POI' for France

timmytomtom · Lifetime Member Joined: Apr 30, 2007 Posts: 4

Just looked in the POI's for France and there isn't much.
Any ideas where I might get a good number of Supermarkets to download?

tonys66 · Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 9:29 am Post subject:

Have a look in these two hope these help

http://www.gps-data-team.com/poi/france/

http://www.poihandler.com

boristhemoggy · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 14, 2008 Posts: 11

No disrespect, but POIplaza has tons more POI's than this site, and actually far easier to download too.
Sorry Pocket, no offence but credit where credits due.
http://www.poiplaza.com/index.php?p=download&d=857&lstpg2=sdb&lstpg=ds&lsts=_LSTS_

BigPerk · Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 9:18 am Post subject:

POIPlaza seems to respect 'Pocket' though - they distribute pirated copies of its camera database! And they don't look that comprehensive to me for France in fact (but it depends what you are looking for). For instance, nothing for Intermarche, Ecomarche, Lidl, Champion, Leclerc, or SuperU (to mention just a few big, good, supermarket chains, some with very cheap petrol; BUT they do have Auchan which IS a very good one!), or, in hotels, no mention of Ibis, Mercure, Campanile, Novotel, etc (though they MIGHT be lumped together in the 'Hotel' category).

timmytomtom - another site is GPSPassion - they have quite a lot of French POIs on their forum (I think it's actually a French forum).

I'd trawl through what sites you can find and do some cherry picking of the most relevant in each one.
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Andy_P · Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 7:08 pm Post subject:

I had a look at POIPlaza...
I know you've got to start somewhere, but is it really worth distributing categories like "Pizzaria" and "Fish and Chips" that only have one entry?

SanderDolphin · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 18, 2005 Posts: 9

Daggers · Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 10:02 pm Post subject:

Andy_P · Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 10:09 pm Post subject:

Too true...

I don't think things like that enhance anyone's reputation, unless you state in big red letters something like: "this is a work in progress, please upload all your additions to make this project worthwhile"

Unless of course you then start charging for them.....

BigPerk · Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 11:55 pm Post subject:

Low numbers are always something to check - after all, the POIs depend upon people submitting what they know about; but it's usually clear how useful a category is going to be - and some sites will have more entries than others. And I guess you can always amalgamate from different sites where you are really interested in something particular.

Another useful set BTW (I hope he doesn't mind me keep plugging it) is MaFt's Garmin POIs, on here - if you like any they can always be converted if necessary. I've found some of them pretty useful.

Anyway, I certainly won't be beating a path to POIPlaza, even if boristhemoggy finds them to be the 'best thing since sliced bread' (and we all know how good that is)!

A thought - is it worth creating a POI sticky where useful POI sites can be mentioned, as something that someone can go to if they want to get useful info about possible categories of interest?
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boristhemoggy · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 14, 2008 Posts: 11

Actually big dick, oh sorry bigdork, oh whatever your name is. I don't think they're the best thing since sliced bread, I merely said they had more French POI's and it was easier to download. I'm being helpful why are you being a complete pr1ck?
This site has it's positives as do others. I use about 8 in total and none is way better than any other. POI plaza has some very good points as do most sites that I use including this one although downloading here is fudgy as hell.
I think recommending diff sites is ok, that's what the internet is about.

BigPerk · Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 1:37 am Post subject:

Googled a link ('france points interest') which may be of use to you timmytomtom

Privateer · Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 11:08 am Post subject:

boristhemoggy, we always welcome constructive criticism of PocketGPSWorld in our own forums as we wish to constantly improve and be the best.

However as this is a family orientated forum, name calling, especially using offensive words is never acceptable! Further more your outburst was unnecessary as all participants in this thread were offering positive advice.

Please cease and desist from this sort of behaviour and we will welcome you as a contributor to this forum.
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BigPerk · Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 7:17 pm Post subject:

Many thanks for that, Privateer. I didn't take offence, though I was a bit surprised I must say! But I just assumed it was the first couple of postings from someone with a connection to the site in question...

AAAHH!! - I've only just noticed that timmytomtom's post was made last year, not actually a current enquiry at all D'oh! All that effort to try and help - I wouldn't have bothered at all if I had been more observant!
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boristhemoggy · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 14, 2008 Posts: 11

Privateer · Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 11:24 am Post subject:

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