downloadable phone book??
Submitted: Thursday, Jan 03, 2008 at 15:10
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samsgoneagain
hello all. does any body know of a downloadable or cd rom i can get to put onto the memory card of my car gps?? the street navigator is a good idea but when you don't know the specific street number it can sometimes be difficult, but if i could access yellow/white pages from the memory card it would be even better to pinpoint the location . thanks. sam
Reply By: Member - Doug T (FNQ) - Thursday, Jan 03, 2008 at 15:24
Thursday, Jan 03, 2008 at 15:24
Most of the added POIs in the garmin have a phone No in the listing.. 100000s of them , If your looking up a Motel and the Ph nuber is there just touch the red call button on the GPS screen.
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Follow Up By: Member - Doug T (FNQ) - Thursday, Jan 03, 2008 at 15:29
Thursday, Jan 03, 2008 at 15:29
I can even access them on my PC
Toyota Midland
163 Great Eastern Hwy
Midland, WA 6056
+(61)-(8)-94641000
Nissan Cleveland
51 Shore St
Cleveland, QLD 4163
+(61)-(7)-32862501
McDonalds Family Restaurants Woy Woy
7
Charlton St
Woy Woy, NSW 2256
+(61)-(2)-43446622
Darwin Private Hospital
Tiwi, NT
61-8-89206011
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Follow Up By: samsgoneagain - Thursday, Jan 03, 2008 at 16:37
Thursday, Jan 03, 2008 at 16:37
yeah but my gps doesnt have that option. and not all businesses are listed in it eg. thommos pies, pinelands n.t.- or macs ute body building mackay. etc. i want access to everything so i have complete CONTROL ahaahahaha...... oops, sorry.
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Follow Up By: disco1942 - Friday, Jan 04, 2008 at 00:45
Friday, Jan 04, 2008 at 00:45
Useless information - he is after street numbers not phone numbers.
Peterd
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Reply By: DIO - Thursday, Jan 03, 2008 at 18:59
Thursday, Jan 03, 2008 at 18:59
Yeah, telephone directories on CD were even better than sliced bread. I always used the DTMS Australian Phone Disc. The most recent one ever made available was 2004 (I (stille) use it all the time) in conjunction with White Pages on the internet. As far as I know the reason given for stopping production was Telstra/White Pages enforced their copyright. Apparently the companies used to ship our telephone books o/seas, have them scanned/data entered and bring them back as a complete product. Really great too 'cause you could search by number, partial number, post code, suburb, street, name, partial name etc etc. If you've got time or an office junior with little to do, you could try scanning the White Pages yourself. Could bve a tiring job though.
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Follow Up By: Kenny Wilson - Thursday, Jan 03, 2008 at 19:55
Thursday, Jan 03, 2008 at 19:55
I still got that program on my laptop it's great, only problem is I've lost the CD and won't be able to use it once my laptop goes to heaven
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Follow Up By: GaryInOz (Vic) - Thursday, Jan 03, 2008 at 21:45
Thursday, Jan 03, 2008 at 21:45
It was ceased because of privacy concerns (ie being able to do a "reverse search" of a number and find out who owns it.) Also lost a bit of relevance with the introduction and subsequent widespread use of mobile numbers privately and for small businesses. Most major chains have a 1800 or 13/1300 number to cover Australia.
Kenny
Wilson, make a duplicate on a pocket drive/USB key ;-)
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Follow Up By: Member - JohnR (Vic)&Kath - Thursday, Jan 03, 2008 at 22:16
Thursday, Jan 03, 2008 at 22:16
DIO, I still have a copy of that CD but don't use is often now it is getting more out of date. Yes it is still on the laptop and the desktop and helps sort out addresses.
GIO, it was Telstra taking the company to court that stopped them and they were given a date to desist by. They made sure that people knew about it so they would copy it and pass it on. The CD key was built in to default placing the key on the hard disk.
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Follow Up By: disco1942 - Friday, Jan 04, 2008 at 00:52
Friday, Jan 04, 2008 at 00:52
The reason that Telstra got their court injunction was that DTMS were selling public data that they received from Telstra for no fee. DTMS claimed that they were only charging for their own programme but when things were closely examined - it was found that DTMS were charging big bickies for update disks where the only updates on the disk was the publicly obtained data and not their programming.
PeterD
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