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What is a navigational device?
What is a POI?
What formats do you offer? and what systems do they work with?
Will the POIs be visible on my navigation screen all the time?
How can I be sure that I have found the POI that I am looking for without having to load it on to my navigator?
What is the difference between your 'mobile site' and your 'website'?
Why dont you supply Icons with CoPilot POIs?
How would i go about having a POI Created for my company/ Organisation?
How would i go about having a an Online Map Created for my company/ Organisation? |
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What is a navigational device?
A navigational device is any electronic device that has navigation software installed on it.
These devices come in many different forms. The most popular forms are PDA's (Personal Digital Assistants), Mobile Phones, Laptops and purpose built navigation systems (Tomtom Go for example). All of these devices (with the exception of purpose built systems) can have navigation software added to them, which can be acquired from different manufactures.
Visit one of the following websites for more information...
Tomtom | Navman | CoPilot | Garmin | WayFinder | T-Mobile
Or click here for pictures of navigation devices.
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What is a POI?
 'POIs' are Points Of Interest for navigational devices, they are also known as 'way points' or 'Overlays'. They are small files and come in different formats depending on which type of navigation device you are using.
Once downloaded they can be put on to your navigator and when activated will display a number of the locations for the points of interest selected. For example; if you choose to download the McDonalds POI for the UK, once loaded on to your navigator and activated your navigator will then display all the McDonalds locations in the UK, allowing you to select the closest one for you to navigate to.
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What formats do you offer?
We currently offer POIs for...
If your navigator is not one of these send us an e-mail and we will produce a POI in a format suitable for your navigator.
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Will the POI's be visible on my navigation screen all the time?
No, the POIs are only on if you turn them on, this means that you can have several POIs stored on your device at any one time but only view them when you want to.
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How can I be sure that I have found the POI that I am looking for without having to load it on to my navigator?
If you download the file from our site it will come with a text file that will contain a brief explanation of what the POI is for.
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What is the difference between your 'mobile site' and your 'website'?
Our 'mobile site' has the same content as our website but it has been optimised for use with mobile phones and PDA's to ensure that it is easy to read and navigate as well as quick to download.
The mobile site was created for people who have mobile phones with navigation capabilities and would like to be able to download a POI when they can not get to a PC.
You can find our mobile site by going to...
www.nav-poi.com/mobile
on your mobile phone or PDA's browser.
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Why dont you supply Icons with CoPilot POIs?
We do not supply Icons for CoPilot POIs because CoPilot does not allow you to use custom Icons.
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How would i go about having a POI created for my company/ Organisation?
Have a look at our Services page (all Quotes are FREE!).
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How would i go about having an Online Map created for my company/ Organisation?
Have a look at our Services page (all Quotes are FREE!).
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I don't understand how to get the POI set I want from your website.
To download POIs from our site click on 'download' above, and this will take you to the 'download' section of the site.
When you are in the 'download' section of the site you will then be asked to select the type/make of navigator that you are using (tomtom for example). Select the desired brand you use by clicking on it.
A list of categories will then appear. Select the category that you are interested in or alternatively you can then select 'all' which will display all of the POIs on the site for your navigator
When you find one that interests you and you want to download it, click on the name of it and the download will begin. (Your computer may ask you where you want to save the file before it allows you to download it, try and put the file somewhere easy to find like the 'desktop')
To open this in a new window click here.
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How do I put the POI on to my navigator?
You will have to consult the instructions for your navigator or the website for that particular brand because there are many different ways to put POI sets on to various devices depending on the make and model of your navigation system. (You will be able to find links to the leading navigation companies on our links page)
However , here are some basic steps for the most popular devices...
Tomtom
Once the file has downloaded it will have to be 'unziped' or 'extracted'. This will normally happen automatically if you 'double-click' on the file.
Once the file has been extracted you will be left with a folder. Inside this folder will be three files; an image, the POI file and a text file. Take these files and place them in the map folder for the desired country (Great Britian for example).
Then you will have to close everything and start the Tomtom software if you are using a PDA or a mobile, Reset the device if it's a PND.
- Then search for the POIs in the way you normally would.
CoPilot 6
Once the file has downloaded it will have to be 'unziped' or 'extracted'. This will normally happen automatically if you 'double-click' on the file.
Once the file has been extracted you will be left with a folder. Inside this folder will be two files; the POI file and a text file. Take the 'ov2' file and place it inside the 'save file' folder.
Then you will have to close everything and start the CoPilot software.
- Then search for the POIs in the way you normally would.
Garmin
The best way to install POIs onto Garmin devices is to use Garmin's POI loader.
"POI Loader is free software for your computer that lets you upload customized POIs to your compatible Garmin unit. POI Loader does not create customized POIs, nor is it software for your Garmin GPS. It simply gives you the ability to upload POIs created by others from your computer to your compatible Garmin Ñ making it easy for you to navigate directly to these points of interest."
Download it here.
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I can't see the POI
There are two main reasons why this may happen...
One: The POI, Image and Text file that you extracted and placed in the maps area are still in a folder. These files will need to be taken out of their individual folder placed in the desired map folder or...
Two: Because the POI was added after the navigation software had already started. Try restarting the software or device.
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