I see that there is a Supercenter walmart file..and ..

 

I see there is a Supercenter Walmart file and Walmart supercenter and Sam's Club file as well. Has there been any talk of merging the two files to label the Supercenters within the file?

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allbizz wrote:

I see there is a Supercenter Walmart file and Walmart supercenter and Sam's Club file as well. Has there been any talk of merging the two files to label the Supercenters within the file?

http://www.poi-factory.com/node/4307

It has Sam's clubs as well

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I wanted to know....

This is the file that I'm talking about. Is ther anyway to add this file to the already grouped one so it will say Supercenter? http://www.poi-factory.com/node/710

It seems that I remember that they were just separated

I’ll do a little checking, maybe I can combine the two…. It'll give me something to do for the rest of the day....

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Awesome...

Thanks...I hope this was a bit helpful idea and not an annoying request. Thanks again. Keep up the kick ash work!

What I thought and then reality..

redface

allbizz wrote:

Thanks...I hope this was a bit helpful idea and not an annoying request. Thanks again. Keep up the kick ash work!

I started going through both files, the coordinates are different enough on some locations that I can't figure out which location goes with which... So rather than mess up the poi, I'm leaving it alone. sad

As it turns out, it's an annoying request…. rolleyes

I spent several hours and have looked at maybe 20 or 30 of 2000… shock

You can try it yourself if you have excel…. redface

If you email me I will send you a copy of the combined file, but it will have about 2000 duplicates....

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Great Idea but how do you implement it?

When traveling/vacationing I would really like to know if a superstore is near. A Walmart won't do. I want groceries. Maybe I am in a minority.

In the combined file Sams are noted so no problem there.
Looking at the separate Walmart and Supercenter files, I don't think they are as up to date. That is understandable since there is a combined file.

It might be possible to find duplicates if the Walmart designation by store number was being used. Then if there were different coordinates, one could verify the correct one. But it seems like it would be difficult to make that change at this point.

I have made it a point to visit the Walmart store locater to find Supercenter in the areas that I am visiting and change my copy of the combined file. But with being made constantly to that file at poi-factory, I can't keep my personal copy up to date.

Maybe it could be done looking at small areas. For instance, I could convert it to a gpx file and look at it in mapsource and convert/update the store in Pennsylvania by comparing mapsource locations with the Walmart store locator locations and discriptions.

I would like to see a better way.

Another idea might be to separate the file by state then let volunteers work on segements to verify locations and designations as Walmart or Supercenter and then recombine the file.

Although I said I was leaving it alone...

smaul wrote:

When traveling/vacationing I would really like to know if a superstore is near. A Walmart won't do. I want groceries. Maybe I am in a minority.

In the combined file Sams are noted so no problem there.
Looking at the separate Walmart and Supercenter files, I don't think they are as up to date. That is understandable since there is a combined file.

It might be possible to find duplicates if the Walmart designation by store number was being used. Then if there were different coordinates, one could verify the correct one. But it seems like it would be difficult to make that change at this point.

I have made it a point to visit the Walmart store locater to find Supercenter in the areas that I am visiting and change my copy of the combined file. But with being made constantly to that file at poi-factory, I can't keep my personal copy up to date.

Maybe it could be done looking at small areas. For instance, I could convert it to a gpx file and look at it in mapsource and convert/update the store in Pennsylvania by comparing mapsource locations with the Walmart store locator locations and discriptions.

I would like to see a better way.

Another idea might be to separate the file by state then let volunteers work on segements to verify locations and designations as Walmart or Supercenter and then recombine the file.

That's not in my nature... I am still working on it and at some point there may be another Wal-Mart file with the Supercenters designated... We shall see...

If there is more intrest in it I'll work harder... rolleyes

In the mean time there are two poi's so you can find the supercenters if you load that poi...

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