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DennisN
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I just gave it a try. Got in OK, downloaded Argos OK.
I right clicked the files and chose a folder into which to move, it beeped and muttered about corrupt or invalid and started hanging up and generally being unhappy - I had to stop it with Task Manager. However, it DID move them into the folder I chose. I don't understand all this new technology anyway 8O
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Daveski
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| Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 12:01 am Post subject: Shouldn't Garmin format be CSV? |
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Hi there, I'm new to Pocket GPS World.
Are the problem reported here the reason why when I download a GARMIN format POI, I get a ZIP file with OV2 files in. I thought that the Garmin required CSV's.
Am I just being silly? |
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aj2052
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| Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 2:07 am Post subject: |
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| Corrupt downloads is a regulat reported problem but as of yet nobody appears to want to acknowledge it, I still cannot understand why every download has the same file name irrespective of category, the mind boggles (more than usual) |
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Andy_P
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| Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 3:10 am Post subject: |
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| aj2052 wrote: | | I still cannot understand why every download has the same file name irrespective of category, the mind boggles (more than usual) |
As YOU decide what categories you want in the download and whether to have them seperate or combined, the download has to be compiled for you on the fly. I assume that is why the archive is always called "POIs.zip".
But what is the problem with that?
If you want to download several categories at once, they will all unzip into files with their correct individual names.
For example:
1. If I want just Abbey bank, I tick "Abbey" in the banks section and the downloaded "POIs.zip" contains a file called "Abbey.ov2"
2. If I want Abbey and Barclays as seperate files, I tick both of them and select "Separate files per subcategory". Now the downloaded "POIs.zip" contains TWO files "Abbey.ov2" and "Barclays.ov2"
3. If I want Abbey and Barclays combined in one POI category, I tick both and select "Combine subcategories into category file". This time the downloaded "POIs.zip" contains one file called "banks.ov2", which has both Abbey and Barclays branches merged.
Very clever, I think!
Finally, if you want to do several downloads one after the other, when your browser prompts you where to save each file, just rename them to "POIs2.zip", "POIs3.zip" before you hit "save". |
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aj2052
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| Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 3:39 am Post subject: |
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| All very well for the way you use them, But due to the developing nature of the database I usually spread my downloads over a week or more and also download seperate main categorys consequently every time i downoad I have to inzip into a subfolder pending uoloading to PDA, incendently my files all download as 18040_POIs.zip because I also use"show link" it is the only way I seem to get less corrupt downloads which still seem to be a problem, I would have thought it would have been an easy task to download as iether main category titles for multiple files and subcategory titles for single titles thus overwriting existing files as more POIs are added or is this too simple |
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Andy_P
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| Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 4:01 am Post subject: |
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| aj2052 wrote: | | incendently my files all download as 18040_POIs.zip because I also use"show link" |
I still don't see why you can't just rename it to whatever you want when you download it?
Even if you use the "Show link" method, just right click and select "Save link as..." (Firefox) or "Save as..." (I.E.).
| Quote: | | it is the only way I seem to get less corrupt downloads which still seem to be a problem, |
I've never had a corrupt download, and I've been playing with the POIs a lot over the last week or two.
| Quote: | I would have thought it would have been an easy task to download as iether main category titles for multiple files and subcategory titles for single titles thus overwriting existing files as more POIs are added or is this too simple
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I'm sure if it was easy they would have done it that way. You'll have to get the site admin to answer that one; if they haven't been put off by being told how simple it all is really. |
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aj2052
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| Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 2:27 pm Post subject: |
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Andy_P2002 Wrote:
| Quote: | still don't see why you can't just rename it to whatever you want when you download it? Even if you use the "Show link" method, just right click and select "Save link as..." (Firefox) or "Save as..." (I.E.).
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I then have to search and look to see what i previously saved it as, why not keep it simple.
| Quote: | I've never had a corrupt download, and I've been playing with the POIs a lot over the last week or two.
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Lucky you, you obviously are not reading the posts their are various postings with problems downloading corrupt files including two in this very posting.
| Quote: | | You'll have to get the site admin to answer that one; if they haven't been put off by being told how simple it all is really. |
Again you should read the posts, This Paragraph actually starts "I would have thought" It echos my thoughts, not somebody being told,
but also bear in mind that this is a forum for anybody to discuss or suggest any points however you would wish to interpret them.
But overall on the subject the old initials K.I.S.S springs to mind |
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aj2052
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| Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 2:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Andy as a postcript I do respect the hard work that the Admin put into this site and particularly in the POIs and speed cameras databases and have commented on this in previous posts, and I am sure that that they also welcome constructive comments to enable them to make these the best databases which can only come from comments from the endusers, I am also a regular user having recently submitted a poi file containing 207 locations with phone numbers(it wasnt done in a couple of hours) I also regularly update add and reposition existing locations as i find them, their is still a lot out of positition but hopefully people will rectify them as time goes on bearing in mind it is still relatively young. |
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Andy_P
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| Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 2:50 pm Post subject: |
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| aj2052 wrote: | why not keep it simple.
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Lucky you, you obviously are not reading the posts
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Again you should read the posts,
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But overall on the subject the old initials K.I.S.S springs to mind |
I sincerely wish I spent less time reading posts...
Maybe its time for a break, I give up on this one. :| |
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missing_user
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| Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 9:14 am Post subject: |
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I have failed this week to access the POI database.
I tried the suggestion for IE7. |
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aj2052
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| Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 12:27 am Post subject: |
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| I think i am going to have to give up on the POI database, yet again unable to download combined files on just one category(Shoppping) keepgetting page not found then error after refreshing, todate havnt managed one download of combined files, only single files. tried both on main computer and lappy both same problem. |
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Andy_P
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| Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 1:56 am Post subject: |
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OK, I'm back...toys back in pram....
Tell me which sub-categories you want in it and I'll download it for you. Send me your address (via PM) and I'll email it to you.
Or, alternatively, you could take your individual ones and merge them with POI Edit. |
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aj2052
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| Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 3:03 am Post subject: |
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| Missed yah,thanks for offer,sent pm |
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aj2052
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| Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 3:05 am Post subject: |
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| Take too long to merge, and too long to download singly, and messy, I just wished to download problems were resolved |
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lbendlin
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| Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 4:31 am Post subject: |
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| aj2052 wrote: | | Corrupt downloads is a regulat reported problem but as of yet nobody appears to want to acknowledge it |
Correct me if I am wrong but we do state that in the very download page.
Use the Garmin format if you need to have the combined shopping category, and then use MakeOV2 to pack it up for TomTom. There seems to be some kind of memory limitation but we haven't found it yet. It only occurs when doing the MakeOV2 emulation.
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