POI's in Nuvi 680
Sun, 07/13/2008 - 3:45pm
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15 years
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I am still leaning how POI's work, so please be patient with me. I have a Nuvi 680, and loaded (or so I thought) a couple different POI files via POI loader. When its finished, it say "congats, you installed x-amount poi's. However, I cannot find them in the nuvi itslef, not do I get alerts. Not sure if either of these are suppose to happen. I figured that POI's would show up on the map, or be in the nuvi in the POI folder and they don't/arent. So I guess my question is, what did I screw up. Also, when I download a poi folder, and then try to load it, I cannot select the .csv folder itself. I have to choose the main folder that all the different .csv files are in. Not sure if that makes a difference.
Thanks in advance for any help!
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Extras>custom pois
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They should be in one of two
They should be in one of two places, either Extras or Favorites,
Jerry...Jacksonville,Fl Nüvi1450,Nuvi650,Nuvi 2495 and Mapsource.
Great, starting to feel like
Great, starting to feel like less of an idot......
How do I get them to alert when im near one.
Am I confusing a POI and a Proximity alerts.
for instance, when Im traveling I would like to know when Im near a rest stop or fuel stop ect.
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Great, starting to feel like less of an idot......
How do I get them to alert when im near one.
Am I confusing a POI and a Proximity alerts.
for instance, when Im traveling I would like to know when Im near a rest stop or fuel stop ect.
It is terrible to speak well and be wrong. -Sophocles snɥɔnıɥdoɐ aka ʎɹɐƃ
All OK
You sound like you did everything correctly. However, alerts do not typically alert by default. To set alerts, you must run POI Loader in manual mode and it will allow you to set alerts for each POI file -- one at a time. And, yes, you must point to the master folder; see the following explanation of categories provided by Motorcycle Mama:
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 Zumo.
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
Nuvi 660 -- and not upgrading it or maps until Garmin fixes long-standing bugs/problems, and get maps to where they are much more current, AND corrected on a more timely basis when advised of mistakes.
Ok, was a bit lost. I think
Ok, was a bit lost. I think it is because im running the MAC version of poi loader and can do things manually....ill try on my PC and go from there!
No
Ok, was a bit lost. I think it is because im running the MAC version of poi loader and can do things manually....ill try on my PC and go from there!
Assuming you meant that you cannot operate in manual mode on the Mac, you are running the wrong version of POI Loader. The beta version at Version Tracker works correctly.
Nuvi 660 -- and not upgrading it or maps until Garmin fixes long-standing bugs/problems, and get maps to where they are much more current, AND corrected on a more timely basis when advised of mistakes.
Will POI loader upload the
Will POI loader upload the sounds and .BMP's as well, or do I manually put those in? And if so, what folder?
Quote: Assuming you meant
Assuming you meant that you cannot operate in manual mode on the Mac, you are running the wrong version of POI Loader. The beta version at Version Tracker works correctly.
Thank You much better!
Automatic
Will POI loader upload the sounds and .BMP's as well, or do I manually put those in? And if so, what folder?
If you put the mp3/wav and the bmp in the same folder on the computer with the csv/gpx and you name them the same as the csv/gpx (except for the extension), POI Loader will do everything to include both within the POI.gpi it creates.
Nuvi 660 -- and not upgrading it or maps until Garmin fixes long-standing bugs/problems, and get maps to where they are much more current, AND corrected on a more timely basis when advised of mistakes.
Thanks! I think I got it.
Thanks!
I think I got it. Going to go take a drive here in a bit and check it out!
simulate??
Given the price of gas you might want to let your GPS drive it for you on a route past some of your new POI's
John Nuvi 750 765T Winnipeg, MB