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bikeman01 Occasional Visitor
Joined: Jan 05, 2010 Posts: 4
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Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 10:50 pm Post subject: TomTom Start POI file format |
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My TomTom start uses POI files in the format .tlv.
All the poi files I download are .ov2
How do I use them?
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bikeman01 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 11:03 pm Post subject: |
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It's ok I've worked it out - they don't go in the POI folder, they go in the folder 'United_Kingdom_and_Republic_of_Ireland'. |
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Andy_P Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 19991 Location: West and Southwest London
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Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 11:52 am Post subject: |
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The .tlv file is not the POI file, it is only a "marker file" used by Home to keep track of POIs it has downloaded.
All TomToms use the .ov2 file format for the POIs.
Unfortunately the "Start" is very limited in what it can actually *do* with POIs! |
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bikeman01 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 2:15 pm Post subject: |
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Not sure what you mean when you say the start is limited but it is working now with the ov2 file. |
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GerryC Pocket GPS Moderator
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Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 3:24 pm Post subject: |
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Unlike all the other TomTom devices, it can only "navigate to" the POI.
The others can show them on the map and (importantly for the speed camera database from this site) can warn you when you are approaching them. _________________ Gerry
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bikeman01 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 12:50 pm Post subject: |
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GerryC wrote: | Unlike all the other TomTom devices, it can only "navigate to" the POI. |
Not true - you can tell it which POIs you want visble on the map.
The speed camera database supplied by TomTom also flags up cameras as they are approached with an audio and visual warning. |
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GerryC Pocket GPS Moderator
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 1:35 pm Post subject: |
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I'll take your word on it - I'm just going by what I've read in the forum.
TomTom's camera database are not dealt with as POIs as such but in their own section. Can it show 3rd party POIs on the map then or is it just the in-built ones? _________________ Gerry
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dhn Frequent Visitor
Joined: Oct 08, 2007 Posts: 2544 Location: Toronto CANADA
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 2:12 pm Post subject: |
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POI's do NOT show in Driving View on the Start, only in Browse Map view. That is my understanding.... and how it was when I tested the model. _________________ David |
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Andy_P Pocket GPS Moderator
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Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 2:04 am Post subject: |
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And there is no "Warn when near" feature, for POIs, making the use of the camera database from this site impossible on this model.. |
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