Converted POI's

Jelster · Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 12:31 pm Post subject: Converted POI's

I have spent some time today converting a few of the Tomtom overlays into CSV's and then loading them onto the Navman. Really handy that.... So I now have all the UK fuel stations (quite handy when your bike only does 110 miles to a tank!) and also have the motorsport venues as well.

However, the one I really wanted was the "Little Chef" POI as we often meet other bikers at such places but I just can't get the thing to work. I have converted it to a .CSV, edited it in Notepad, then saved as "chef.csv". But I get the "No POI's found in input file" . I even replaced all the spaces in the description field to _ just to see if that made a difference.

Anybody else had a problem with this one ??

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icsys · Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 12:42 pm Post subject:

I actually started to convert some of the TomTom overlays a while ago.
What we need is a place where these Navman compatible POI's can be stored for easy download like the TomTom ov2 files are, therefore eliminating the need to continually convert them.

The question of a Navman POI page like the TomTom one was raised some time ago but no answer was given.
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Oldie · Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 2:35 pm Post subject:

What exactly is the problem Question

I thought that all of the transfer problems had been sorted out and that there was no need for a Navman version of the database.

Richard
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Tim Buxton · Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 2:39 pm Post subject:

I think they're on about other POI databases, Oldie, which currently only exist in .ov2 format.
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icsys · Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 2:44 pm Post subject:

Hi Oldie,

The reference is to the POI overlays found here and not the Gatso files.

Obviously the ov2 files need to be Navman compatible .csv files to enable them to be loaded into smartSTv3 incarnations.

As the first paragraph states - Currently these are available in TomTom Navigator (OV2) format, but will be made available in other formats in months to come - I suggested making Navman overlays available alongside the TomTom overlays and started to convert them.
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icsys · Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 3:02 pm Post subject:

Jelster.

I have just converted the "Little Chef" POI.
I have converted it to a .CSV, edited the first line out in Notepad, then saved it again. It loads up OK via POI Editor and the icon is displayed.

If you successfully converted the others then there is no reason for the Little Chef overlay not to work unless you did something different.

Try converting it again but if you still have problems with it I could send it to you if you PM me.
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BoPeep · Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 3:22 pm Post subject:

Hi Guys,

On a completely different note...

I noticed you are talking about the Little Chef POI file. This was created some time ago and Little Chef have recently been closing down restaurants left right and centre.

Having recently spoken to someone who works in our local Little Chef, it seems that this is going to happen all over the country.

I have started work on creating a new, more up to date POI file with the now-closed restaurants being taken out. However there are hundreds of them in the UK, so this is going to take some time. Rolling Eyes

Anyway, just to let you know that if you come across a lot in the POI file that are no longer there in reality (particularly around the Northampton and Warwickshire areas), don't panic - this is something that will hopefully be corrected in the near future.

Regards,

Bo Peep.
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Oldie · Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 8:37 pm Post subject:

Tim Buxton · Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 8:57 pm Post subject:

Hi Oldie,

The final ,"" don't need to be removed as they aren't read by the POIEditor. The only line which needs removing is the top one Long, Lat, "Name", although it's possible that this can just have a semicolon placed before it instead.
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RichardN · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 14, 2004 Posts: 22

I have seen the error message that Jelster mentions in the original post and it was caused by there being no "" marks around the third field (the name or whatever).

The excellent website (mentioned elsewhere in the forums) that allows you to make POI lists of businesses in the UK outputs its .csv files with these quotes missing so it's possible that that's where Jelster got his/her info.

The simple answer is to edit the file (removing the first line as usual) and add all the quotes.

Richard

royroy · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 31, 2004 Posts: 9

How do you convert TomTom POI to navman CSV, I am new to all this having just purchased my navman 510 Question

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I have downloaded the speed cameras and they work just fine :D

It is the underground stations I would like to convert Rolling Eyes

Please help me :o

Tim Buxton · Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 3:29 pm Post subject: Re: convert tom tom POI

royroy · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 31, 2004 Posts: 9

Thanks for your help, but I must be thick, When I try to save the file ther is no csv save, what have I done wrong.

I am sure with everybodys help I will get there

Tim Buxton · Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 5:06 pm Post subject:

When you select "Save" then the Save File box appears. At the bottom of said box, the "File name" box is usually filled in with the name of the open file, highlighted in blue. Below that is the "Save as type" box which again normally shows the type of the open file. Click on the Down arrow to the right of the "Type of file" box and select AutoRoute Pushpins (*.csv). Then click "Save and all should be OK. Did you install Oldie's programme to the default directory, by the way?
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royroy · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 31, 2004 Posts: 9

What can I say, The only extensions in the drop down box are :

Ascii poi
binary
smart path
gps exchange (gpx)
gps exchange (xml)

The programme has no other extensions. Sorry to be such a problem, do you have category below beginer for navman.

by the way Happy new year to all
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