Requesting 12M POIs Maps for Mio C230

1. Wayne says:

   March 12, 2008 at 10:44 pm

   Traffic message center on the 230? I dont have it yet I am getting message about it. Anyone else getting this?
2. amida168 says:

   March 13, 2008 at 8:48 am

   Wayne,

   Yes, I have seen that message before. It’s bogus. Mio C230 doesn’t support TMC anyway. Just ignore it.
3. paulo says:

   March 13, 2008 at 12:34 pm

   Higuys,

   Can anyone tell if I can download a Western Europe map into my Mio c310x or my c320? Any help would be appreciated.
4. murphyfields says:

   March 13, 2008 at 2:34 pm

   Paulo

   I am pretty sure you can buy the maps. I think it all depends on the licenses you have available. There may be sources on the net that offer illegal maps and cracked licenses, but I doubt you will find any links on any of these sites.
5. new-bee says:

   March 14, 2008 at 7:01 pm

   Hi there,

   thanks for all your hard work. I just downloaded CA map, but there is no file inside part 2.rar. Is this correct, or soemehow my download was incomplete.

   Part 1 worked fine.

   thanks
6. peter tatos says:

   March 17, 2008 at 6:33 am

   Hi

   I bought a C230 to use in the US which was great. Now I am back in South Africa but cannot find the maps to load for SA. Does anyone know where I can get them?

   Tks

   Peter
7. hdfan says:

   March 17, 2008 at 10:58 am

   New-bee,

   The same thing happened to me. The part2.rar file had a decent size, but didn’t unrar to anything.

   Have you tried to just use Part 1 without appending Part 2? Do you know what’s missing if you do this?

   Thanks.
8. hdfan says:

   March 17, 2008 at 11:25 am

   FYI, I’m trying just Part I of CA rar file. So far, works fine. Have no idea what’s missing by not using Part II (hopefully I don’t find out the hard way!). Tried a route from San Jose to SoCal, and it seemed to be able to do that just fine, implying that these regions are within the Part I map. Many more POI’s, but some still not there (Walgreens, RiteAid, for example) – so overall still a great upgrade. Don’t know whether these missing POI’s are in Part II or not – seem fairly basic, so I wouldn’t expected them to be in a complete POI db.

   Will update as I try it out more. If anyone has any more info on what Part II is or how to unrar the posted file, please comment.
9. amida168 says:

   March 17, 2008 at 12:06 pm

   New-bee and Hdfan,

   You don’t miss anything. My understanding is that when you extract part i, it actually combines part i and part ii. If you don’t trust me, try moving part ii to a different folder and see if you can extract part i alone.
10. hdfan says:

    March 17, 2008 at 12:28 pm

    Amida168,

    Great, I didn’t realize it was that intelligent.

    I definitely trust you!

    Thanks for the quick reply.
11. new-bee says:

    March 17, 2008 at 1:56 pm

    Thanks Amida168 and Hdfan

    I actually have not purchased C230 yet, but is researching for a good deal and all the gadgets that we can do with. How much did you guys pay for it? Do you know any delay after install the 12M POIs?

    thanks,

    gareth
12. amida168 says:

    March 17, 2008 at 3:49 pm

    New-bee,

    I paid over $200.00 for my C230. The best price you can find these days is around $130 ~ $140. Amazon usually has better price than most of other sites. Also, if you buy from Amazon, you are actually supporting our site.

    I didn’t notice any delay after installing the 12M POIs maps.
13. murphyfields says:

    March 17, 2008 at 4:20 pm

    Also check Radio Shack and Car Toys. But I have to agree that I like dealing with Amazon.

    No delay for me, either.
14. hdfan says:

    March 17, 2008 at 4:31 pm

    Great deal for a TTS GPS with ability to add on additional apps. With the hacks (esp. 12M POI, Canada maps, MP3/video player, etc), it’s a pretty nice device.
15. new-bee says:

    March 18, 2008 at 2:34 pm

    thanks you guys. You guys are really helpful, and your input are really great.

    I found it on Radio Shack for $129.99 on sale. Will get it soon.

    One more thing, can you still add custom POI after adding 12M POI? Would there be a delay after that?

    Just to recap, once I got the C230, I will need to

    - unlock it with release 4 (SD card way)

    - add my state 12M POI

    - add custom POI if needed

    Any other hack suggestion that i should have.

    thanks
16. hdfan says:

    March 18, 2008 at 8:34 pm

    new-bee,

    i had added custom POI’s before i added the revised CA map. they’re still there and active. how the unit would handle redundant entries (e.g. if you added starbucks as custom POI and those were also in the 12M POI file), i’m not really sure though.

    no delay as long as you follow the instructions under adding custom POI’s (another thread on this site). somewhere in the discussion thread someone has posted instructions on how to compact the data files so there’s no delay. if you just download a db from a site where it’s not compacted, i was having problems with delays.

    don’t forget to add the canada maps too.

    i also did the data.zip tweaks (fast fly over, toggling between map and cockpit mode, easy mode, etc), which i found to also be great. i didn’t do the hack using sd card, so i honestly don’t know whether the data.zip tweaks are incorporated into that already.
17. amida168 says:

    March 19, 2008 at 9:07 am

    Hdfan,

    Yes, the release 4 using SD card has incorporated all the tweaks into the DATA.ZIP. Thanks for helping out.
18. Bayharbor says:

    March 30, 2008 at 8:28 am

    I downloaded both the 12M POI and the 3M POI maps of Canada and neither are recognized by my MIO c230, regardless of whether they are on the SD card or the main memory. Am I doing something wrong?

