Can I delete/edit the built in POI on a TOM TOM Go 530?

[TechVillage]

Hello,

My first posting and what a great site this is I have been browsing it since I bouhg my first TomTom 530T about 3 weeks ago. I have been seartching around the site and admiring the POI's that can be downloaded and have a few questions:-

1. It is possible to delete/edit some of the inbuilt POI's that came with the TOM TOM?

2. Can I merge some of the POI's into an existing TOM TOM category - for instance in the TOMTOM category of Restaurants can I delete some of the entries and insert some I have downloaded from this forum?

3. In the TomTOM "Help Me!" can I edit some of the categories such as Hospital or nearest Pharmacy or Nearest Car Repair? is the infor for these pulled form the inbuilt POI or form a sepearte POI databse on the TomTOM?

4. In the "Help Me!" the AA breakdown is the only breakdown service assumed to exist inthe UK, or more likely, have paid to be there - can I create my own icon and breakdown service details and put there?

Many thanks,

Richard

[Darren]

[TechVillage]

Hello Darren,

Many thanks for the quick response. I had a feeling that editing the poi.dat wasn't something to be taken lightly. I have found a tool called gestPoi.dat which I have been playing around with this afternoon, haven't made changes and recompiled the dat file. Is there another tool you have used? I'm an IT systems analyst, so not advserse to rolling up sleeves and getting hands dirty.

Many thanks for the pointer to Andy_P's post at www.yournav.com I came across that post earlier this morning and glad that you have given it the nod - I will make use of it later.

Thank you very much for your help.

Richard

[Darren]

To be honest I've never bothered to edit the supplied POI's as I rely on our own in preference and it's simpler just to leave the pre-installed ones as is for my purposes!
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[pcaouolte]

If you really want to pursue editing the poi.dat file and your French is up to scratch have a look here

[TechVillage]

Many thanks for all your help I have now finally got my POI more or less how I like them.

Usng gestPoi.dat I have removed all the inbuilt POI's bar the ones referenced in the "Help Me!" section - car repair, Dentist, Doctor, Fuel, Hospital, Pharmacy and Rail Transport. I left them there otherwise all the icons were greyed out as their respective POI were missing. I then downloaded the precise categories/subcategories I wanted. Now I don't have to trawl throught a load of categories I don't want.

Then, to make a start in giving something back and contributing, I submitted 5 POI's to exisiting categories.

Are the poi's dated or a tool or an automated email that advises when a category is updated - or are all categories updated pretty much every day?

Richard

[Oldboy]

We try to update the POIs each day as they are submitted, but it's not always possible.

On the Download Page there is a Date at the end of each category. That is the the date that an entry has been processed in that category.

It may only be a small amendment to 1 location, or it could be several new entries.

There is no automated system for checking/downloading changes as the files are created on the fly, as required by the End User.
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Richard

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