post codes 885.xxxx maps

Lupus1 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 23, 2012 Posts: 6

Hi,

in the official TT forum we came across this topic as well. It seems as if these embedded files cannot replace the zip folder on NAV2 devices. It might be that they're trying to get the files implemented to the map but at least until now it seems as if those post codes are not yet fully supported.

So you'll need to get the zip-file again for the new map version to be able to search for full post codes.

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pcaouolte · Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 2:10 pm Post subject:

Another user has reported that his GO1000 no longer recognises the postcode AB101AA which was present in earlier postcode files but does not appear in the latest postcode file. This indicates that the GO1000 is using the postcode files which are now included with the maps.
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mpwilson99 · Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:32 pm Post subject:

Certainly still need the "zip" folder with the navigator version!

Ive also lost AB10 1AA in Great_Britain.postal 885, but notice AB10 1AB is in the exact same location, so is it the building having duplicate codes and having a clear out?
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DennisN · Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:44 pm Post subject:

Royal Mail website.....

Aberdeen City Council
Resources Management
St. Nicholas House
Broad Street
ABERDEEN
AB10 1AA

Aberdeen City Council
Marischal College
Broad Street
ABERDEEN
AB10 1AB

They are on opposite sides of Broad Street and some (small) distance apart. Obviously large enough postal requirements to merit their own individual postcodes. (Have a peep at Streeview, they're big places).
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mpwilson99 · Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:48 pm Post subject:

==>Resources Management

Perhaps they are having a clear out?, I rest my case Wink

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spudman72 · Lifetime Member Joined: Sep 07, 2009 Posts: 4

Though the new postcode files supplied with the maps are not seen by older devices, the following may be of use. Simply create a batch file in the root folder of the satnav, containing the following. (Download)

Andy_P · Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 12:13 am Post subject:

Nice idea spudman...

Can you get it to create the .ver files too?
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stuart · Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 12:49 pm Post subject:

spudman72 It all looks very simple, but what is a batch file and what will that download actually do ??? Is it for the 885 maps running on the older TTG's like my TTG 520T...

Got time on my hands today as there is dampness in the air !!

dhn · Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:23 pm Post subject:

Batch files were often used in the old days of DOS that came before the advent of Windows.

Convenient when you wanted to repeat the instructions in the batch file more than once.

Somewhat equivalent to what macros do in this day and age in apps such as Excel.

The batch file shown would be model independent as long as it's on the 'old' Nav8 or Nav9 platform where the user could access the file system.
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Andy_P · Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:24 pm Post subject:

Spudman may have a better explanation, but a batch file is just a standard old-fashioned tool for MSDOS and Windows, where a list of commands can be executed all in one go.

All this one does is look for the new file in the map folder, and if it finds it, it copies it to a new "zip" folder and renames it, so it can be used on the old models

That works, because the "new" file seems to be exactly the same as the "old" downloadable UK postcode file (same size), and so it seems to produce exactly the same result as if you downloaded and installed the postcode files yourself from the link provided.

Spudman has provided a download of the batch file, just to avoid you having to type in the lines of code he showed.

However, I'd stick with the other way of doing it..... because that way you get the Netherlands postcodes as well, AND the two "version" files so you can check what version you have installed (in a few months time when you've forgotten!)

(Grrr! dhn beat me to it. Love-15)
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stuart · Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:34 pm Post subject:

Thanks Andy_P..... Rolling Eyes

I mean dhn..... Clap

spudman72 · Lifetime Member Joined: Sep 07, 2009 Posts: 4

Here's a modified version which should also generate a fake version file using the version number supplied with the map itself. It can be downloaded here. DOS/Windows is not my area of knowledge, so it's a bit crude, but it seems to work.

davybouy · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 19, 2007 Posts: 1

Probable reason for the dissapearing post code AB101AA is that St Nicholas House is now awaiting demolition.
All the Aberdeen City Council services were transferd across the road to Marischall College with the AB101AB postcode.

DennisN · Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:59 pm Post subject:

So there's one for the record books, TT ahead of Royal Mail!!
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aerotec · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 4:56 pm Post subject:

I have just upgraded my 940 to 9.401 (working fine AND I have the ETA showing that I thought I was going to lose). Anyway, trying to get my head around the post code database as I have never manually updated it before.

Can I just download the relevant zip file to my device (Anyone got a link for it as can't find it, I am sure it was referenced in a thread?). Or do I HAVE to use this batch file thingy to make TT look to the postcode database I install and NOT to the one built in to the maps?

Worth noting I still have full post code look up, not just the first part. Is that coming from an old post code file or the new map data??

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