Steve
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If you have ever used tomtom built in postcode search u will kno how crap it is so I have compiled all the post codes in the uk into 10 poi overlays accurate to full postcode search, it is as good as multimap search using these overlays!
Scotland
Midlands
NW
NE
Anglia
SE
South central
SW
London
Wales
Who would want them? if i get enuff interest il upload them, be warned they amount to about 50meg in all if u had all overlays a storage card is needed.
i also have these aswell
Mcdonalds
Tescos
Asda
Sainsburys
Halfords
http://www.anorgett.f2s.com/pc.zip
11mb file extracts to 10 different POI's
thanks to SKINZ for hosting
[Edited on 04-01-2005 by GSiSteve]
[Edited on 11-01-2005 by GSiSteve]
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Mikorsa16v
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thats a very good plan if it works well, i have heard of people talking/trying to create postcode overlays which don't seem to work well - i don't know why tom tom didn't build this in.
seems like a lot of effort on your part has gone into this, it might be worth contacting http://www.pocketgps.co.uk/tomtompoi.php to host the files.
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leeshez
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Steve
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all postcodes are there, if u want give me a postcode il do a test, i have only compiled ne, midlands, london, and anglia so far rest shuld be dun by tmoz or day afta so gimmie a pc from one of them regions
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Mikorsa16v
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ttt, i wouldn't know a pc from those areas! someone...
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Steve
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well they are all there and they all work ul have to wait and see
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Steve
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also nebody using checkpoint i strongly recommend moving over the poi warner, it is far better
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Ian
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Steve - do these ov2 files convert to csv easily?
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Steve
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I am using a bit of free software called POI Edit from http://www.dnote.nl/pda/poi/PoiEdit/index.html
but you can use this to convert the files to XLS
http://rjdavies.users.btopenworld.com/html/poiconverter.html
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Steve
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or CSV
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Evil Ash
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Try this site already has most of the overlays that you mention.
http://poiplace.oabsoftware.nl/index.php?MainURL=POIregister3.php
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Steve
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yes not the postcodes though, i find that site rubbish for poi's as most of them arent very up to date
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Steve
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there must be more cunts out there using tomtom, if not you are missing out!
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Ian
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quote: Originally posted by GSiSteve
or CSV
Beast
code:
mysql> SELECT h. * , floor( sqrt( (
-> abs( p.x - 354600 ) * abs( p.x - 354600 ) ) + ( abs( p.y - 404100 ) * abs( p.y - 404100 ) ) ) / 1609
-> ) AS dist
-> FROM hotspots h
-> INNER JOIN postcodes p ON h.postcode = p.postcode
-> ORDER BY `dist` ASC LIMIT 0 , 20;
+---------------------------+----------+------+
| name | postcode | dist |
+---------------------------+----------+------+
| Orange House | WN1 | 2 |
| Chicago Rock Cafe | WN1 | 2 |
| Wigan Riley Snooker Club | WN1 | 2 |
| Red Lion | WN4 | 3 |
| Waterside | WA11 | 3 |
| Ship Inn | WA11 | 3 |
| Robin Hood | WN4 | 3 |
| Market Tavern | WA10 | 6 |
| Sefton Arms | WA10 | 6 |
| Gerard Arms | WA10 | 6 |
| Chicago Rock Cafe | WA10 | 6 |
| PC World St. Helens | WA9 | 6 |
| Hilton - St Helens | WA10 | 6 |
| Ramada Jarvis Bolton | BL6 | 7 |
| Lostock Arms | BL6 | 7 |
| Yates'S | PR7 | 7 |
| Greenwood Hotel | BL6 | 7 |
| Goose At Spinning Jenny | WN7 | 7 |
| Red Lion | WN7 | 7 |
| George | PR7 | 7 |
+---------------------------+----------+------+
20 rows in set (3.35 sec)
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Steve
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what ru meant to be showing me ian? what as the code you use in your site to do with?
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Ian
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Thats wireless hotspot data from the site that Mikorsa16v posted.
Thats the list of hotspots closest to me according to location services in this database.
Got loads - Vauxhall dealers, all petrol stations etc.
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Steve
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ttt
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Steve
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bttt
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Steve
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stil nd hosting offer 10*4megs
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Steve
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i have finished compliling all postcodes for all of uk, if sumone would like to offer me a postcode and the area located in the uk, ie northwest, or wales, or southeast etc then il prove it
il try to get my mate to host the files on his pc tomorrow
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Ian
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I'll have the files from you.
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Steve
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il msn them to u, will take a while tho
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Steve
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ian get your anus back to msn
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Steve
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ttt
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stubbsy
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make your own website with that info, charge people 50p or so per postcode wanted
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