4040 & creating POI's for Newbie
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15 years
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Hi all!
I've had my 4040 for a little less than a year now and just starting looking into adding POI's. I couldn't believe that there were no Dunkin Donuts listed for my area when there must be a dozen or more close by.
Anyway, I found the Dunkin Donuts and Starbucks POI files and successfully got them on my SD card but I have a few questions:
1- Is there any way to integrate them into the main POI file on the 4040 so I don't have to search through the 'Enhanced POI' function?
2- If the answer to the above is 'NO', how do I go about creating a single comprehensive custom POI file with multiple categories so I can just search either that file or the 4040 supplied file without switching POI files all the time? I imagine once I create it, I can add/edit it either in Excel or Magellan's POI editor and just overwrite it on the card to update it on the unit?
3- Speaking of that, can I move the custom POI files to the units memory or do I have to keep them on the SD card and therefore keep the SD card in all the time?
4- I see Magellan doesn't allow much customization (icons, sounds, etc.). Do they allow any other than the creation of custom POI's?
Thanks in advance.
Brian
Magellan POIs
1- Is there any way to integrate them into the main POI file on the 4040 so I don't have to search through the 'Enhanced POI' function?
2- If the answer to the above is 'NO', how do I go about creating a single comprehensive custom POI file with multiple categories so I can just search either that file or the 4040 supplied file without switching POI files all the time? I imagine once I create it, I can add/edit it either in Excel or Magellan's POI editor and just overwrite it on the card to update it on the unit?
3- Speaking of that, can I move the custom POI files to the units memory or do I have to keep them on the SD card and therefore keep the SD card in all the time?
4- I see Magellan doesn't allow much customization (icons, sounds, etc.). Do they allow any other than the creation of custom POI's?
Thanks in advance.
Brian
1) No, sorry....but most other Mfg's don't either.
2)Do some searching on here. The proceedure for putting multiple categories in one file is here. Once it's a .mgln file, only the editor will handle it. It will only overwrite the old file if you use exactly the same file name. It's just a tiny little computer, running Windows CE.
3)You can put them in main memory. I haven't seen that location makes any difference.....unless you need the SD card elsewhere.
4)No, not that I've found or heard of.
Magellan Maestro 4250// MIO C310X
Do custom POI's appear on
Do custom POI's appear on the map while you are routing?
Custom POIs
Do custom POI's appear on the map while you are routing?
Yes, as a matter of fact they stay on the map at a wider zoom level than the built-ins do. At least that's been my experience.
Magellan Maestro 4250// MIO C310X
User POI's
Add your poi's to the usr/cpoi folder and it should load on start-up.
"Delete nothing, back up everything"
New to the custom POI adding
New to the custom POI adding thing. I have put a personal POI file in usr/cpoi folder and it does work and load. But every once in a while the 4250 voice announces the name of the file and bongs. Is this normal?
Not normal
But every once in a while the 4250 voice announces the name of the file and bongs. Is this normal?
Maybe "normal", maybe not.
I suspect you have an alert set for that file.
Does it happen when you are close to one of the "things" in the file ??
Go to the Custom POI's and check to see if you have the alert enabled.
Magellan Maestro 4250// MIO C310X
POI's
New to the custom POI adding thing. I have put a personal POI file in usr/cpoi folder and it does work and load. But every once in a while the 4250 voice announces the name of the file and bongs. Is this normal?
I take it you've added them as *.mgln files? I've never had the unit announce the filename. How strange.
"Delete nothing, back up everything"