Wal-Mart, Sam's Club, Super Walmart discussion thread

I would be happy to help...

Thanks sweetie, I really appreciate that;)

Miss POI

In the army they said never to volunteer...

Submitted by rban,

Thanks for the information...

-95.158647, 29.552105 Wal-Mart Supercenter 150 W El Dorado Blvd, Webster, TX - (281) 480-6146

-82.2703166,37.6576
WM store # 2548 US 119,south williamson KY.
(606)237-0477

Thanks for the updated coordinates....

Updated Coordinates

Wal-Mart Store #2163
465 Bridgeport Avenue
Shelton, CT 06484
(203) 929-1110

-73.112410
41.289960

And thanks for the info...

Are the separate WalMart and Supercenter files being concurrently updated along with the combined file? I prefer to have the separated. Thanks!

Yes... As is Sam's club in the combined poi..

If you find any discrepancies please let me know.

It doesn't seem as if the separate WalMart file (http://www.poi-factory.com/node/709) has been updated as recently as the combined file.

I'm on it... Give me an hour to lookup the additons...

Wal-Mart Supercenter
320) 693-9552
2301 Frontage Rd Apt E,
Litchfield, MN 55355

45.12056
-94.49046

Is it possible to include a desc field for each entry on the file....address, phone, etc (if available)

One of the latest revisions (Webster, TX. right at the bottom of the list) has that detail.

I too am hoping that further updates will have the additional info.

Updating the existing entries is a big job and will probably be an ongoing thing.

Thank you for the information konaseven

I took over the Wal-Mart poi's recently and am trying to keep them up-to-date. It would make my job much easier if the addresses etc were in the files, but alas they are not...

I now do a search to see if the coordinates or coordinates that are close are already in the file, if they are I make a correction, if not I add submissions as a new entry..

And hope for the best

Gary,
You are doing a great job and I am so happy that you have taken over this project.

Miss POI

I can always use that...

DRMCMTR noticed that the number of Sam's Clubs in the combined file had a greater number of listings than the Sam's Club poi. They have now both been updated and should be the same.
If anyone notices errors please let me know.

Thanks DRMCMTR for the heads-up

FYI Wal-Mart #1446 moved a year or two ago and it is now a SuperCenter. It's still in Rice Lake, WI, but the new address is:

(715) 234-6990
2501 West Avenue
Rice Lake, WI 54868

New coords are
N45.47539 W91.76300
Or
-91.76300,45.47539

Hope that helps.

I thought I submitted this a few weeks ago, but I don't see it in the recently updated POIs.

New Supercenter:

Wal-Mart Supercenter
Store #3893
4000 Route #173
Zion, IL 60099
(847) 731-8172

-87.86779, 42.46543

Thanks for the update...

Thanks again...

I too noticed that the supercenter file has no address or any other information. That makes it terribly hard to work with and update.
The combined file use to have store numbers in the description.
I took it on myself to try to merge the two files so that supercenters were noted and to add store numbers back. I have succeeded with much eye strain and time to merge the two files.
I have not submitted them to the group yet as I want permission to do that.
What I did is take the US-b combined file and and if the Supercenter file had a store with quite similar coordinates (that is within about a mile) then I marked the store as a Wal-mart Supercenter.
I am now at the point of adding the Walmart store designation number to that.
I think that by having the store number and address it will be much easier to maintain.

I will await aophiuchus's approval (as he is the list maintainer to complete this). Aophiuchus, I can email this file to you separately if you would like to examine and let you post it.

Wal-Mart Supercenter
Store #4609
10240 Colerain Ave
Cincinnati, OH 45251
(513) 385-0083

-84.598105 39.260239

pm me and I'll let you know what to do...

And Thanks...

I just did an update with the Sam's Clubs, but that will be easy to redo....

Did you add the addresses to the Supercenter stores?

I didn't add addresses to superstores. I just used it as a reference. It is difficult to say the least to work with a file that has nothing useful in it other than a list of coordinates.
Very few were exact matches to the combined file, but many were close enough to assume that they were referencing the same location. I used those to indicate that they were supercenters in the combined file.
It would be very easy to separate the combined file but it will not be the same as the supercenter file.
I think that some coordinates were the result of geocoding the address and the exact address was not found, so the coordinates defaulted to city or zipcode. I found at least one like that in my local area and will be sending the update for that later.

Thanks for the information...

Also I have started adding addresses, etc to the supercenter poi....

Sam's Club,2000 VILLAGE CENTER DRIVE TARENTUM PA 15084 40.56602 -79.80230

Sam's Club,2000 Village Ctr Dr, Tatentum PA 15084, 724-274-1734 40.61480 -79.78830

The first entry is the correct one but needs the coordinates to: 40.568939,-79.801147

The other one is wrong and needs deleted.

Also the Wal-Mart in Tarentum has wrong coordinates and listed with wrong address.

Entry in POI:
Wal-Mart VALUE DRIVE TARENTUM,2010 VALUE DRIVE TARENTUM PA 15084 40.57040 -79.80110

Right address:
2010 Village Center Dr, Tarentum, PA

Right Coordinates:
40.569314, -79.800922

Thanks.

