USA & Canada Map missing retail stores POI

mrzipy · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 10, 2006 Posts: 79

I recently noticed the new USA & Canada Map (v6) does not have the retails stores POI, yet the old map and the UK v6 map does...

If you go to the TomTom site you can download this POI for the USA map for free, me thinks someone forgot to include this with the map updated maps.

ascsbe · Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 2:25 pm Post subject:

Hi. I am in Florida at the moment and have downloaded my new USA maps. You mention a POI for stores that you can download from TT. I have been looking for this on there site but cannot find it, can you direct me to it as I would like to download. I have a TT one V2. Keep it simple please as I am not very good with all this high tech gear.
Thanks
Andrew

mrzipy · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 10, 2006 Posts: 79

tomtom.com -- PLUS Servcies -- Points of Interest -- Subscribe & Download Points of Interest -- Retail Stores -- Download

or direct link to file below

http://plus.tomtom.com/cens/spm/poi/download.php?l=1&id=328

Includes:
Best Buy US
Best Buy Canada
BJ's Wholesale
Brookstone
Circuit City
Costco
Fry's
Future Shops
Office Depot
Office Max
Pep Boys
Radio Shack
Sam's Club
Sharper Image
Staples
Target
Tweeter
Wal-Mart

To install
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1. Unzip the file (double click it)
2. Connect your TomTom via USB
3. Browse to TomTom
4. Open USA map folder
5. Drag the ov2 and bmp files to this folder
6. Done!

Andy_P · Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 6:25 pm Post subject:

Lucky you.... There's absolutely b****r all POIs for the UK available from TomTom and the built in ones are a scandal!

(I know all the places where you CAN get UK POIs from, I'm just having a rant!)

ascsbe · Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 8:43 pm Post subject:

Thanks a lot, found it and will download later. These USA maps are a real bonus when driving around out here, have not found any significant errors yet although because of the rate of road widening out here one or two are still showing as single carriageway and are now dual.
Andrew

mrzipy · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 10, 2006 Posts: 79

Andy_P · Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 9:45 pm Post subject:

Montala · Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 12:38 pm Post subject:

ajlee7 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 13, 2004 Posts: 27

mrzipy · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 10, 2006 Posts: 79

Does not show on TomTom home, this is an optional download not an update.

Montala · Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:01 pm Post subject:

Andy_P · Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 1:11 am Post subject:

Dunno about that, but the file they referred to is certainly of American shops, so not a lot of use to UK owners.
UK site only has a few Wireless Hotspots files and not a lot else.
Why bother when there are so much better POI sites out there? (or this site).

Montala · Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 10:06 am Post subject:

davejet · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 29, 2007 Posts: 2

I have tried all day via TomTom and Internet website, and neither one works.
The download for Retail_Shopping does not work the files returned are unreadable by tomtom 6.

If you have successfully downloaded please send me a copy of the ov2 and bmp files.
Thanks a million

Andy_P · Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 12:12 pm Post subject:

I understand now, Montala Smile

I just downloaded it. Haven't tried putting it on my Go (I don't have US maps), but tried opening it in POI Edit, and it said it was an "invalid ov2 file".

Maybe they are an odd format like the TomTom speed camera files are? Those still have an ov2 extension, but don't behave like a standard .ov2.

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