UK race track POI.s

ned1 · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 5:31 pm Post subject: UK race track POI.s

Hi all,
Anyone know where I can find UK race track POI to load onto my ttg.

Thanks for any help

Ned Smile

mikealder · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 5:34 pm Post subject:

Would these be car race tracks, horse race tracks or dog tracks?

Thread moved to the POI forum section as it has little to do with POI Capture - Mike

ned1 · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 5:37 pm Post subject:

Sorry,

In fact non of the above,
what I am looking for are Motorcycle race tracks.

Ned

richard345 · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 7:35 pm Post subject:

I'd be inclined to go with the Motor_Racing_Circuits.ov2 file. Most car venues like Oulton Park support motorcycling races, but you could use something like POIEdit to remove the ones you don't want.

If you know of other circuits, submit them and I'm sure they would be added in the future.
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ned1 · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 9:22 pm Post subject:

253 · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 9:33 pm Post subject:

Listed under recreation, there are 41 circuits in the list.

There is a separate poi for go cart circuits - if you feel the need for shorter circuits like
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richard345 · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 9:36 pm Post subject:

Hi Ned1,

On the POI Selections page, choose your Device for the type of file you need, then your Country and under 3, Select POIs, They are under Recreation, Motor Racing Circuits.

Hope this helps.
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ned1 · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 9:48 pm Post subject:

Thanks all,

Found them, job done.

Thanks again.

Ned Thumbs Up

joeb2008 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 29, 2008 Posts: 12

hi guys ive downloaded the POIs on this site but cant seem to find it
ive copied them to the POI folder on my tom tom
any ideas?

253 · Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 7:42 pm Post subject:

You should copy them to your main map folder.
It will be called Western Europe, or whatever map you have.
You should have 2 files in the download, one called .bmp and the other .ov2

I have some in the POi folder as well, I think it is for the TT ones. I have downloaded some POI from the TT site, and they seem to go into this folder.

Hope this helps.
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joeb2008 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 29, 2008 Posts: 12

how does one actually search for say Silverstone Racetrack on the Tom Tom XL?

it appears you need to put the city in which you want to locate the POI

is there a way of locating the same without knowing the city???
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Andy_P · Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 3:39 pm Post subject:

Yes, you can.
They used to show the entire list, but when v7 software came in it now only shows you the nearest 24 entries to whichever location you choose (near home, near me, city etc.)

But the SEARCH still looks at the whole list. So select ANY of the place options (eg "near home") then tap on "Find" and start typing in "Silv...".
So long as it is in there with those letters somewhere in the name, it wil find it.

joeb2008 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 29, 2008 Posts: 12

im running version 8 at the mo
i just cant find the "recreation" and "motorsport" options

what im doing is this...

Navigate to...
POI....
???

All the POI's from the 300+ download appear to be there but how do i find say the racetracks - it isnt in the list?

Also should say Burger King / McDonalds be in there too??

Cant find them either??? Rolling Eyes

EDIT:
they are under restaurants - is there any way of having the logos show up instead of restaurant logo??
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Andy_P · Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 5:23 pm Post subject:

Woah!

The TomTom can only manage between 100 and 192 user-added POI categories (depending on model).
If you have tried to load 300 plus, it will simply ignore some of them (not necessarily the last ones you added either).

You need to have a think about what you really need and delete a load.

As for the icons, you can only have one icon per CATEGORY.

So if you had a "McDonalds" category, you could have the logo.

but if you have a "Restaurant's" category, with say both McDonalds and Burger King in it, then they have to share the same icon.

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