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	YoDude	2010-04-07 , 01:30
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Originally Posted by Laughing Man

I'm sorry too. I tend not to associate ******ed with its usage towards those with physical or mental disabilities (I've worked with quite a few children with mental illnesses when I was an undergrad in Psychology). So I forgot that term could be interpreted in a different way. I meant the usage of a word as in it seems redundant and pointless if I had to put the UPI file in every state and district (say VA, DC, and MD).

So are you saying that if I place the speed camera UPI file in say UMD (for Maryland) if I'm in Virginia I can still get the speed cameras in VA without having to place the speed camera UPI file in UVA (for Virginia)?

As for POI, I've been trying to use the POI converter (http://www.sygic.com/index.php/en/do...convertor.html) though I haven't gotten it to work with the files from POI Factory, though that may be because.

a) I'm running Sygic's POI converter program (Windows only) through Wine in Ubuntu. If this is the case I have to use the software in Windows (I'm trying this tonight)

b) The CVS files provided by POI Factory aren't in the right order. I'll have to compare it with the way yours is laid out to see if I need to re-order the contents of the file.

BTW POI Factory is a great community with lots of useful POI files, for example there's one just for Starbucks in the USA if people are Starbucks addicted, likewise there's a great one for speed cameras and red light cameras (the later two require you to be an active member, e.g. 3 weeks of at least one post a week).

Edit: It seems the problem with the POI converter program is it needs the files to be in Sygic's example format. So basically tabs instead of comma deliminations.

Yup, Sygic is real particular that way. If there are characters it doesn't like like in the descriptor,

Code:

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(like those< to name a few), the program crashes as soon as you attempt to search the category. If you don't do a search, things will work fine until one of those poi"s comes into range. Then crash.

I found it best to download Poi's found on the net in OV2 (TomTom) format. then I use a simple freeware converter to change them to UPI format. However this UPI format still can not be read by our Sygic correctly. The fix is simple though.

Use the Sygic POI converter that you pointed to and first change this older UPI format file to a Unicode text file, then use the Sygic POI converter to convert this new text file into a UPI POI and our Sygic will now load and use them just dandy...

I know it sounds re... er, mentally challenged

but this two step process cleans up the descriptors and what not.

BTW, thanks for the heads-up PM dude. Send or post up that cam file if it is the one that has 3400 cams in it and I'll clean it up for you to post. That seems to be the most up to date.

All others please hang in there I will have a post up shortly (2 to 3 days) with pictures, circles, arrows, and everything included hosted downloads of the tools I found useful...

As tempting as it may seem at the time, like when cooking good rice, do not lift the lid until it's done. That is, do not open the text file with a Windows text editor before you reconvert it to a useful UPI POI. As this will add some of those characters that our Sygic is particular about.

Also, when making that final pass, Sygic POI converter will ask for an icon. Whatever you name this icon then, must remain the name of it when you place it in the "Res/icons" directory or it won't show up. Even if you later change the name of the POI itself, leave the name of this icon the same because its description and location are now coded into the UPI file. You can however, always choose one of the pre-configured icons once you load the POI file on to the device.

Another thing I found... If the name of your POI has a dash in it like "Before-After", the dash and all the characters following the dash will not show up in the POI field on the device. The POI will still work but the name of it reported by the device will simply read "Before"

...and another thing

Regardless of what the Sygic POI converter says. Our Sygic will only read icons rendered in 8 bit. I found that 45 x 45 is the best size for them as the 27 x 27 the help file states will show up at only about 60% of the size of other POI icons.

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