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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 3:16 am Post subject: speed camera data tomtom rider
i have just downloaded the speed camera file, unzipped it , copied and pasted it into great britan folder, and its now sitting there with all the other POI's, hotels, post office ...........
but when i go to manage POI's from main menue there is no mention of any speed cameras, let alone weather they be gatso's or mobil's
can anybody throw somew light on it for me ??? by the way its a tom tom rider unit
Joined: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 19991 Location: West and Southwest London
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:18 am Post subject:
Could be a file naming problem... Missing .ov2 extension?
Have you successfully downloaded any POI files from elsewhere or are the others you mention just the built in ones?
Could be a file naming problem... Missing .ov2 extension?
Have you successfully downloaded any POI files from elsewhere or are the others you mention just the built in ones?
thankyou both for your replys
OK here is the idiot version ( meaning Me )
when i connect the rider unit to the pc it comes up as tomtom go, so i click on that, and that opens up a load of files and folders, i click on great britain, and that gives me lots more files anf folders, including pocket speed camera files, as well as tomtoms own speed camera files, along with files the likes of ... maps... asda.. m6 toll...parking.... but none with the name of POI, but i guess all the others are POI's
i have enabled the POI's in the main menue, but as said before, there is NO mention of speed cameras or the type of camers (mobile or fixed) within that menue.
do you think I should have just a POI file somwhere ?
Joined: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 19991 Location: West and Southwest London
Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 1:05 am Post subject:
Can you see the three letter/number extension (the bit after the dot) for every file?
If not, enable the view by Opening Windows Explorer or My Computer, go to the Tools menu / Folder Options / View tab and UN_tick the "Hide extensions for known file types" entry.
Then have a look in your map folder again.
All the added POI files should be called "somethingorother.ov2".
I've heard that sometimes the PGPSW files "lose" their extension somewhere in the un-zipping and copying process. They should be called "pocketgps_uk_gatso_20.ov2" etc. (and each one should have a matching icon file with the same name except a .bmp extension.
Again, can you see your other poi files like Asda?
thanks again guys,...this is what the file says if i hold the pointer over it....
pocketgps_uk_sc.ov2 this is the only bit i copied and pasted from what was down loaded
the other bits were licence, release, and a picture icon, should i have copied adnd pasted these other bitsin as well?
tried the rider today on the road and it does not tell me of any cameras as i passed them !!
if any one can give me a call one evenig mabe we can talk thru it all , my number is 01948 770403, ill get it all plugged in and call you back if you have the time.
Andy_P2002 wrote:
Can you see the three letter/number extension (the bit after the dot) for every file?
If not, enable the view by Opening Windows Explorer or My Computer, go to the Tools menu / Folder Options / View tab and UN_tick the "Hide extensions for known file types" entry.
Then have a look in your map folder again.
All the added POI files should be called "somethingorother.ov2".
I've heard that sometimes the PGPSW files "lose" their extension somewhere in the un-zipping and copying process. They should be called "pocketgps_uk_gatso_20.ov2" etc. (and each one should have a matching icon file with the same name except a .bmp extension.
Again, can you see your other poi files like Asda?
Joined: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 19991 Location: West and Southwest London
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:01 am Post subject:
See my post again...
Quote:
They should be called "pocketgps_uk_gatso_20.ov2" etc. (and each one should have a matching icon file with the same name except a .bmp extension.
You need all the .bmp files too. They are the icon pictures that show up on screen. However this doesn't seem to be the whole story, because if they are missing you should still get a plain red box on screen instead.
Lets start from scratch...
1 ) You appear to have downloaded the single, all cameras in one file version. This is fine, and is the easiest one to get started with, but be aware it will not tell you what type of camera it is or what the speed limit is. But lets stick with that one for now.
2 ) When you downloaded it, you should have got a zip archive. you extracted the contents and you should have got:
_Need_Help.htm
Licence.txt
pocketgps_uk_sc.bmp
pocketgps_uk_sc.ov2
release.txt
3 ) You should then have copied just the "pocketgps_uk_sc.ov2" and the "pocketgps_uk_sc.bmp" files into the already-existing map folder called "Great_Britain-Map" on your sd card.
