how do i install POI in to tomtom v7

starr · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 17, 2009 Posts: 2

i know it may be a stupid question but if anyone can give me a tip thats will be really helpful i download the POI on this website it come out with a POIs file and i edit it to POI.DAT to match the same file on my device but after i overwrite, it shows nothing on tomtom
i need some one tell me hoe to install it correctly
cheers

dhn · Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 3:06 am Post subject:

I sure hope you have a backup of your map folder. you see, the poi.dat file is the one included with the map and includes millions of pois. If you overwrote that file with a custom file you downloaded, .... Crying or Very sad

What you SHOULD have done with the downloaded custom .ov2 (and perhaps associated .bmp file) is to copy them to the specific map folder using Explorer.
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starr · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 17, 2009 Posts: 2

yes i backup the POI before i overwrite now the things is the file i downloaded only have POIs this file and where i get custom.ov2 these files ? do i use some software to make them up? and how do i update on tomtom's map?

dhn · Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 3:43 am Post subject:

Not clear what you are saying. Did you download a poi file from 'this' site meaning pocketgspworld?

If so, it should be in the form of xxx.ov2 where xxx is the name of the poi file you downloaded. Just copy this .ov2 file into your specific map folder (Western_Europe?) and on your unit Change Preferences---Show poi on map---and check the poi you downloaded, it should appear in the list.
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Darren · Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 10:50 am Post subject:

As David has said, the POI files you download are .ov2 files (the actual POI data) and .bmp files (the POI Icon).

You simply copy these files to the 'map' folder on your device where 'map' is the name of you map i.e. Western_Europe or 'UK_and-Ireland' etc

Let us know if that helps or if you are still confused?
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