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ChrisWaller Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 12:27 pm Post subject: FAO Tims Postcode Files |
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I have a Tomtom Go 300 which appears to hold the wrong postcodes against some addresses. Have tried to download postcode files but getting error with each file. Can someone help me resolve this problem. |
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rugrat2 Regular Visitor
Joined: Aug 14, 2005 Posts: 170 Location: Hull East Yorks
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 1:12 pm Post subject: |
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What is the size if your zip folder? it should be about 8.86mb. _________________ Neil.......ttgo..Mio p550...2.8 lwb exeed pajero. where cant I go.. |
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Oldboy Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Dec 08, 2004 Posts: 10643 Location: Suffolk, UK
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 6:58 pm Post subject: |
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I think Chris is referring to the Postcode POI Files that were in vogue in pre V5 days.
@Chris, can you tell us a bit more of what your problem is, and what you are trying to achieve? _________________ Richard
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ChrisWaller Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 7:17 pm Post subject: FAO Richard |
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Richard,
On my Tomtom Go 300 there are a lot of areas particularly in Blackpool where the postcodes and addresses do not correlate. All I want to do is to be able to navigate using postcodes and house numbers? Is this too much to ask? |
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Oldboy Pocket GPS Moderator
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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Unfortunately it's not as easy as that.
The Postcode Database was originally built up to accomodate the Postal Rounds in the UK.
When Ordinance Survey decided to create a geographical database of Postcode Locations it wasn't as accurate as one could have wished for. It's original purpose was not for the use it gets now.
This means that if the 'centre' of a Postcode falls between 2, or more, roads the sat nav Device has to make a decision about which is the nearest road. After all we are talking about Road Navigation (generally).
I find that if the Postcode returns an incorrect road, it is easier to go to Browse Map and use Find | Address | Postcode to pinpoint the Postcode location and very often the road I want will be adjacent, and not necessarily the highlighted one.
A roundabout way, and not the best, but it works.
I can then use Navigate to ... _________________ Richard
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ChrisWaller Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 8:11 pm Post subject: FAO Richard |
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Richard,
Prior to buying the Tomtom which I have now, I hired one for a week to test drive the device. As all the postcodes in question existed on the Tomtom which I hired, I thought the Tomtom which I bought would also contain the same information. How wrong was I? I believe that there are sites out there that you can download the corrected information, the one mentioned at the beginning of this thread is Tim's Postcodes. These are links to postcodes held by region. Unfortunately it throws up an error when trying to download these files? Thanks for your help anyway. |
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Crocodile Regular Visitor
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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Have you tried connecting the device to Tom Tom Home & checking for updates?
May be worth posting your software version & an example of a problem postcode for others to check against. |
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Oldboy Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Dec 08, 2004 Posts: 10643 Location: Suffolk, UK
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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 7:44 am Post subject: Re: FAO Richard |
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ChrisWaller wrote: | I believe that there are sites out there that you can download the corrected information, the one mentioned at the beginning of this thread is Tim's Postcodes. These are links to postcodes held by region. Unfortunately it throws up an error when trying to download these files? Thanks for your help anyway. | We stopped doing the Postcode POIs a couple of years ago, for 2 reasons.
Firstly, it was apparently illegal, and secondly it was becoming more common for sat navs to have the Postcodes built in.
A lot of the Postcodes in those original Files were becoming obsolete and new ones were being brought in. It was quite a job trying to keep up.
Incidently, the data in those Files was identical to the data that is in the sat navs. Well the TomTom anyway.
I would think that Tim has taken the Files off his Web Site as they amounted to 50+MB and he could put the space to better use.
As suggested by Crocodile, perhaps you could post an example of where you are finding errors. _________________ Richard
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mikealder Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 19638 Location: Blackpool , Lancs
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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 8:42 am Post subject: |
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I will answer the examples bit (I have my Chrystal ball working again)
FY2 0ST should be 339 Warley Road
FY1 2PH Should be 8 Woburn Road (it is using a Navteq map)
NG19 9BU 25 New Mill Lane, Chris - in the case of this last one do you travel their often? - if so has a Redlight camera appeared on the junction with Leeming Lane South
The Post Code data is refined with each map release, but it will take time, in the first example above you would have travelled down Warley Road so it gets you very close, the same applys to the third example. the FY12PH is fine if you switch to a NT map (something we have seen before TBH) - Mike |
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