Tom Tom Go POI ( was Re: Tomtom sat nav gps with ipaq)

["Patrick Lidstone" <patrick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "David Cole" <dave@d...> wrote:

> I've been using the POI speedcamera database from Pocket GPS World
> http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/uksafetycameras.php
I use this together
> with POI Warner http://www.navigating.de/ which lets
me know when I'm
> coming upto a Speedcamera or any other POI.
[snip]
> Regarding the TomTom Go, I'm still not sure if it will accept
> different POI databases and none of the reviews I've read have said
> that you can. So even though it looks great I'm sticking with my Ipaq
> for the time being.

Tom Tom Go appears as a USB mass storage device under windows,
providing access to the map memory card. It looks like the POI data is
stored in a file called poi.dat. Whatever format it is stored in, it's
not the same as that provided by the pocketgpsworld link above. I'll
drop TomTom a line on the offchance that they're willing to share the
new(?) format.

Patrick