Group enabling/disabling of POI's or similar

DeLorean

I use my TomTom in the UK with quite a few POI’s enabled and frequently use it abroad again with quite a few POI’s enabled.

Because having too many POI’s running slows the unit down I disable the UK ones whilst abroad and vice versa.

It’s a real pain (and time consuming) having to go through the menu switching them on and off as required.

I know the MapSettings.cfg file stores the configuration for the map being used.
I could create several preconfigured MapSettings.cfg files and using a PC switch between them, but this is not ideal.

Does anyone know of a TomTom utility that can allow group switching of POI’s or similar?
I’ve found one for TomTom Navigator but not for the GO series.

It would also be hand for switching off the speed camera database in countries where it is illegal to us e.g. Germany etc.
At the moment I have to pull over before the countries border and switch them off.

TomTom Heaven has a utility to erase and restore POI’s for this purpose, has anyone tried it?

Does it re-enable them with the original POI settings when you restore?

Any pointers would be gratefully appreciated.

Thanks Smile

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Andy_P · Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 3:06 pm Post subject:

1. I don't know of any utility to switch POIs on or off in "groups" - I agree it would be VERY useful though.

2. As far as I know, it isn't illegal to have speed camera data in Germany?

3. But in countries where it *is* illegal (such as Switzerland) I think it is illegal to even have them on the satnav at all. Switching them off is not sufficient to avoid a fine!

GerryC · Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 3:48 pm Post subject:

One thought would be to prefix the POI filenames with eg UK-, FRA- etc so that all the ones for a particular country are together when you are enabling/disabling them. You'd also need a EUR- possibly for categories with POIs all over Europe etc.

Of course it would be better to just enable the ones you need at the time but you knew that. Smile

Andy_P · Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 3:55 pm Post subject:

DeLorean · Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 5:20 pm Post subject:

DeLorean · Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 5:35 pm Post subject:

The use of GPS camera location data is illegal in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

In Germany and Austria it must not be enabled and in Switzerland mustn’t even be on the device.

I've been told by friends in Germany that just touching the screen of your SatNav whilst driving is an offence!

I'll just wait quietly to one side whilst someone corrects me Razz

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DennisN · Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 7:02 pm Post subject:

I have fruitlessly searched for details of the 910, hoping to find it has SD card feature, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't. I was going to suggest two (or more) SD cards, one with the map with cameras, one without them, just shove 'em in and out as required.

So thinking sideways, have you enough space on the hard drive to have two copies of the map as above and switch maps?
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Andy_P · Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 7:57 pm Post subject:

mikealder · Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 8:51 pm Post subject:

Oldboy · Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 8:51 pm Post subject:

DeLorean · Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 3:27 pm Post subject:

DennisN · Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:20 pm Post subject:

Calomax · Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 9:44 pm Post subject:

Perhaps I'm missing something, but I've never seen any reason to have POIs enabled. In fact I'm always annoyed that I always have to disable them after doing a search for one.
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Andy_P · Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 11:32 pm Post subject:

One reason which I use a lot....

With the POIs selected you can check them for accuracy, and report any that are wrong (either to TomTom or to PGPSW).

That's especially important for the speed camera database - if the TT decides not to do a proximity alert for a camera on the other carriageway (because it isn't "on route") then you have no quick way to know if it is in the database or not.

For that reason, I tend to keep all the PGPSW camera categories (including Verifier files) on display constantly, and then (when I feel up to it) I switch on something like Petrol Stations or Chemists, and flag a load of corrections.

DeLorean · Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 9:47 am Post subject:

After doing some homework on the various ways it could be done, I've given up Sad

I did create multiple map folders with tweaked pna files, but this was a messy method to keep up-to-date all the POI’s Map Shares etc.

The simplest way to achieve what I’d like would be the ability to switch between preconfigured mapconfig.cfg files.

I'm sure a simple Linux shell script could do the job, but this is beyond my ability Sad

Thanks for all the help guys.
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