Openstreetmap Geodata Coming...

[Nieko]

LouNGeR: that's probably because you live too close to another postal code. Unfortunately, I can't do much about this problem...

[LouNGeR]

No that's not it, its actually a postal code that is 2 KM away, funny though, the postal code it reports is where I lived last year

It's not that big of a deal, at least it can find streets.
Any way to grab all POI's like shops and stuff?
GMDL Tool doesn't support it, however, Google Maps does have the information.

[Nieko]

Is your new postal code listed in _ZIPCODE? It might just be old data I used.

About POIs, AND also has a lot of them, I'll see what I can do.

[LouNGeR]

I'm sorry where do I find _ZIPCODE ? (I just downloaded the GEODATA.DAT from here and put it next to the mapthis! eboot)
And I think that you are right, that it just picks the closest zipcodes available..

[Nieko]

It's a POI file with all the Dutch postal codes and their cities. It's in the same directory as the geodata.dat: http://stuff.nieko.net/psp/mapthis/geodata/

[LouNGeR]

Oh, I just clicked the direct link to geodata.dat
The ZIPCODE file is a bit strange, here's the deal.
In MapThis, when I search for my street, it takes me to the right location. Though it reports that my street is at 1353, while it should be 1359. In the ZIPCODE file, it shows that both of these codes are in "Noord Holland", while they are both actually in "Flevoland". So the coords in Geodata are correct, but the Zipcodes are wrong. (i did not have the ZIPCODE file in my MapThis folder, do I have to put it there?)

Btw, today I did a good test with my GPS for the first time (from Almere to Amsterdam). My Nederland map was fine, but I had some issues with starting the whole GPS process, is it normal that it takes like 10 minutes before it actually starts the tracking system?

[johoo]

is it normal that it takes like 10 minutes before it actually starts the tracking system?

yes it is,but it depents day by day ,normal it takes about 5 to 10 minutes
i noticed also that the angle from the receiver is important too
when i change it i got more or less sat's and fixes

[LouNGeR]

Hm, then how come this VDO Dayton system in the car that we were driving this afternoon, starts to work like, immediatly. Is it on standby or something, or is MapThis just not that fast?

BTW, I also had like 12 visible and 5 fixed. Also, when moving the PSP-290 horizontal it seemed to work better.

[johoo]

maybe different receivers
there is also a mod for an holux receiver on the psp and from what i know is that one faster

i don't have a holux but i'm thinking about it

[LouNGeR]

I doubt that the upcomming official mapping software takes that long to startup, guess we'll have to wait and see.