McGuider Sat Nav software with Teleatlas mapping

MavAV · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 01, 2006 Posts: 21

Please don't be afraid to ask 'silly' questions, as this is very frustrating for me.

scarymonkey · Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:25 pm Post subject:

I cant think of anything else atm, but as I said I should be getting 2009 tomorrow (UPS permitting) so will have a look to see if there is anything different or if I can find anything else.

Also, in case it is relevant but not yet discovered, how many different POI files do you have?

If you want, I can try your file in my system if it helps. Will need to know where to in the country to look. Let me know if this will help and i'll PM you my email address.

MavAV · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 01, 2006 Posts: 21

Thanks for your help scarymonkey, its very much appreciated.

I think I am getting somewhere now. It looks like there is a limit to the number of items you can have in a custom POI file. The original POI file I was using had 87 items in it, which was perfectly acceptable in Tom Tom. I've now cut this down to 8 items and they are now showing on the McGuider map.

My question is therefore what is the maximum number of items that I can have in a custom POI file?

scarymonkey · Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:58 pm Post subject:

I have some large POI files (ATMs etc which I guess must run in hundreds). What you have said though rings some bells with a problem I had with one POI when I originally got McGuider. For some reason something in it was against the requirements of ov2upi conversion. IIRC I had to get the POI as a CSV and then use the converter on the Sygic website to convert the file to a POI.

MavAV · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 01, 2006 Posts: 21

scarymonkey · Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 10:49 am Post subject:

Unfortunately I no longer have a copy of it (typical that I didn't back it up before replacing my pc aargh). I have however asked Sygic to send me a copy so will let you know if they do.

If you have your POI in a CSV format, you could look at the raw data. Make sure there are no silly entries in there (names where there should be co-ords etc). Also check for things like commas and other puntuation in fields like names. The error I saw was because of a comma in the name field of 1 entry.

MavAV · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 01, 2006 Posts: 21

I've found a link to a copy here;
http://www.digital-car.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?p=218812
but can't seem to get it to work.

Can you tell me what data I should have in the columns of my CSV file? I've currently got names in columns A & B, long. in column C, lat. in column D.

peterc10 · Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 11:03 am Post subject:

Can I ask the mods here if there has been any progress on including a McGuider version of PGPSW's camera database? Do you have any idea if and when it is likely to happen please?

I am still trying to decide what to do about updating TTN6 and am in 2 minds about moving over to McGuider or lining TT's pockets some more by migrating to TTN7 (despite TT's unwillingness to let me!). The difficulty of being able to easily put cameras on McGuider is an important factor. I know that if it is too much trouble (mucking about converting) I won't bother updating.

I still hanker for the old days when everytime I docked the old Ipaq it would check and update the PGPSW cameras automatically. On a separate point I suspect if PGPSW was to develop a bit of software to allow that to happen (at least for TT) then the database would become even more popular.
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scarymonkey · Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 11:58 am Post subject:

MavAV · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 01, 2006 Posts: 21

Thanks for all of your help scarymonkey, Using the newer version of POI converter I've now managed to convert my POIs and they are now showing on the map.

I don't suppose you have any idea how I can convert my Tom Tom itinerary files to the McGuider version? Very Happy

scarymonkey · Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 1:05 pm Post subject:

Thats excellent news. Was it some sort of corruption (punctuation etc) or did simply importing using the Sygic convertor sort the problem?

Unfortunately I am not aware of a way of converting the itinery files. Like the marked locations (history) I do not know where McGuider stores these files or in what format tbh.

MavAV · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 01, 2006 Posts: 21

scarymonkey · Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 1:57 pm Post subject:

No problem. Always happy to help where possible.
From your experiences it does look like the ov2upi convertor might not be 100% reliable then, and can produce corrupt results.

I have just received my copy of McGuider 2009 so will be putting it through its paces soon. My first impressions are good with some of the suggestions I made to them being taken on board.

Pete2 · Regular Visitor Joined: Feb 19, 2004 Posts: 82

Scarymonkey - can you do a "mini" review of the 2009 version.
I'm considering the McGuider myself and feedback on lateset version would be great.
Cheers
Pete

scarymonkey · Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 7:11 pm Post subject:

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