Garmin Nuvi 650 - POI Loader

 

I just purchased a Garmin Nuvi 650 and would like to ask my fellow Garmin GPSers how to store multiple POI categories. For example, I dowloaded Midwest Lakes and Rest Ares and made a separe folders for the file. Going through Garmin's POI Loader, what I found was that my Nuvi only stored the latest file in the "custom POIs". Is there a way to categorize the POIs? Thanks in-advance for the feedback and all the hard work people put into these POIs - It's awesome!

Diamonddave952 wrote: I

Diamonddave952 wrote:

I just purchased a Garmin Nuvi 650 and would like to ask my fellow Garmin GPSers how to store multiple POI categories. For example, I dowloaded Midwest Lakes and Rest Ares and made a separe folders for the file. Going through Garmin's POI Loader, what I found was that my Nuvi only stored the latest file in the "custom POIs". Is there a way to categorize the POIs? Thanks in-advance for the feedback and all the hard work people put into these POIs - It's awesome!

I think you have to rename your gpi to something else before loading another one. There was a thread about how to do this, if you search the forum you'll find it.

Here's what I do ...

Create a main POI folder.

You can have subfolders under your main folder, if you want. The folders will create categories. You can't have more than one level of subfolder. The files themselves will create the subcategory.

For example, it might look like this.

> My POI (Main folder)
>> IHOP (subfolder)
... IHOP.csv
... IHOP.bmp
>> National Parks (subfolder)
... National Parks.gpx
... National Monuments.gpx
... National Recreation areas.gpx
... National Parks.bmp
... National Monuments.bmp
etc.

In this example, IHOP and National Parks show up as categories and then under National Parks, the subcategories of National Parks, National Monuments, and National Recreation Areas show up.

Here are some screenshots of what it would look like.

This is a shot of the folder and files on my computer.
http://i18.tinypic.com/4q8bl8m.jpg

This is how the first level shows up on my GPS unit.
http://i9.tinypic.com/4t6c8ye.jpg

When I select the National Parks category, this is what I get.
http://i2.tinypic.com/62qyi4z.jpg

Then if I select National Monuments, I get this.
http://i8.tinypic.com/4kbd8jc.jpg

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Motorcyle Mama - Your the best! This is exactly what I am looking for. THANK YOU!!