    Thanks.
19. New-Bee says:

    April 3, 2008 at 6:26 pm

    Hi Amida168 and Hdfan,

    thank you for your advice. I got the unit from Radio Shack, on sale for $140 (including tax), add the 12M POI, and unlock it with a SD card. Bang, it is incredible. Nothing problem encountered.

    Just one note

    - I need to replace the DATA.zip, even with the release 4, to have the tweaks. Release 4 seems to have the original DATA.zip

    - Now I am dealing with the time zone difference. I read somewhere and updated with a timezones.ini for both the unit, and inside the SD card. But now, there is one hour different between the GPS, and the CE window (GPS is 1 hour faster). But it reports the correct arrival time in the GPS mode. Any clue?

    thanks
20. singsing says:

    April 4, 2008 at 8:31 am

    For Bayharbor, and folks who want the 12M and the original POI.

    I download the 12M POI maps of Canada and 5 US states and put them on a folder named MioMap/MAPS on the SD card ( H drive when my c230 is connected to PC ). Canada comes straignt up, I was on Quebec City in no time ( virtual time ).

    I also sitched to the 12M POI US states, by changing the extension of those same file in G:/MioMap/MioMap/MAPS from fbl to off. The c230 look into the default MAPS folder for all the fbl files, before it look at the SD card. Too many POI can make looking place like walmart a handful. So changing file extension only, let me keep my original in place, and swap the 12M POI at will.

    Happy Trail, and see you northbound.

    Note: is there a tool to let us delete some of POI in the 12M maps ?
21. ezetarget says:

    April 8, 2008 at 12:16 am

    How about Montana map, I don’t see that map. Could you tell me when you will have that one?
22. amida168 says:

    April 8, 2008 at 12:23 pm

    ezetarget,
    You need to go to the forum following this link to request the map not on the list.
    link
23. eyes4u says:

    April 12, 2008 at 9:35 am

    help,
    my c230 reads the fbl map files I unzipped and downloaded but not the rar files. Any thoughts ? Is there a key or somethimg I missed ?
24. amida168 says:

    April 12, 2008 at 7:50 pm

    eyes4u,
    You need to use application like ExtractNow to extract the fbl file(s) from the .rar file.
25. jfg69 says:

    April 24, 2008 at 1:25 pm

    I have a c230 I bought last week and was trying to add in these POI, it gives me a message that “some of the map files are outdated – see mio-tech.com.”
    I have them in the folder MAPS on the Storage card. I have MioMap3.3 Aug8 2007, with the 070717 maps. Any ideas?
26. amida168 says:

    April 24, 2008 at 11:00 pm

    jfg69,

    The folder should be MioMap\MAPS on the storage card.
27. jfg69 says:

    April 25, 2008 at 11:23 am

    Thats where they are, I’m going to try a couple of things tho, I have been doing this under WINE on Linux. I have a sneaking suspicion I need to go boot into XP…
28. amida168 says:

    April 25, 2008 at 11:35 am

    Also don’t forget to make a backup of the original maps your are replacing and delete them from the internal flash drive.
29. jfg69 says:

    April 26, 2008 at 2:25 pm

    well, aside from updating maps (which I havent gotten to work as of yet..) I can add the POI’s manually, but how do I get the POI icons to come up, and where do I place them? I dont see anywhere they should be..
30. yas says:

    May 1, 2008 at 7:34 pm

    i tryed to download some usa mapes on my canadain mio i got MSG locked maps and it shows key beside that map ?
    any one knw how i can unlock that map in canadain 230
    any help will be really appriciated.
31. maximillion says:

    May 3, 2008 at 11:13 pm

    HI, i am new at this and i have a C230s which i have succesfully hacked with the 3.3 lite and it is great , i am travelling across the USA ( route 66) in 3 weeks and I cant seem to find the USA 2007.07 maps anywhere I have the licence as it came with my unit for this version.. any help please would be great.. cheers
32. Taberd says:

    May 12, 2008 at 10:19 pm

    I have loaded the 12M POI. I live in Texas and the basic like Target, Home Depot, Walmart, etc. didn’t show up. Do I have to add those separately? Where do I get those POI and how do I load them? Thanks in advance.
33. amida168 says:

    May 13, 2008 at 10:17 am

    Taberd,

    Target and Home Depot should be included. Did you make a copy of the original map and delete it from the unit first? You can also add customary POIs. I have a post about it. However, the search POI function is very slow after you add customary POIs.
34. Taberd says:

    May 14, 2008 at 10:30 pm

    Amida,

    Thanks. I did find Target and Home Depot. Now, what about Starbucks, they are not listed. How do I get and download the locations.
35. amida168 says:

    May 14, 2008 at 10:57 pm

    Taberd,
    Please see the link in post #83.
36. Roger says:

    May 25, 2008 at 10:55 am

    Has the map content of the 12M POI changed? Route using original FL map (2007.01 070718) from FL to NY uses I95 all the way whereas the 12M FL map refuses to use I95 through the Jacksonville area and reroutes adding about another 100 miles to the trip. No way to use I95 through Jacksonville. Any ideas?
37. Mr.E says:

    May 27, 2008 at 7:38 pm

    Is there a way to get banks and ATM’s to show on the maps or POI?
38. Ant0knee says:

    May 27, 2008 at 9:06 pm

    Amida168, I used your version 2 unlock on my C230 and it was working great until I screwed something up. I want to try and get my C230 back to factory original everything, and then try the unlock again. Right now, my unit is crashing all the time. Any ideas on how I can fully remove the unlock and start over??
39. amida168 says:

    May 27, 2008 at 9:43 pm

    If you have questions, please ask them in the forum.

    http://kombitz.com/forum/index.php?board=2.0