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Tue, 03/11/2008 - 11:49am

help, i get this error??
'Archview Rv Campground Resort' is not a valid floating point value

what does this mean?!

THANKS FOR ALL WHO HELP! smile

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Tue, 03/11/2008 - 12:08pm

What POI File?

werskine wrote:

help, i get this error??
'Archview Rv Campground Resort' is not a valid floating point value

what does this mean?!

THANKS FOR ALL WHO HELP! smile

What file is it in?

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Tue, 03/11/2008 - 12:10pm

Need more info

What were you doing when you got the error?
Where did you get the POI file?
Is the POI file formatted correctly (long,lat,name,desc)?
Was the error on the unit or PC?

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Glenn - Southern MD; SP C330 / Nuvi 750 / Nuvi 265WT
Tue, 03/11/2008 - 12:33pm

POI EDIT

it was in the right format, it was a poi from a buddy of mine? the error was on the pc in the poi edit program

thanks

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Tue, 03/11/2008 - 12:45pm

Buddy or not?

werskine wrote:

it was in the right format, it was a poi from a buddy of mine?

Is that a question or a statement? Are you not sure if that person is you buddy? Or are you not sure if you got it from your buddy? wink

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Tue, 03/11/2008 - 12:46pm

Can you....

Can you open the csv in excell and verify that the columns are in the correct order? Also, make sure that the headers are removed.

I am assuming we are talking about a .csv file, is that correct?

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Glenn - Southern MD; SP C330 / Nuvi 750 / Nuvi 265WT
Tue, 03/11/2008 - 12:49pm

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There obviously is an error somewhere in the data in the file.

Take a look at the second post by Mike L in this thread and see if if helps you.

http://www.poi-factory.com/node/6103

Tue, 03/11/2008 - 12:49pm

Format

werskine wrote:

it was in the right format . . .

POI Edit is telling you otherwise.

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Tue, 03/11/2008 - 12:56pm

If you want ....

werskine wrote:

help, i get this error??
'Archview Rv Campground Resort' is not a valid floating point value

what does this mean?!

THANKS FOR ALL WHO HELP! smile

If you want to send it over, I'll take a look at it for you. Send me an email via my 'contact' link and I'll give you an email address that accepts attachments.

RT

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Tue, 03/11/2008 - 2:00pm

it was the

it was the HEADERS!!!!

thanks one and all! smile

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Tue, 03/11/2008 - 4:51pm

Great!!

werskine wrote:

it was the HEADERS!!!!

thanks one and all! smile

Great! Glad you found the problem.

In case you weren't familar with POI Verifier, one of the error-corrections it does is automatically strip out the headers for you.

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Tue, 03/11/2008 - 5:50pm

What was wrong with the headers?

werskine wrote:

it was the HEADERS!!!!

I thought POI Loader was happy with headers in csv files?

Changes made from version 2.2.1 to 2.3.1:

Changed to allow up to 4 lines of header information in .CSV files

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