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Originally Posted by KiwiJochen
How does it work?
The IDX and URL files have a simple structured format. The format is quite easy to figure out if you use a hex editor.
The IDX is an index file and contains only the POI ID number with the lat/long, expressed in a POSWGS notation, and the POI name. The data is sorted by longitude and if there are many POIs it is also indexed in blocks for fast searching.
The IDX file is used to show the POI locations on the map, and shows the name in the search results.
The URL file contains the details of the POIs, such as name, village, city, street, house number, phone number, brand name, name-starts-with, importance, entry-position, and any other attributes you may care to add. Whatever attributes you have in the file can be then used in the HTML file that displays the POI data.
You can store strings, integers, boolean, and probably other types.
The info is unlimited, just use your imagination as to what you wish to store in the URL file.
The URL file is used to show the detailed POI info about a POI when it has been selected after a search.
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Kiwi YOU ARE THE MAN
...great explanation. I really appreciate very much your explanation. I owe you a couple of beer already when you are in Rome.
Well, the content of the file is very easy to understand. I opened the file with different editors and it is a simple list. WhatI do not know is the way to "build up the file". I will study your words and try to figure out how to manage the conversion. When you would make available the excel spreadsheet it would be great. It is not because I'm looking for things prepared thnaks to other's efforts...but, honestly I am not so expert
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Despite that, I must admit that it is tahnks to you all that I was able to do everything and even giving my modded navboot to ccfj1..I was honoured
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