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mhar737 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 7:18 pm Post subject: how do i get tesco and asda on my maps? |
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I have tried downloading the poi's and putting them in the folder 'UK_and_IE_plus_major_roads_of_WE' but it doesn't come up on the map still.
There is already a folder called POI in this folder.
Is this the correct way to do it? I also tried putting it in the tomtom folder, still no luck. |
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mikealder Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 19638 Location: Blackpool , Lancs
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Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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Did you unzip the download before transferring the files to the map folder? - for each POI file will be two independent files one ending with a file extension of ov2 (the actual locations) the other is a .bmp file which is the icon - Mike |
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mhar737 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 6:07 pm Post subject: |
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yes I have unzipped them with winrar, there's only one file though?? |
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mhar737 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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Ok got it sorted now. I had extracted the file with winrar which didn't work.
I found out than when I had it in winrar I needed to right click and view all files, then extract all files - works fine now thanks. |
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Hunterlaar Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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Is it possible to add your own personal POI's on the map? |
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mikealder Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 19638 Location: Blackpool , Lancs
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 4:41 pm Post subject: |
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Yes it is possible to do this on the unit, but if you have a lot to enter it is far faster to use excel to create a spreadsheet then convert the data to the ov2 format using POIEdit - Mike |
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Hunterlaar Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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I only wan't to add a few of my own would you be able to tell me how or give me a link which will show me? cheers. |
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mikealder Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 19638 Location: Blackpool , Lancs
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 6:51 pm Post subject: |
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First of all select Change Preferences/ Manage POI select ADD POI Category and give your POI category a name also define the marker you want to use from the selection available.
Use change preferences/ Manage POI /add POI - select the category you want to add the point to then select Address / Post code (or whatever method you want from the available options. - Mike |
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Hunterlaar Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 4:10 am Post subject: |
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Hmm it's only showing safty cameras not shops, parks ect can i not add them? |
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mikealder Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 19638 Location: Blackpool , Lancs
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Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 11:38 am Post subject: |
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mikealder wrote: | First of all select Change Preferences/ Manage POI select ADD POI Category and give your POI category a name also define the marker you want to use from the selection available. | You need to create a category on the device BEFORE trying to create a POI - note you can only add to custom POI files the inbuilt categories are fixed and cannot be added to - Mike |
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