Own POI's on ver 8.01

Darren · Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 12:53 pm Post subject:

Just tested them on a TomTom ONE running v8 and they're both working?
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Darren Griffin

mikealder · Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 1:08 pm Post subject:

Just a thought but no one has asked this yet, How many files ending with the extension of .ov2 have you got in the map folder on the device that won't see the POI files? - there is a limit and once exceeded the device will decide which ones it wants to offer you - Mike

Andy_P · Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 1:30 pm Post subject:

Now THAT'S lateral thinking Mike! Very Happy

Maybe we can't see the (simple) wood for the trees.

The nature of the query does seem to be changing.... Originally, it seemed that dmac's menus to manage or enable the POIs were missing, rather than the POIs themselves.

Just to confirm, dmac...
The "Show POI on map" menu should show a long list of ALL the POI categories installed, that's TT's own built-in ones AND any you've created yourself on the machine OR added by pasting ov2 and bmp files.

Test that works by making a test POI category (using change preferences/manage POIs/Add POI category) followed by adding a POI into that category (by change preferences/manage POIs/Add POI/select the "test" category/from map)
Your new category should now appear in the "show POI on map" list.

If that works then it must be either the simple "too many ov2 files as Mike suggests above, or the more tricky, "changed behaviour" that unfortunately Darren's test hasn't yet thrown any light on.

dmac · Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 1:31 pm Post subject:

Andy_P · Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 1:34 pm Post subject:

Ah OK our posts crossed, so it's probably not the simple solution, but it might be worth checking the contents of the map folder anyway (with Windows Explorer just to double check there aren't any odd ov2s from elsewhere (like the TT-supplied speed cameras) adding to the expected total.

Try my "test category" test.

dmac · Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 1:36 pm Post subject:

dmac · Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 1:45 pm Post subject:

dmac · Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 2:03 pm Post subject:

Panic over what5was happening was I had been putting files in UK ireland folder but running around using W.E maps.
Switch to UK mapping and all is well.
Just proves that choice can be a bad thing,,,,,,,,, Laughing