Thank you for the info and correct coordinates.

Hello, thanks for all the work you're doing with these files!

Please update the info for the Wal-Mart Store #2419 in Rehoboth Beach, DE to the info below. The coordinates in the current files are off by a couple miles, the ones below are precise right to the front door...

Correct Coordinates: -75.131731, 38.727257
Phone number: (302) 644-8014

Many thanks!

Thanks for the corrections, the coordinates were added to the wal-mart only poi as well.

Also all of the wal-mart pois have now been given a standard name so when updating pois the bmp and/or mp3 files will not have to be changed.
Super_Wal-Mart = Wal-Mart Supercenter stores only
Walmart = Wal-Mart stores only
Wal-Mart_US = The combined Wal-Mart Supercenter stores, Wal-Mart stores and Sam's club stores in the U.S.

Hello, I've been gone for a while. I hope I can help to some degree with update information and some corrections to existing data. There has been much construction going on, in and around Dothan, AL. A lot of new businesses as well as changes to existing information.

Question 1: Can location information for several (many) businesses be included in one file and submitted? EX: Target, Dick's Sporting Goods, Best Buy, Home Depot, Logan's Road House Resturant to name a few and a location change for a Super Walmart among others.

Question 2: Can you get the coordinates from a saved location (nuvi 750) or must you write the coordinates down when they show up before you name the place?

Question 3: Can good coordinates be gotten with Google Maps?

Curt

Go ahead and submit is and I'll make sure, I also do bestbuy and Lowes you can submit all of those to me, click on aophiuchus and pm me the info... The other locations should be submitted to the maintainers or the files in question.

I just downloaded before posting the previous comment, and it still shows a Walmart Super Center at the location of an old Walmart store (which was across Ross Clark Circle from Sams Club). The new WalMart Super Center is now located about 2 miles north on US 231. Home Depot tore down the old Walmart and built a new store in it's location. The other SuperCenter is located on US 231 South (South Oats?). I will try to get the information within the next couple of days.

Curt

edit:
Check the Super Walmart poi and see if the Dothan locatins are correct there... They are the current addresses walmart has in there store finder..

aophiuchus, as stated, I had just downloaded the combined file for Wal-mart, Sams' etc (File name Wal-Mart_US.csv). It has two Wal-marts and one Sams. The Wal-mart Super 2534 listed at 3300 South Oates Street Dothan AL 36301 (coordinates -85.4021 31.18197) appear to be correct but I will confirm. The Wal-mart Super 604 listed at 3489 Ross Clark Circle Dothan AL 36303 (coordinates -85.4289 31.24513) is in error. That one has been torn down and replaced by a Home Depot. The new Wal-Mart is listed at 4310 Montgomery Highway per the phone book. It is located about 2 miles North of the old location. As stated, I will confirm this in the next couple of days since the last Wal-Mart listed is the one I use.

It seems that this is a universal problem with just about everything in that in this age of computer technology, nothing gets updated by those that deal with them. Trade a vehicle in and you think you are rid of it forever, but you will continue to get various information regarding your ownership of the previous vehicle. In other words, Wal-Mart needs to update their locator file.

I will check it out.

Curt

I am currently working on the supercenter file adding addresses and have noted some apparent changes of coordinates which I made but did not know the old one was for a store that no longer existed... I will make the correction to the combined file. Do you know if the sam's club also moved?

edit: I should have mentioned that the supercenter poi does have the correct address 4310 Montgomery Highway...

Wal-Mart Supercenter Store #2964
Now Open
11 Jungle Road
Leominster, MA 01453
(978) 466-1313

Address 11 Jungle Rd
City Leominster
State/Region MA
ZIP/Postcode 01453-5207
Country US [United States]
Latitude 42.491976
Longitude -71.727704
Coordinates 42.491976, -71.727704
N42°29.51856, W071°43.66224

Sir, Sams Club in Dothan is still in the same place. I checked an old file and the one I just downloaded and both show the same coordinates. Again, I hope to verify same today or tomorrow. I will also verify Best Buy and Lowes as well as acquiring some others (i.e. New Strip Mall across from the Super Center we are discussing).

Later

The update has been made..

aophiuchus, Check your email.

edit
I found it in the junk mail...
It looks good, thanks will post it, I added the MA update to it...

Wal-Mart Supercenter Store #1413
1205 Illinois Rt 31 South
Crystal Lake, IL 60014
(815) 455-4200

Wal-Mart Supercenter Store #3891
3900 Fountain Square Place
Waukegan, IL 60085
(847) 473-2193

Thanks.
Tama

They were added with the last update...

Submitted by DRMCMTR

Thanks for the help...

Corrected coordinates for Pearl City, HI submitted by GadgetGuy2008 07-28-08

Thank you for the update..

If I load up the combined Walmart / Sams file, is there a way to have the Walmart icon show for Walmarts and the Sams Icon show for Sams Clubs?

My understanding is that the BMP must be the same name as the file name of the CSV, but since your CSV contains two types of POIs, I am not sure if having the different icons is possible.

Thanks