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Cassillis Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 10:15 am Post subject: Poi's from SD card to TomTom910 |
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Hello all. First post on this forum and i need some help please?
Recently my old TomTom 300 drowned a la http://forums.mud-club.com/viewtopic.php?t=45183.
I managed to recover the SD card and it had retained all the information that i had placed onto it. I then managed to get it onto a reader so i can see the files on the SD card.
I had taken some hours to programme the 300 with all the major Fords in England and Wales onto a POI file, took me ages to do it so would like to have the info again.
Having looked at the info on the old SD card i have found an ov2 and a bmp file listed as Fords. These are 4kb and 2kb respectively. This doesn't seem much for all the info i put onto the 300?
How do i transfer the POI files relating to Fords from the old SD card to the new TomTom910 hard drive?
Thanks in advance |
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mikealder Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 19638 Location: Blackpool , Lancs
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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 10:37 am Post subject: |
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Welcome to the forum, POI file are very small so I would say you have found the correct files in the map folder.
Simply copy the ov2 and bmp file named Fords to the PC.
Connect the 910 to the PC.
Copy the ov2 and bmp file from the PC to the Western & Central Europe map folder.
If you want warnings of these locations go to Change Preferences/ Manage POI/ Warn When Near POI.
Are these motor dealership locations or something else? have a look at the POI downloads page Here as you might find some other additional ones that are of use - don't exceed 100 Custom POI Categories though - Mike |
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Andy_P Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 19991 Location: West and Southwest London
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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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mikealder wrote: |
Are these motor dealership locations or something else? have a look at the POI downloads page |
Going by his link to "MudClubs", I read it as this sort of Ford:
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mikealder Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 19638 Location: Blackpool , Lancs
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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 6:20 pm Post subject: |
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Andy_P2002 wrote: | Going by his link to "MudClubs", I read it as this sort of Ford | That is why I asked the question, this sort of file would be really appreciated by the forum members on this site, if Cassillis is willing to submit the file to the site it could be hosted along with the hundreds of other POI files.
Click the link I gave earlier where you will find instructions and a link to submit such files - thanks - Mike |
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Cassillis Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 7:05 pm Post subject: |
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Andy_P2002 wrote: | mikealder wrote: |
Are these motor dealership locations or something else? have a look at the POI downloads page |
Going by his link to "MudClubs", I read it as this sort of Ford:
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Andy your correct and thanks Mike for the advice. I'm more than happy to let the forum have the file and will post it ASAP.
Here's what i mean
This is Duxford in Oxfordshire fording the Isis which used to be the old county boundry with Berkshire
I seem to have a problem with getting the file across. I have taken the file directly from the SD card and copied it to the western Europe map on the 910 and asked to be warned when near the POI but the 910 states no POI found. I even 'moved' the file as opposed to copy and still the same result.
What am i doing wrong |
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Cassillis Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 7:37 pm Post subject: |
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Having just been into the poi file on the 910 i notice they are all clusters of three eg
POI listing followed by TomTom.bmp
TomTom.ov2
TomTom.Ov2.ver
The files on the SD card do not have the Ov2.ver file extension, is this why i'm having trouble |
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mikealder Pocket GPS Moderator
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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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the files with the .ver extension are for the TomTom supplied Speed Cameras, they are not required for normal POI files such as your fords crossing point, I have sent you an e-mail - Mike |
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Cassillis Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 7:42 pm Post subject: |
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mikealder wrote: | the files with the .ver extension are for the TomTom supplied Speed Cameras, they are not required for normal POI files such as your fords crossing point, I have sent you an e-mail - Mike |
Cheers. just about to send you a reply |
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Daggers Lifetime Member
Joined: Jun 20, 2005 Posts: 1096 Location: Solihull, UK
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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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mikealder wrote: | That is why I asked the question, this sort of file would be really appreciated by the forum members on this site, if Cassillis is willing to submit the file to the site it could be hosted along with the hundreds of other POI files. |
There already IS a POI file of fords on the database. It contains 1615 such fords. It's located under the Landmarks category. I can see somebody having a busy time trying to merge these two files and work out which entries are duplicates! |
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Oldboy Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Dec 08, 2004 Posts: 10643 Location: Suffolk, UK
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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 7:47 pm Post subject: |
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mikealder wrote: | if Cassillis is willing to submit the file to the site it could be hosted along with the hundreds of other POI files. | There is a Ford - Water Splash category already in existence on the POI Page.
There are 1615 entries and it's under Landmark. Don't know if it is the same thing.
Edit - Beat me to it. ;) _________________ Richard
TT 910 V7.903: Europe Map v1045
TT Via 135 App 12.075: Europe Map v1135 |
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Cassillis Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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Oldboy wrote: | mikealder wrote: | if Cassillis is willing to submit the file to the site it could be hosted along with the hundreds of other POI files. | There is a Ford - Water Splash category already in existence on the POI Page.
There are 1615 entries and it's under Landmark. Don't know if it is the same thing. |
Thanks very much for the info, if i cant get mine sorted I'll go that route.
Thanks again |
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mikealder Pocket GPS Moderator
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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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Your file installs and woks fine on my 910, as you have the files on the PC select both the ov2 and bmp file right click select "Copy" then use Windows Explorer to locate the 910 which will show as a seperate drive letter, open the drive and find the Western And Central Europe Map folder right click on that folder and select "Paste" - that is all I had to do and the 910 picked them up and used them - Mike |
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Cassillis Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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mikealder wrote: | Your file installs and woks fine on my 910, as you have the files on the PC select both the ov2 and bmp file right click select "Copy" then use Windows Explorer to locate the 910 which will show as a seperate drive letter, open the drive and find the Western And Central Europe Map folder right click on that folder and select "Paste" - that is all I had to do and the 910 picked them up and used them - Mike |
Okay Mike thanks for that, will give it a go. |
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Cassillis Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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Right now even I'm confused. The tomtom home programme can see the poi file on the hard drive but i still can't access it from the tom tom itself.
Anyone want a 910 |
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Andy_P Pocket GPS Moderator
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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 8:53 pm Post subject: |
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Have you gone over the 100 user-added categories limit (as mentioned by Mike above)?
Count up the .ov files in your map folder. More than 100 = they start going missing at random. |
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