pub poi

Beefy · Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 10:28 pm Post subject:

A few years ago I put a POI database together for High Quality Pubs which was based on information from www.diningpubs.co.uk/. I contacted the owner of the pub and he was happy form me to publish his data in a POI file. The database covers nationwide, although is ver scarce in Scotland and Ireland. The pubs are categorised in 2 categories:

Dining Pubs
Premier Pubs

I input all of the "Premier" pubs and a few of the Dining pubs that were reviewed well. I am happ for this to be expanded to include all of the Dining Pubs as well if someone is happy to add these in.

Alot of these pubs were in a number of other good quality Pub Websites. Every one that I have been has been excellent.

If you want to do this I am happy to pass on the POI files. They were on this site a while ago under High Quality Pubs.

Let me know?

Doug
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GJF · Frequent Visitor Joined: Feb 08, 2007 Posts: 894

Yes please, can never find enough good pubs, assume this covers Kent.
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Beefy · Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:03 am Post subject:

There are tonnes of pubs that I haven't put into this due to them not being "Premier Pub" Status if you add all of these then you would propably triple or quadruple the number of pubs on this POI.

There are 535 pubs in this list which are all or certainly were good quality pubs when I made this list. Each POI has the Pubs name, the Village that it is in and its Telephone Number.

If you go on to www.diningpubs.co.uk you can select a specific county by selecting a county from the drop down list at the to right hand corner of the front page. The list of Kent pubs that it has are at: http://www.diningpubs.co.uk/county.asp?cid=46

I will put this POI up on a piece of webspace for people to download if anyone is interested. Someone will need to take the baton to add in all of the other pubs in this list though.

Cheers,
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GJF · Frequent Visitor Joined: Feb 08, 2007 Posts: 894

Thanks Beefy, I'm sure this will be a benefit to many.

I'm not sure yet how to make POI's but will have a look - and learn.
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Beefy · Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 8:38 pm Post subject:

I have some good news, I have just found that the POI file I created is still on this site, although in a different place than I first was looking. You can find this at the following URL: http://www.pocketgpspoi.com/reviews/tomtompoi/High_Quality_Pubs.zip

To add POI's there are a number of ways to add them. POIEdit is one the products that are free that can help you, although you will need to establish the co-ordinates for each POI. You can do this using something like Multimap, entering the Postcode for the POI.

There may wel be easier ways to enter these though.

Cheers,

Beefy
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GJF · Frequent Visitor Joined: Feb 08, 2007 Posts: 894

Thanks Beefy,

For Garmin users I have added THIS online POI converter, as the above POI file is for TomTom users.

This link will convert the OV2 File to .CSV - still retain the .BMP file.
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GJF · Frequent Visitor Joined: Feb 08, 2007 Posts: 894

PS.

The .CSV file is also for Navman users.

It will convert as Zip file, save direct to POI file rather than open.

Sorry more haste less speed in future.
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phee272 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 05, 2007 Posts: 9

hi everyone i've just got the j d wetherspoon poi on my sat nav which is great for getting cheap food while away from home! but does anyone know of any kind of cheap hotels poi? like guest house's stuff like that instead of the travel lodges you get as standard on the tt ones? thanx

GJF · Frequent Visitor Joined: Feb 08, 2007 Posts: 894

Hi phee272
Try some of THESE There are 100,000 here FREE for TomTom and Garmin, just open the "+" and you will find loads.
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phee272 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 05, 2007 Posts: 9

thanx mate thats great kind regards phee

WaYnELoGaN · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 06, 2006 Posts: 5

I have a database i made for the Toon but have no where to upload it at the moment

aj2052 · Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 9:43 pm Post subject:

WaYneLoGan wrote

WaYnELoGaN · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 06, 2006 Posts: 5

It is in ov2 format and is in full working order i will upload thanks for quick reply

Beefheart · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 08, 2008 Posts: 39

The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has just released a POI file for the TomTom covering all 2008 Good Beer Guide pubs. Costs £5 and covers POIs only - no additional text. Link: http://www.camra.org.uk/page.aspx?o=280241

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