If you have done all that, exactly as written you SHOULD be able to see them on screen.
4 ) Go to "Browse Map" and tap "Options" at the bottom. You can turn on the display of 'Points Of Interest' on the map view by ticking its check box.
Which POIs are displayed depends on the categories you have chosen to show. You can make this choice now, by selecting the 'POI' button at the bottom. (this is an alternative way of selecting them but has the same effect as doing it in 'Manage POI' in Preferences.
Can you see them on the map now?
5 ) If so, you can now go through the "Warn when near POI" setup in Preferences / Manage POI.
thank youso much for your time and trouble, i did just what you said to do and things seem to all be working, going to try it on the road tomorrow to check it out !!
one more question please do i want the "warn only if poi is on route " ticked or unticked ? i have it unticked at the present time
Andy_P2002 wrote:
See my post again...
Quote:
They should be called "pocketgps_uk_gatso_20.ov2" etc. (and each one should have a matching icon file with the same name except a .bmp extension.
You need all the .bmp files too. They are the icon pictures that show up on screen. However this doesn't seem to be the whole story, because if they are missing you should still get a plain red box on screen instead.
Lets start from scratch...
1 ) You appear to have downloaded the single, all cameras in one file version. This is fine, and is the easiest one to get started with, but be aware it will not tell you what type of camera it is or what the speed limit is. But lets stick with that one for now.
2 ) When you downloaded it, you should have got a zip archive. you extracted the contents and you should have got:
_Need_Help.htm
Licence.txt
pocketgps_uk_sc.bmp
pocketgps_uk_sc.ov2
release.txt
3 ) You should then have copied just the "pocketgps_uk_sc.ov2" and the "pocketgps_uk_sc.bmp" files into the already-existing map folder called "Great_Britain-Map" on your sd card.
If you have done all that, exactly as written you SHOULD be able to see them on screen.
4 ) Go to "Browse Map" and tap "Options" at the bottom. You can turn on the display of 'Points Of Interest' on the map view by ticking its check box.
Which POIs are displayed depends on the categories you have chosen to show. You can make this choice now, by selecting the 'POI' button at the bottom. (this is an alternative way of selecting them but has the same effect as doing it in 'Manage POI' in Preferences.
Can you see them on the map now?
5 ) If so, you can now go through the "Warn when near POI" setup in Preferences / Manage POI.
Joined: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 19991 Location: West and Southwest London
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:37 am Post subject:
myvalkyrie wrote:
one more question please do i want the "warn only if poi is on route " ticked or unticked ? i have it unticked at the present time
Its up to you...
With it UN-ticked:- you will get alerts from ANYWHERE within the distance you chose when you set it up, so cameras on other roads nearby will trigger an alert.
With it Ticked:- you will only get alerts that are on (or very near) your calculated route. Sounds much more sensible, but the daft thing is that if you are driving around with the TomTom switched on but with no actual route set, you won't get any alerts at all!
A couple more things...
Don't forget you can set up a trial route past a camera or two using "advance planning A-B" and then run an animated "demo" of the route to check the alerts are working, without actually going for a drive.
Assuming it's all working now, you might want to delete the files you've installed and start again with the speed-zoned set, because with the all-in-one version you chose you
a ) won't know what type of camera or its speed limit, and
b ) will get a lot of alerts that are actually for POSSIBLE mobile camera van sites.
It takes a bit of setting up the first time (but you know you can do it now!) because there's 24 pair of files and icons in the set.
But once you've set it up once, the following months you just paste the new ov2 files over the top of the old ones, everything else stays the same.
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yes i have the latest v6, downloaded it last night before downloading speed camera data, do you have any further suggestions ??
thank youso much for your time and trouble, i did just what you said to do and things seem to all be working, going to try it on the road tomorrow to check it out !!
