Any thoughts on why ...

[PaulWH]

I submitted some POI locations a short while back and something strange seems to have happened.

The POI's are all France | Food & Drink | Mcdonalds and strange things have happened to three of them.

Saint-Lô DT, Rond Pointe de lEurope (Ref: ?) is in the POI download file (ov2) but not showing on the map.

Cherbourg DT, Équeurdreville-Hainneville (Ref: ?) is in the POI download file (ov2) but not showing on the map

Ouistreham DT, Route de Caen (Ref:162992) in on the map but not in the POI download file (ov2).

Any thoughts ?


Paul W. H

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[PaulWH]

Well done Richard the problem is solved.

Will the "system" be adapted in the future to accept accented characters as they are used extensively in some European countries and amending/removing them may cause confusion.

At present when adding new POI's for non-UK POI's there is no way to select country, is this likely to be changed.

With a POI "set" like McDonald's that is "International" would it make sense for it to be one file covering the UK and the rest of Europe ?


Paul W. H

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Is the problem with accented characters a TomTom problem? If the POI were in the ov2 file then it does seem to be a TomTom bug.

I would like to have a Country field on the submission form but I need a "code monkey" to make the change for me

You can use the code already provided by Lutz to combine the non-UK McDonalds. On the download page tick those countries that you would like to combine. Then use the Refresh button to get the POI Category/Subcategory tree. Tick the McDonalds POI under Food & Drink and proceed as usual.

Richard
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[PaulWH]

Quote"Is the problem with accented characters a TomTom problem? If the POI were in the ov2 file then it does seem to be a TomTom bug".

I have some "Private" POI's where the name detail contains accented characters on a TT Go 700 and they display perfectly OK.

I can combine POI files OK thats not a problem I was just thinking of keeping the POI file numbers down bearing in mind the 100 limit.

Paul W. H

[MaFt]

[MaFt]

code monkey has visited and there is now a country field to help eliminate these problems in the future

MaFt

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