v895 maps out updating postcodes through home prob...

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Ihave updated to the latest map last night. I did not get an update for the postcodes the way i did when i updated last week. Should i get this or is it still a few days or weeks before tomtom bring out the postcodes to suit the map.........
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Anita · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 2:28 pm Post subject:

I was offered the postcodes along with the v895 map for my 720.

I was going to ask the version of the postcode file you downloaded last week, but the Great_BritainPostal.ver file I downloaded yesterday doesn't contain a version number. A cynic might suspect that was because it's the same as the previous one which was 890! Evil or Very Mad

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DennisN · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 5:36 pm Post subject:

I got the postcodes download for my Carminat, just Like Anita, with no version number.

But for my GO550, I didn't get the postcode download.

Cynically, I'm waiting for one of them to go all grumpy over a postcode to prove they are different - I won't be holding my breath, because I've still to find differences between up to date (on GO550 and Carminat) and ancient (on GO520) postcodes. Now I'll be looking for three different outcomes. Rolling Eyes

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Oldboy · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 5:59 pm Post subject:

Anita · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:08 pm Post subject:

Windows says it can't open the tlv file.

The Great_BritainPostal.ver file in my last backup before updating the map says:
[Description]
ID=GreatbritainPostal_TeleAtlas
Version=890

The current Great_BritainPostal.ver file says:
[Description]
ID=GreatbritainPostal_TeleAtlas
Version=
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AliOnHols · Pocket GPS Verifier Joined: Oct 15, 2008 Posts: 1941

Interestingly, the usual direct download link -
http://www.tomtom.com/updates/zipcodes/Map_895/zip.zip
is not working.

I wonder if TT are pulling the option to update the Post codes outside of Home?

@Anita, If you don't have access to the version info. is there much difference in size when comparing the latest UK PostCode file to the previous one in Windows Explorer?
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Daggers · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:23 pm Post subject:

So if Dennis didn't get the postcode update for his 550, why did I get it for mine?

However, I've managed to look at the TLV file using notepad, and the version number in there is .... 890!!!!
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Anita · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:39 pm Post subject:

Anita · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:50 pm Post subject:

Oldboy · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 8:56 pm Post subject:

I use WordPad as it reads much better.
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Guivre46 · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 10:30 pm Post subject:

DennisN · Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 8:00 am Post subject:

I've decided that I didn't get the postcode offered because I'd already received it for my Carminat. Probably wrong. Anyway, I went into Manage My Go and looked at what I'd got - postcodes v890 which I had added manually via Win Explorer (actually Finder in Mac).

I deleted them from the 550, then went to add items from my computer and found I had v895 there, so I added that.

Strangely, there is now only one file - Great Britain Postcodes. The .tlv file says....

Oldboy · Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:06 am Post subject:

DennisN · Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:11 am Post subject:

There ya go! Shows my naiivety and also that I haven't driven abroad since my GO700 in 2006. Yet another example of pgpsw being full of people with clever. Very Happy

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dhn · Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 10:47 am Post subject:

In Canada, the postal codes are 6 characters ANA NAN (A=Alpha N=Numeric)

Forever (well, since I got my 720 in 2007 at least), TT has only provided postal code files with the first three characters (ANA)

I find that functionality totally useless if you only have the postal code and not the street.

For example, if I type the first 3 characters where I live (L3T), I get a listing of 326 streets!!!

Dumb........
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