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JLee
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 2:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Great site Andrew. Very easy to use and no slow responses seen by me. My main criticism is not of the site itself but the usefulness of the data. I've downloaded quite a few categories but found them lacking in terms of coverage. I can't give any precise examples at the moment because I'm at work but I will when I get some time at home.

Where does the data come from?

What I would find really usefull is an indicator of how many POI's were found for a given category. Is there any way to find this out from the ASC file?
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JLee
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 2:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

One more question...

Is it OK to combine 2 ASC files for example if I download 'Restuarants - Pub Food' can I just cut and paste all of the data into the end of the asc for 'Restuarants - English'?
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 7:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If it is OK to combine asc files downloaded from your site (I'm trying to combine all the different restaurants right now) it would be great if there were a little utility that could do it automatically Wink
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 8:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ok, here's an example of a poi list for which there is very little data - Sports grounds and stadiums. Many of the nationwide football clubs are not listed (Barnsley or Oakwell for instance).

However, I've used the site a lot tonight and on the whole I think it's the best POI site I've found by far. Nice job.
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JLee
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 10:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Another example of data isssues:

Airports has loads of business connected to airports (e.g. Servisair headquarters) but no Heathrow!
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 1:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi there.

Great site (GPS World and your own POI Download one!).

Are you able to source the info needed for all "Wild Bean BP Garages"?

This would be a great help to me every morning!

Thanks, keep up the good work.
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nomis1976
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 1:59 pm    Post subject: tried to use it. Reply with quote

I have gone to the website, found the required business and downloaded it no problem. I then downloaded the tom tom conversion tool. Yet when I drag it over it only the bmp file is created. Help.
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PostPosted: Sun May 25, 2014 9:09 am    Post subject: poidownload Reply with quote

Sorry, Cant seem to do anything with the site.

I must be doing something wrong???

PLEAS HELP!!!
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PostPosted: Sun May 25, 2014 10:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

What are you trying to do? Help us help you and be more specific. It would have been better to start your own thread rather than resurrecting one that is 8 years old
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PostPosted: Tue May 27, 2014 9:45 am    Post subject: Re: poidownload Reply with quote

dstonks1966 wrote:
Sorry, Cant seem to do anything with the site.
It looks like the Domain Owner has allowed it to lapse. You know that Pocket GPS World have a wide selection of POIs available to download?
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