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alFR Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 8:58 am Post subject: |
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How big's the file? I could host it if it's not too big.... |
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dice Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 11:03 pm Post subject: |
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alFR wrote: | How big's the file? I could host it if it's not too big.... |
Tis tiny 50k at most pm me if you can would save me a lot of time mate |
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alFR Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 11:40 pm Post subject: |
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No problem, but I'll not be able to put it up for a couple of weeks (we have a really busy couple of weeks coming up at work with a lot of out-of-office time & I'll be away from computer access a lot).
I'll PM you again nearer the time and give you my mail, you can send it over & I'll put it up. |
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dice Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 12:13 pm Post subject: |
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Sounds good ok then. |
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dice Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 9:15 pm Post subject: Uploaded accident blackspot poi |
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Ok guys Karl has been good enough to upload this as a winrar file so no need to pm me anymore
http://www.taktmobiles.co.uk/bspots.rar |
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weelogic Regular Visitor
Joined: Oct 18, 2004 Posts: 111 Location: South of Glasgow, West of Scotland
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Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 10:32 am Post subject: |
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Sorry for the daft question but how do you convert the rar file to the ov2/bmp files needed for TT? |
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weelogic Regular Visitor
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Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 10:54 am Post subject: |
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Check that - downloaded WinRAR and all is well. Thanks to the creator of the POI file - great work and a valuable addition to the sat-nav community. |
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dice Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 1:31 pm Post subject: |
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weelogic wrote: | Check that - downloaded WinRAR and all is well. Thanks to the creator of the POI file - great work and a valuable addition to the sat-nav community. |
:D Good |
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stevei Lifetime Member
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Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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Dice
Many thanks. I am all for making driving safer. Will this be updated in the future, if so will you let us know through this forum.
Kind Regards _________________ Steve I |
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dice Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 8:53 pm Post subject: |
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stevei wrote: | Dice
Many thanks. I am all for making driving safer. Will this be updated in the future, if so will you let us know through this forum.
Kind Regards |
Unfortunately I ahve not the time or knowledge to do it mate. If someone where to offer then fine
I also have a differnt varient on th AB poi but have never tested it I think it may be for south UK |
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xda Lifetime Member
Joined: Mar 11, 2004 Posts: 1199 Location: Park Gate
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Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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dice wrote: |
Unfortunately I ahve not the time or knowledge to do it mate. If someone where to offer then fine
I also have a differnt varient on th AB poi but have never tested it I think it may be for south UK |
If you would like, I could put it on here for you with the ones I produce and keep upto date.
The copy you sent to me has 2 POI's showing up in the North Sea.
Ingbirchworth A629 1.66480 53.54994
Skellinfthorpe Rd. 0.34765 55.12877 _________________ Graham.
TT Go720, App:9.510(1234792.1) OS:842337
GPS: V1.20, Boot: 5.5279, Home: V2.9.5.3093
Map: Europe V910.4892
Map: Europe_Truck V870.3421, Kingston 8GB SD
Nokia 925 Windows 8 |
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dice Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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xda wrote: | dice wrote: |
Unfortunately I ahve not the time or knowledge to do it mate. If someone where to offer then fine
I also have a differnt varient on th AB poi but have never tested it I think it may be for south UK |
If you would like, I could put it on here for you with the ones I produce and keep upto date.
The copy you sent to me has 2 POI's showing up in the North Sea.
Ingbirchworth A629 1.66480 53.54994
Skellinfthorpe Rd. 0.34765 55.12877 |
Yeah fine as said before this is not my own work
As to those 2 poi's well I bet if you could get your car there you would have an accident |
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DerekG Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 9:24 pm Post subject: Accident Black Spots could already be Copyrighted |
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The data contained in Dice's download is curiously similar to that offered from http://www.poihandler.com/index.asp (who are a specialist site catering for POI downloads - most of them free). For those poeple who requested copies of Dice's file, you might like to know that registration at POIhandler is free http://www.poihandler.com/register1.asp. Once registered, you can then visit the free POIhandler download page at http://www.poihandler.com/poi_download.asp and if you enter the following information . . .
FileType: TomTom OV2 FileFormat
Country: United Kingdom
MainGroup: Traffic
SubGroup: Accident Black Spots
. . . you should then get an up-to-date set of POIs. If, like me, you care to compare the contents of this file with the one originally supplied by Dice, then you may draw the same suspicious conclusions. You might also like to observe the caveat on POIhandler's download page, namely "Please note, all data is Copyright © 2003-2005 by POIHandler"
I do not visit this PocketGPS forum as freguently as some folks, but I can't believe how much posting has gone on for a bootleg POI database. All that was needed was a google search for "Accident Black Spot POI" http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=accident+black+spot+POI&btnG=Search, and POIhandler comes up as the first hit. I say the first hit, actually this series of postings are now the first hit, which is ridiculous because the legitimate download from POIhandler has now beed toppled from its topmost ranking.
Can I suggest the folks who have posted this on thread, take the time to look at POIhandler's website. They have a lot of good things and a collection of links to software for "all things POI". Have fun. |
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dice Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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Read though the thread I have told everyone none of this is my work ,christ don't be so anal If its poihandlers great go take a look at their website.... |
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weelogic Regular Visitor
Joined: Oct 18, 2004 Posts: 111 Location: South of Glasgow, West of Scotland
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 10:12 am Post subject: |
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Sorry, DerekG, but I am with dice on this one. He never once presented the file as his own work and has more than once stated that it is not. All he, and others, are trying to do is assist in bringing a valuable POI file to the awareness of a wider community. If POIhandler were up in arms, this thread has been running for some weeks without comment from them or PocketGPS mods.
It has been suggested in the posts that PocketGPS incorporate the blackspots file within their main database - possibly its existence on POIhandler is why they did not respond, but we are actively trying to bring a key safety feature to the wider audience.
This is not about condoning breach of copyright, but breaching copyright, to the best of my knowledge, never cost lives. Accident blackspots do, and I would rather know where they were than who owned the dataset of their POI location. |
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