Tom Tom POI Editing

TomTom POI's are stored as .ov2 files in the \iPAQ File Store\iPAQ GPS\North_America directory on the ipaq.

Create your poi in google maps and then use the “View in Google Earth” button to save a .kml file. This .kml only contains a web link to the actual poi's and none of the conversion programs know how to handle it so we'll need to do a “preconversion” first.

Next open the saved .kml in Google Earth and create a new folder. Now drag and drop your POI's to this new folder inside of google earth. Save to a new file name.

Start PoiEdit 2007 and open your new .kml file. Your POI's should now display in a tabular format in poiedit. If they don't then something is borked. Use the saveas command to export your .kml as a .ov2. Copy to the tomtom and your all done.

If you want a custom .bmp icon to display in the tomtom maps then open an existing .bmp from the \iPAQ File Store\iPAQ GPS\North_America directory and edit with mspaint.