Help Creating custom POI's for Pioneer AVIC-D#
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16 years
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Hello to all,
I recently took the plunge and purchased an in-dash Nav system. Got (I think!) a great deal on the Pioneer AVIC-D3. Wanted an indash for reasons not important here. New to car Nav systems but using handhelds for years.
As most probably know here, This system uses TeleAtlas map system with a DVD that must be in system to utilize full capability.(Not a problem due to Ipod)Also no HDD,Card slot or USB. Right away, I started asking myself how to upload POI's and premade routes into system. Roadblocks all the way! I have been haunting the web for days hoping I could find the answer and have been squashed. UNCLE!!!
Here it is in a nutshell....How do I take POI's from this and other websites convert them to the correct format for my system to recognize them? I've tried all the standard formats using various programs with no joy!
Can Anyone help?
Thanks in advance
any idea what format your
any idea what format your system uses? most anything can be converted, if you know what you're dealing with
nüvi 200
After days of research and
After days of research and experiments....all I can tell is it does not use .csv, .gpx , or .kml.
I'm no programmer but it seems to me the database on DVD disk is called ALLDATA.KWI. Inquires about this file format tell me that it is a filetype used in GIS systems but that is all the info I can get. None of the POI converters seem to support Teledata. I have found some threads that Mio devices and the AVIC-S# models are similar in there database and can be modifyed using iGo POI Explorer. Didn't work on the D3 . Cannot find anything on the web which talks about this. Annoying as Heck!
Well, it could be a
Well, it could be a proprietary format that's indexed and compressed for faster access. That doesn't bode well for extraction or conversion
nüvi 200
It this is system without
It this is system without hdd and relie on the DVD. then you are stuck with it. This type of GPS does not have a way to expand unless you know how to hack and create your own dvd to load into the system.
Well Folks.....problem
Well Folks.....problem solved and I just proved it! I will admit that I maybe am using the term POI incorrectly in this context, but the problem of uploading other than JPEgs is solved I think.
After exhaustive searching I solved it. Just got finished uploading to my Adr. book and verifying operation of a small poi file showing 28 street intersections in downtown Chicago. Admit that I could have sat in my truck and manually inputed all 28 into the unit but I did it in 30 sec. at my computer.
Heres the solution;
The Adr. book with your Home, Fav's,etc. is a *.v01 format. At your PC,You can take any list of POI's you would like(as long as you do not exceed 300 separate entries), convert it to a standard .asc file using any easily available converter. Once this is done, down load and run a utility call AVIC POI converter. Slight problem here...the program user interface is in spanish! I know a little of the lingo and it's pretty simple. This program converts .asc formatted files into .v01 files. Create a Point directory on a CD-R and burn your new .v01 file to it. Pop your new CD into the AVIC and follow instructions on Pg. 56 of Manual. Call up your adr. Book and you can take it from here......
As I said the limit is 300 entries, so some of the POI file out ther on the net will have to be split up(by Region, planned trip, etc).
So, now capable of using ANY PC based map software, defining waypoints to a CD and uploading to AVIC-D3.
Very Cool!
Maybe Not
Well, it could be a proprietary format that's indexed and compressed for faster access. That doesn't bode well for extraction or conversion
And if Pioneer intended for the user to be able to do custom POIs, they probably would have TOLD you how to do it.
Others have gone down a similar path.....trying to make non-standard modifications and ended up with a DEAD GPS.
Danger, Wil Robinson.....DANGER.
P.S. Have you asked Pioneer?
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