TomTom5 Favourites - file format and import

[daftdave]

I am new to TomTom5 and like it. On my previous (Navigon) the favourites were stored as a text file and were therefore easy to edit and to import from my address book (which is quite large).

Does anyone know where TomTom5 stores its favourites list, and whether it is easy to edit (using eg Notebook or Excel etc).

Dave.

[Oldie]

On a TomTom system you would store such information in a POI overlay. If you have the coordinates of the locations in your text file then it is easy to create an overlay using, for example, my POIConverter program available at http://rjdavies.users.btopenworld.com/html/poiconverter.html

Richard
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Various TomToms, Garmin eTrex Legend, GPSMAP 60CSx, Oregon 550t, Forerunner 405

[peterc10]

You don't need to use favourites for this if your address book is in Outlook and your PDA is a PPC device. Just sync your address book across to your PDA. When you go into Contacts on the PDA use the stylus to press and hold on the contact you want to find. Amongst the options that will come up should be "Navigate to" and "Find on map" because Tom Tom when it first installed should have added them.

Choose either of them depending upon what you want to do and Tom Tom will open up automatically. Obviously "navigate to" will only work if you have a sat nav signal so that Tom Tom knows where you are.
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Peter
HTC Sensation
Sygic GPS for Europe (No more TT "support"!)
Copilot for USA
Bury CC9060 bluetooth car kit & Brodit mount

[daftdave]

Thank both. That was quick and helpful.

I will try the POI converter tonight.

The Contacts 'show in map' works, but is a bit shaky- slow and quirky on what it chooses to show, but if I can get it to work better, it sounds ideal.

and this Forum is impressive too!
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David
Medion PNA100
running TomTom5.000
GB plus map v571
1G SD card

[peterc10]

It can be tempramental - it just depends on how you have entered the address info in Outlook. Instead of just writing the address in the box click on the "address" tab next to it. A box will pop up and prompt you to enter the components of the address (street, city etc) seperately.

If you do it that TT is much more likely to recognise the address. However it is still flaky with multi number or name entries. For example it can't find combined flat and house numbers or names such as Flat 7, Oak House, High Street.
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Peter
HTC Sensation
Sygic GPS for Europe (No more TT "support"!)
Copilot for USA
Bury CC9060 bluetooth car kit & Brodit mount

[schneid]

I just use Favorites as temporary location for waypoints until I get home. Your favorites are much more useable if sorted into user created POIs. The easiest way to edit them is Add them as POIs. POIConverter, ITNconvert, and POIEdit will all load the user created OV2 POI files and allow you to edit, manipulate, and convert them. You can even output them as Steets&Trips/Autoroute EST/AXE files and see them on your big screen and print maps.

As far as I know, you cannot edit or access TTs Favorites outside of TT.

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