The OV2 file extension is used to refer to Points of Interest overlay database files in the TomTom GPS navigation software application. OV2 files can be edited with the appropriate software.
The ov2 file extension is associated with DOS overlay files. When running in a 640K MS-DOS machine, all program code may not fit into available memory at the same time. To overcome this memory limitation, most large programs use overlays. An overlay is a portion of the program code that shares memory for its code with other code modules. (part of program to be loaded when needed), program code for DOS.