TomTom talk

Hello everyone. I'm new to the whole GPS thing, but am starting to get used to it a little. My brother has one and loves it, so he got me one as a B-day gift. I have a TT1, 3rd Ed. My question is, I dowloaded a POI listing from the HOME site for a nationwide restaurant chain, and several in my area of New Orleans are not showing up. Any ideas as to why?

I have a TOMTOM one xl and he use poi .tvl he dont seem to reconise Ov2 how can I convert it????

Could you fellow POI followers vote for the best POI database for Orlando.

Anyone have the BJ's bmp and files for TomTom all USA locations?

Hi there, I am travelling to Orlando at the end of April and I wondered if there was any way I could download a map which was up to date. The TomTom map seems to be out of date. I only need the Orlando Metro Area, but to include Disney etc.

I download .csv files from the POI Factory to my machine and try to import them into GPSBabelGUI. In the "Format for input from file" drop menu there are three items that I could readily identify as having a relationship to "csv". "Character Separated Values", "Comma Separated Values", "Mapopolis.com Mapconverter CSV". Which one do I need to choose to convert to Tomtom 700 .0v2 format?

TomTom Announces GO 730 Brings IQ Routes and Advanced Lane Guidance.

This post addresses using custom POI files with multi-line descriptions and phone numbers in TomTom, and addresses how to get it all to display and how to make sure the number dials properly. If this info is already available on this board, I apologize (my search didn't find similar info).

Hi, I have installed seveal POI's on my Tomtom One with no problem but cannot get the Petro Canada POI bmp to work - it comes out as a plain red square. It is named the same as the OV2 file - any ideas?

The newest version allows content creation such as boot screens, shut downs, screens, and voices. Here is the link Home sends you to for instructions. Good stuff. http://create.tomtom.com/manuals/create-your-own-content/

Does anyone know how to delete the character in the address field of the .CSV files?

FYI... posting this in case anybody was searching the internet (and couldn't find) a good way to build their own POI database...

Background: So, I carry this old-school yellow pages around in the car. Phone numbers, addresses. My TomTom has a very poor POI set with addresses (and ph numbers, too? can't remember, maybe that's my magellan)... anyway...

I have a TomTom One 3rd, and was very dissatisfied with the inadequate Rest Area POI's. So downloaded the POI Rest Areas Combined file, converted it with POIEdit2007, and installed it in the USA_and_Canada folder of the TomTom Root Directory. It works GREAT and cudos to everyone who worked on it!

Does anyone know if TomTom home should work for the PDA version of TomTom? I can't get it to find my device. I am using Activesyc 4, an iPaq 4350 with WM 2003, and TomTom 5.

Ok, I know I can't give you much, but apparently T2 has a backup function and it has stopped working for my father. That is all i know. Didn't know if someone could give me a list of common backup issues and their resolutions.

I was just reading on TomTom/about.com websites:
how you can send a Google map to your GPS

http://gps.about.com/od/testcategory1/ht/Google_Send.htm

I tried it and it didn't seem to work yet.
Is it working for anyone else?

Or does anyone know when that service will start?

I noticed when using my TomTom 720 that there are some icons on the map that show the brand name of the company rather then just the generic symbol. McD's and Shell gas station symbols appear on the map. Is there a way to upload your own custom symbols onto the maps?

I recently bought tom-tom for palm treo version 5.04. I have some questions if anybody can help.

1. Is there a way that I can add poi's? How?
2. Updating maps?
3. can i have school zone alerts and red light alerts? How?
Thanking you in advance...
Cornylee

Using this site: http://www.ozpoi.com/Change_tomtom_go_&_one_car_symbol.html
MS Paint, and a picture of my car I was able to change my default arrow to my car.

Stupid question...

How do I load POI files onto my tomtom?

When I put in an SD card, the device "reboots" and gives me a weird error. According to TomTom, it's trying to read the OS off the card.

Is there another way to put the POI in the GPS?

Thanks~