Free P.O.I's progs ????

[bopdude]

Hi all, couldn't see this mentioned anywhere, appologies if it has, I'm looking for a free prog to cover P.O.I.'s ( points of interest ) for TomTom 5 on the XDA IIi, the prog should have speed camereas and speed limits, ( if poss ) I've googled and looked at a few but the general feeling is that some are unstable.
Does anyone use know of one and a link please.

TIA

P.S. I know I can set P.O.I's within TT5 itself but was looking for something to intergrate with the data pre-loaded

[Dave Stones]

i use checkPOInt. forget its URL but you can download it from www.pocketgps.co.uk , off the same page as their speed camera database - it's the program they recommend to keep the DB updated

[bopdude]

Originally Posted by Dave Stones

i use checkPOInt. forget its URL but you can download it from www.pocketgps.co.uk , off the same page as their speed camera database - it's the program they recommend to keep the DB updated

Thanks mate, that was one of the progs I mentioned with problems, what are you using it on and have you experienced any probs ??

[Dave Stones]

using it on winxp. other than that i have tomtom 5 running on a spv m1000 (basically o2 xda2). haven't had any problems to speak of with it. there was one issue a while back that meant it needed to reinstall (couldn't connect to my device) but since i did that it has been fine...

[bopdude]

Originally Posted by Dave Stones

using it on winxp. other than that i have tomtom 5 running on a spv m1000 (basically o2 xda2). haven't had any problems to speak of with it. there was one issue a while back that meant it needed to reinstall (couldn't connect to my device) but since i did that it has been fine...

Thanks, I've got the prog now, I'll install and play with it.

Thanks again

[bopdude]

Originally Posted by Dave Stones

using it on winxp. other than that i have tomtom 5 running on a spv m1000 (basically o2 xda2). haven't had any problems to speak of with it. there was one issue a while back that meant it needed to reinstall (couldn't connect to my device) but since i did that it has been fine...

Having no luck with this atm, running it on XDA IIi, TomTom5 with the 5.1 upgrade, installed checkPOInt but it just freezes wheb I try and navigate / sync.

Any pointers TIA

Originally Posted by bopdude

Having no luck with this atm, running it on XDA IIi, TomTom5 with the 5.1 upgrade, installed checkPOInt but it just freezes wheb I try and navigate / sync.

Any pointers TIA

Are you using version 5.0.2 of the poi place software

plus have you seen this

CheckPOInt 5.0.2 for Pocket PC 2002/Windows Mobile 2003
(August 11, 2005; 320 KB; supports ARM and XSCALE processors)

VERY IMPORTANT NOTE
Some users find that TomTom Navigator 5 (TTN 5) hangs after they've installed CheckPOInt 5 on their Pocket PC.
If this is the case with your TTN 5 installation, please upgrade it to TomTom Navigator 5.1.
CheckPOInt 5 was created with use of the software development kit (SDK) for TTN 5, and apparently it is required to upgrade TomTom Navigator to version 5.1 before applications created with this SDK can run smoothly.
You can download the upgrade for TomTom Navigator via these links:
- EXE file: http://www.tomtom.com/updates/ppcupd510.exe
- ZIP file: http://www.tomtom.com/updates/ppcup510.zip

OTHER IMPORTANT NOTE
Those of you who already installed version 5.0.1 may get a warning message when they install version 5.0.2, telling you that the file "CheckPOIntToday.dll" is in use and can not be overwritten or removed. This file concerns the Today screen plug-in of CheckPOInt.
You can ignore this message. It does not impact the installation of CheckPOInt 5.0.2 in any way.
Simply press the "No" button when the installation process asks if it should try again to overwrite this file.

[bopdude]

Thanks for those Bill, thats what I have already installed as of today, still no luck, gonna have a mess about installing it onto my old XDA II and see if that makes a difference, I'll keep on playing investigating

[Dave Stones]

oh, apologies i gave you the wrong program. i meant the program POI-edit. what it does is connects to that website and downloads the speed camera database, and then updates the POIs automatically on your tomtom. then when you go into POI settings you can set alarms when you are say 500yds away from a speed camera.

http://www.poiedit.com/
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[bopdude]

Originally Posted by Dave Stones

oh, apologies i gave you the wrong program. i meant the program POI-edit. what it does is connects to that website and downloads the speed camera database, and then updates the POIs automatically on your tomtom. then when you go into POI settings you can set alarms when you are say 500yds away from a speed camera.

http://www.poiedit.com/

ok I will un-install the other prog and try again

[bopdude]

AAAHHHHHHHH, now no maps found, Right, I'm starting again from scratch, I'm gonna install TT4 + maps, make sure it works ( it used to ) then upgrade to TT5 and check maps, then upgrade to TT5.1 and check, then install th P.O.I's ..... all this and watch the cricket, may as well have a beer and make the day complete

[Dave Stones]

mine said no maps found, i had to restart computer twice and resync before it picked any up... LOL

[bopdude]

Originally Posted by Dave Stones

mine said no maps found, i had to restart computer twice and resync before it picked any up... LOL

I tried a couple of times, sync / soft re-set

Well version 4 installed ok, I'll try the first of the upgrades to TT5

[bopdude]

My TT5 is saying that its version 4.4, not sure though, I got my copy from a reliable sorce, Oh well, back to the drawing board, I'll get another copy tonight

[bopdude]

A quick update, TT5 now installed, reading as version 5 with version 5 maps and 5.1 upgrade installed, gonna give the POI's another try.

I'll post back