pio icons not working

pacemaker1000 · Regular Visitor Joined: Feb 21, 2005 Posts: 105

some icons come up as a red square
any ideas?

theripper · Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:22 pm Post subject:

This is because there is no bmp file with the same name as the poi file
ie
abc.ov2 should have abc.bmp to go with it.

theripper

pacemaker1000 · Regular Visitor Joined: Feb 21, 2005 Posts: 105

thanks
worked for one poi i had installed manually but still have two i downloaded from tomtom that have same name that dont work

Darren · Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 12:24 pm Post subject:

In which case there is something wrong with the bitmap (.bmp) file for those POIs.

Try re-downloading. Which POIs where they?
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pacemaker1000 · Regular Visitor Joined: Feb 21, 2005 Posts: 105

bmp opens ok
pio is 'telephone_exchanges'
maybe someone could try it?
cheers

dhn · Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 12:46 am Post subject:

The fact the .bmp opens is not good enough. The size MUST be 22x22 pixels and 24 bit to work.

And have you named the .ov2 and the .bmp EXACTLY the same? Case sensitive and all that.
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Darren · Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 9:42 am Post subject:

pacemaker1000 · Regular Visitor Joined: Feb 21, 2005 Posts: 105

Darren · Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 3:44 pm Post subject:

And returned. The bitmaps were 14 x 14, I have re-sized them, let me know if that resolves the issue?
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pacemaker1000 · Regular Visitor Joined: Feb 21, 2005 Posts: 105

mikealder · Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 8:26 pm Post subject:

Can you please clarify where this POI file came from, if it was from BT (as your employer great) if it was from TomTom as one of your earlier posts suggest then I don't think they should be hosting this sort of data - Mike

Darren · Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 8:59 pm Post subject:

Re-sent but I've now uploaded it and it is also now available here.
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Darren · Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 10:12 pm Post subject:

It has been pointed out quite correctly that the POI set in question is for BT exchanges. I confess I hadn't given any thought to the actual POI as I was concentrating on the bitmap.

As I have said before, such POIs ought not to be offered for public consumption for security reasons. Anyone who has a legitimate reason for needing them should be able to acquire them from their employer. I have now removed the link.

If this POI set was obtained from TomTom then they should be notified that offering such data is dubious at best and possibly criminal.
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pacemaker1000 · Regular Visitor Joined: Feb 21, 2005 Posts: 105

thanks for your time Darren, actually managed to resize myself and now works ok
take your point about it not being in the public domain though. funny thing was i actuall failed to find it through the company (although i know its there) and then found it on TomTom Confused

cheers

Andy_P · Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 12:46 am Post subject:

Going back to the issue of why TomTom were supplying it with an incorrect bitmap... I'm not at all surprised.

They also hosted several new audio files of a type that would not work on their own units. When I pointed it out to them, all they could suggest was that I gave them a negative star rating!

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