Postcode overlay

Skinz · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 20, 2005 Posts: 4

Found this cool UK postcode overlay, breaks the uk down into regions. You juck click on the POI region and enter your postcode and bingo it will take you straight to your door. I bought this off ebay where it's had amazing feeback.

www.poisoft.co.uk is the link. Seems to work for all versions of tomtom.

lbendlin · Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 1:52 am Post subject:

You are aware that you have been ripped off, right? This data is freely available from our site, and for TomTom versions up to 3.x there's a tool available to find a postcode and navigate to it.
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Skinz · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 20, 2005 Posts: 4

Yeah I know its free but its in loads of different overlays, too many to load on at once. With this there all compiled together so they can be loaded at once. Nice bit of software, and for £2.49 I thought it was a bargain.

Also I know there is software out there to compile it but it takes ages so worth it really, to save my time and effort Smile

gilbem1 · Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 7:17 pm Post subject:

Skinz...thanks for your post detailing the Postcode POI's. I downloaded the overlays from your link, and it works perfectly on TT3 v4.40 for Palm on a T3 and I agree that for £2.49 its well worth the price of a pint.

Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best, and if this guy can make £2.50 a throw for something that people don't have the time or inclination to do themselves for whatever reason, then good luck to him !

Ibendlin : lets stay positive about peoples GPS experiences ! Smile

coupesteve · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 22, 2005 Posts: 2

Iv just bought this now, THANKS SKINZ, its amazing really does work. Worth it for 2.50 IMO

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Privateer · Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 3:30 pm Post subject:

The same data can be obtained for free from the following link:

http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/tomtompoi.php

Scroll down until you find the UK, and then look for the “Code Search” POIs.

Regards,
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lbendlin · Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 4:04 pm Post subject:

Robert, I told them that already, but they claim that our format is not convenient enough and they are willing to pay the money just for the formatting.

Now what do we do - change the format and sell it for two quid ? ;-)
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BoPeep · Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 4:13 pm Post subject:

Go for it, Lutz! Thumbs Up

I think that people have the idea that if you are charged for something, it will be better quality than the free equivalent - not always the case.

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Oldboy · Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 4:19 pm Post subject:

Privateer · Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 4:55 pm Post subject:

Lutz,

Bo Peep has got it right, it’s “perceived value”. People think that they’ve paid £2.49 or £2.50 for a product, so it must be better than the free version. Rolling Eyes

I wonder if we set-up a postal service to install POIs onto PDAs, where people send us their PDAs, and we charge £50.00 or more plus post and packing for the service. Do you think we’d get any takers? Laughing

Regards,
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Oldboy · Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 5:34 pm Post subject:

coupesteve · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 22, 2005 Posts: 2

you lot dont get it do you.

The files on this site cannot be uploaded all at once, besides its not just the files you pay for, they have an excellent guide on how to install them, like i said £10 yeah rip off but 2.49 who the hells gonna miss that, get it all in one package and support

lbendlin · Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 8:31 pm Post subject:

In fact we do actually want to learn from this. If our files are not in a convenient format then we need to change that. Same for the description - if you feel it is not clear enough then we need to adjust there too.

If you could suggest how we need to change our format then please let us know.
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DavidW · Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:01 pm Post subject:

The point that others are making in this thread is one I agree with. The Pocket GPS World team and moderators all put in a lot of unpaid work on the site. We're happy to do this because we enjoy doing it - we like sharing our interest in GPS and navigation with others.

As Lutz indicates, we'll do our best to help people - if we can repackage our data and write new instructions then if people let us know what they feel needs to be done, we'll do our best to do it. We are volunteers, though - and we all have a life outside Pocket GPS World!

All our files, including the camera database, are there for free download - as is the support and advice we offer in the forums is free, too.

It grates a little when people make money from the fruits of other people's hard work that has been shared freely. I've written numerous sets of what I believe to be good instructions for people in the forums for free, as well as troubleshooting a lot of people's problems. Nobody has offered me payment for all this work, nor do I expect it. I'm grateful for those that take the trouble to thank me.

We've found numerous copies of the speed camera database appearing on eBay - which I feel is something of a betrayal of everyone who has freely contributed information to the database. That really has been a community project - people contribute the information they have and share in the fruits of everyone's contributions. However, it takes a lot of effort from those responsible for checking and entering people's submissions - Darren and now Richard have put a lot of work into this.

We've found POI files that Pocket GPS World holds the copyright on, or that the copyright holders have given to us to distribute, turning up on other web sites without permission.

It is a free market, but it certainly helps when people remember that this site, in essence, is run by volunteers.

David

Oldboy · Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:13 pm Post subject:

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