both UK and abroad), all my user POI categories are there, Mapshare POI corrections and the UK Doctors,Dentists etc, addons are all still there as far as I can see.
What CRPOI.DAT is for, still eludes us.... |
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Oldboy
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| Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Andy_P2002 wrote: | So, just for a giggle I deleted the CRPOI.DAT file...
So far I haven't noticed ANY difference
All the built in POIs seem to be there (both UK and abroad), all my user POI categories are there, Mapshare POI corrections and the UK Doctors,Dentists etc, addons are all still there as far as I can see.
What CRPOI.DAT is for, still eludes us.... |
Ditto. Did that as well, with the same result. Haven't seen any adverse usage yet.
50MB door stop, if you ask me. 
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Infama
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| Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Andy_P2002 wrote: | Ahem!
Lurching back on-topic...
I still have the old POI.DAT viewer prog on my PC (can't remember where it came from).
It doesn't seem to like the poi.dat from new maps very much, it shows the categories but only a few of the entries. However, when I tried to get it to open the CRPOI.DAT file and it wouldn't touch it (crashed the prog.)
So, just for a giggle I deleted the CRPOI.DAT file...
So far I haven't noticed ANY difference
All the built in POIs seem to be there (both UK and abroad), all my user POI categories are there, Mapshare POI corrections and the UK Doctors,Dentists etc, addons are all still there as far as I can see.
What CRPOI.DAT is for, still eludes us.... |
Hahahahaha
I feel honoured to be the one that comes up with the question that stumps Andy!!!!
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Andy_P
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| Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:02 pm Post subject: |
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...and Richard!  |
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Infama
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| Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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BTW,
TT wants me to note size of CRPOI, remove map corrections, note size again, restore them and again note size.
This is pointless for 2 reasons,
1) they can do this themselves
2) CRPOI (and POI) files never change size NOR date!
My own conslusion, is that CRPOI are just additional POIs that are maybe more obscure so you dont notice them when deleted. |
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Andy_P
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| Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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That's what I thought, but with no working tool to count how many entries there are in a particular POI category, we are a bit stuck.
If whoever made the original poi.dat viewer is still around, we'd love a new version, please!
(Although they have probably been paid off by TomTom as it used to expose mercilessly how dreadful some of the TT POI categories were!)  |
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Oldboy
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| Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Andy_P2002 wrote: | | If whoever made the original poi.dat viewer is still around, we'd love a new version, please! |
Found it .... if it's the one you meant.
http://www.licour.com/gps/poi_format/poi_file_format.html with Links.
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dhn
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| Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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It frustrates me how stupid I am when I try to comprehend all that is shown in that link 
Thanks for it. |
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Andy_P
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| Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Oldboy wrote: | | Found it .... if it's the one you meant. |
Nope, not that lot....
This is just a little prog (POIView.exe), that opens poi.dat files and shows all the categories down the left hand side and when you click on one it shows all the entries.
Except now on t he latest versions of poi.dat it just shows a column of "0"s and then about twenty of the entries.
I think Ray Flanagan may have been behind it.... |
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Oldboy
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Andy_P
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Ooh! I don't remember it looking as posh as that!
I'll have to have a look (Damn, out again tonight! Have to be the late shift, Dennis!) |
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