Exporting Tomtom Poi From Gsak

[+scaw]

Haing real problems with my tomtom poi file. I use GSAK and usually export the tomtom poi file onto my pda the thing is now it only takes it to 19 miles away i must have messed it up somewhere because it always used to export all the geocaches for the 400 caches i had downloaded.

can anyone help me tell me where i have gone wrong please i used to have it working great

[+Hillhappy1]

I thought i had the same problems with my TOM TOM when i updated the software but i didn't.

 

The first 40 or so nearest caches are shown in the POI menu but the other caches were still in the TOM TOM. If i scrolled the map or went on a journey the nearest 40 showed up wherever i was in the country.

This only started happening since the software update.

 

Don't know if this is the problem you have but hope it helps.

[+civilised]

I thought i had the same problems with my TOM TOM when i updated the software but i didn't.

 

Hello

 

Has there been a TomTom upgrade ?

 

How do I get it ?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

civilised

[+Learned Gerbil]

I prefer to get the whole lot from here -

 

http://stats.geocacheuk.com/caches/download.php

 

And with the free POIEdit you can automate the process using this -

 

http://stats.geocacheuk.com/caches/poiedit.xml

[+scaw]

i really want to continue to use gsak because i do like it and its always worked ok for me till now

[+Learned Gerbil]

You can still use GSAK - but if you want to get all the country's caches into TomTom the fastest way by a mile is to do as I have said. Gettin them all in TT can be as easy as connecting your device by a USB cable and having POIEdit pull them all down and install them in seconds automatically.

[+John Stead]

I have no problem with GSAK loading straight into TomTom (in my case TT One but should be no different with a PDA) but as has been said TomTom does not show the POIs over a certain distance which I thought was 30 miles but could well be 20. When you get in range of those "hidden" POIs, they show up again. If you want to access a POI which is out of range it is possible on the One to type in its identity.

[+Learned Gerbil]

If you have a route planned hitting the route button in the POI search and you get a list based round how close the POI is to your route - a very useful if misunderstood feature!

[+tteggod trackers]

roughly same subject...is there a similar prog for transferring poi's onto garmin nuvi?

[+Learned Gerbil]

My understanding is that the device will use GPX files directly and appears as an external drive when connected by USB. It should be quite easy to automate that I would think.

Edited April 24, 2006 by Learned Gerbil