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POI issues with new ranges of TomTom units


Big Wolf

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Over the last couple of days I've found out (the hard way) that the new TomTom Go 1XXX and VIA ranges currently synchronise up via a new online tomtom application and don't have either an SD card interface or appear as a USB drive when connected to your PC.

 

This effectively renders them completely useless for downloading custom POI's to (i.e. caches) from GSAK or other sources.

 

TomTom have allegedly indicated that they plan to update the operating system on these at some point during the first quarter of this year to resolve this, but until then I cant see any way to electronically download data to these devices.

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According to Pocket GPS World:

 

http://tinyurl.com/34c46x2

 

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TomTom held a 'Webinar' covering various aspects that have been brought up by community websites, such as PocketGPSWorld.com, regarding the 'missing features' from their new WebKit based devices (GO 1000 series, and Via range) and MyTomTom (the new online software for managing your device).

 

The statements are looking quite promising and are summarised below:

 

* Latest Map Guarantee and Speed cameras will be available towards end of the year

* 3rd party Points of Interest will be enabled by end January 2011

* Latest Map Guarantee – extended from 30 to 90 days for the GO 100x and Via ranges

* Itinerary Planning will be available in Q2 2011, as part of a scheduled feature release

 

We also quizzed TomTom for some more details on the POI aspect of their announcement so read on to find out what will and won't be available for you.

 

TomTom are sticking with the .OV2 format for 3rd party POI data and should still use .BMP for the icons. You can use your own POI files from your computer and drag/drop them to a web-interface to install to the device (I had worried that we would be limited to files offered by TomTom such as those downloaded using the desktop version of HOME!). It should be possible to set your own warning distance and sounds for these POIs (to be confirmed though) and it is highly unlikely that support for .OGG files (for custom warning sounds) will be available initially although it may be added at a later date.

 

So, all in all, they seem to have stuck to their promise this time and at least we don't have to wait too long for the features to be added. Although it still seems an odd move to release the devices without this support!

 

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This is an unfortunate trend with some car navigation units. Navman/Mio suffer the same problem.

 

It looks like they might have the problem solved by the end of the month.

 

Regards,

 

Neil

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