Loading POI

 

Ok all, I feel like Forrest Gump asking this but here goes. I have been reading about uploading to the GPS, (haven't done it yet) and it is my understanding that previous POI's are over written, does that include the standard POI's that are in mapsource, if so how do I keep the mapsource originals?

Frequently Asked Questions

The Originals stay where they are

Until you upgrade the map itself. It's your custom POIs that get re-written each time you upload to your device.

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*Keith* MacBook Pro *wifi iPad(2012) w/BadElf GPS & iPhone6 + Navigon*

loading poi

I had the same problem with my poi overwriting but now when I upload a poi file on my GPS I rename it to poi1 poi2 etc. the poi loader calls It poi. I forgot the extension. This works for my c550 and my iQue m4.

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nuvi 755t

One Directory

I kept uploading the POI's to my 2720 and they kept overwriting each one. So I thought I read somewhere if you put all the POI's in one directory then upload them they will all be put into individual folders and they where.

So does that mean every time u want to upload a poi you have to upload them all at the same time?

Good luck!

Michel

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Garmin Nuvi 3597, Garmin StreetPilot 2720, Garmin 76CSx (Hand Held), Iphone 6S Plus

Yes, you should create one

Yes, you should create one directory (folder) on your computer with all you POI in it. You can create subfolders in that directory and those will end up as categories when you upload them to your GPSr.

You need to keep all the POI you've uploaded in that folder and reload the whole batch each time.
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My problem with that was I

My problem with that was I had my weigh stations set as a proximity alert and the speed zones as a speed alert and I couldn't figure out how to upload them seperatly without renaming the poi file. I have 1 folder for weigh stations and school zones and the other for cameras.

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nuvi 755t

Cool

I will have to try that the next time. Once I download or find more POI's that I want to install.so for example I can do:
Lighthouses
_Michigan LH's
_ New Hampshire LH's
and such

I want to get some red light ones, speed trap ones and anything pertaining to driving that prevents me from getting tickets grin

Michael

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Garmin Nuvi 3597, Garmin StreetPilot 2720, Garmin 76CSx (Hand Held), Iphone 6S Plus

Keeping poi's separate

kle262 wrote:

I had the same problem with my poi overwriting but now when I upload a poi file on my GPS I rename it to poi1 poi2 etc. the poi loader calls It poi. I forgot the extension. This works for my c550 and my iQue m4.

I have also done a similar thing in that I rename the poi.gpi file after uploading to whatever the original file is called ie. lakeswest.gpi summits.gpi waterfalls.gpi etc.
This way all my custom poi's don't have to be reloaded every time I want to add a new poi, as well as keeping all my speed & proximity alerts associated with their original poi, and if you want to get rid of a certain poi you just delete that particular .gpi file without losing the rest.
This seems to be working well for me:)

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Nuvi 660 & Etrex Vista

locations of the c530 / c510 / c550

Can someone tell me the structure of the Drive internal and on SD drives and what all the files mean?

Just wondering and I am sure others would like to know too.. Like I knotused that I have a vecheles directory and such..

Also, would like to know where are the maps, etc..

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Bobkz - Garmin Nuvi 3597LMTHD/2455LMT/C530/C580- "Pain Is Fear Leaving The Body - Semper Fidelis"

Don't understand the concern in replacing POI files.

grega wrote:
kle262 wrote:

I have also done a similar thing in that I rename the poi.gpi file after uploading to whatever the original file is called ie. lakeswest.gpi summits.gpi waterfalls.gpi etc.
This way all my custom poi's don't have to be reloaded every time I want to add a new poi, as well as keeping all my speed & proximity alerts associated with their original poi, and if you want to get rid of a certain poi you just delete that particular .gpi file without losing the rest.
This seems to be working well for me:)

I don't understand the advantage. I keep all of my POI's in folders on my PC. It only takes a few minutes to load the 30 custom POI folders which include over 50,000 locations. Doesn't seem like it saves much time. If you were loading two diffent POI folders, it might actually take more time.

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Garmin StreetPilot c530, Mapsource

Changing the display order

mkahn wrote:

I don't understand the advantage. I keep all of my POI's in folders on my PC. It only takes a few minutes ... Doesn't seem like it saves much time.

I'm a fan of this scheme because it lets me alter the order that POI's appear in the list. Of course if you keep all Poi's in a tree, you can do this by altering the folder names, but it's not very elegant.

It's a bit of a fiddle to get the individual .GPI's accepted in your desired order (but you can use the SD card trick we discussed before - keep popping the card out and skipping to the next one you want to appear).

Once the .GPI files have been accepted, they stay in the order you set, even when you overwrite the file with a new version.

I agree it doesn't save any time - there are more steps involved in producing a new version of a .GPI and then having to rename it. Having an old flash drive or usb memory stick that you can leave in the PC helps a bit here, because you can use it as an intermediary.

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