Custom POI Alerts

If not it wouldn't sound off...Unless it's a gpx...

Yes, it was on my route.... I pass right by the E85 station.

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When you were at the light, you were already on the street on which the POI is located? I'm wondering whether there is a turn after that street light so that the GPSr only knew it was on your route when you added it as a waypoint.

Edit: Another thought. If the POI is more than 50 ft from the street, it would behave as you describe.

The service station is on a frontage road... The road I was on, runs parallel to the frontage road.. And I thought for sure the audible alert would have sounded.. Like I said, I was at the Red light, hit extras, poi's, then added it as a via point and the alert sounded... I would hate to think that I would have to do that everytime... I have the alert set for 5,280 feet...

If you were on a parallel road, you were not on the road where the POI is located. Except for TourGuide alerts, they are NOT radial -- they only alert if you are on the same street as the POI and traveling in the direction of the POI. As soon as you picked the waypoint, it would have set a route to take you to the street.

Thank you for the answer!!! I appreciate it... So in the above example.. If I am going to the grocery store on adams street, and the service station is on adams street, the alert would have sounded at 5,000 some odd feet?

EDIT: What if I'm driving down the interstate and an E85 is off an exit won't my alert sound? In theory it shouldn't based on my origianl post.... But going back to my original post and the service station being on a frontage raod... You would think that the alert would have sounded...??

see here:
http://www.poi-factory.com/node/7043

In order for this to work radially, whay will I have to do???

You would need to edit the coordinates so that the locations are on the road (or within 50 feet of the road) on which you are traveling.

There are 1,150 E85 stations on my custom E85 pois... There will be some along the road and some that are not... How do I go about editing 1,150 stations some of which may or may not be along the road?

Only the TourGuide alerts are circular/radial. See Phil's explanation. Your hypothetical on the service station off the interstate has been discussed before. The best bet is to forget about E-85, help out global warming, and reduce the cost of food -- but that is a different topic.

When regular gas is a dollar more than E85 no thank you. What would I have to do in order to get them to work radially? Delete the entire file and reload using TourGuide?

Phil is quite explicit in his recommendations. Did you read?

Yes, add TourGuide and an mp3 is evidently a requirement.

E_TourGuide_EightFive-AllStates_V.csv?

This is the original file.. E_EightFive-AllStates_V.csv

Looks good to me; don't forget the mp3 of the same name. BTW, are you aware that most people and tests are reporting that E-85 gives 26-33 percent lower mileage?

I do realize that... But the break even point is about .50 per gallon.. Right now the differential is $1.00 per gallon... So in other words, when I fill up with E85, I save $26.00 per tank.

Maybe you are using some form of new math. I figure at $4.00/gal for gas, E-85 (at a 26% disadvantage) has to be $1.04 cheaper to break even. If gas is higher than that, or the disadvantage is a higher percentage, that $1.04 goes up. I'm guessing that $.50 rule-of-thumb was developed when gas was at about $1.92/gal.

Isn't that close enough?

I just realized you asked about a csv file. I believe a true TourGuide should be a gpx. If I remember correctly, there is a difference of opinion on this.

can try it

There are 1,150 E85 stations.. When I download the file, it goes to Microsoft Excel... When I hook up the Garming to the comp, it only loads 638 fro some reason...??

For a lack of a better word.. I think I'm jamming excel??

I deleted everything and reinstalled everything. I guess it will only alert if I'm on exactly the same road... Oh well, at least I tryed. And thanks to all..

I was playing with my NUVI 760 in gps simulator mode and the alerts for E85 gas stations that were not along the road alerted me? Whereas today, when actually driving by the station nothing happened?

Did you set your starting point on the interstate several miles before the POI and the destination on the interstate at some point beyond the POI? Or did you route yourself to the POI -- you obviously can't do that.

I set the E_EightFive-AllStates_V.csv ( was not getting alerted due to the station not being on the same road)..

TO

E_TourGuide_EightFive-AllStates_V.csv (in order to get the alert if the station is on a frontage road)

I'm running the gps in simulator mode and tryed it and still no alerts..

Now what?

You said nothing about whether you added the mp3 or converted it to a gpx.

The original file that I downloaded was

E_EightFive-AllStates_V.csv ( as we know the alerts wont work if the station is not directly on the road )

I thought you wanted me to do this in order for them to work and alert me even thou the station ws on a frontage road.....

E_TourGuide_EightFive-AllStates_V.csv
E_TourGuide_EightFive-AllStates_V.mps

Now are you saying I have to change it to get it to alert no matter if the station is on a frontage road?

E_TourGuide_EightFive-AllStates_V.gpx
E_TourGuide_EightFive-AllStates_V.mp3

Do I simply rename E_TourGuide_EightFive-AllStates_V.csv TO E_TourGuide_EightFive-AllStates_V.gpx

OR

Do I need a special program?

Thanks

As I noted in my post with the subject of "Correction", a TourGlide is supposed to be a gpx file, although I believe others have claimed success with a cvs. Best bet would be to try as a gpx. You can download a trial version of GeePeeEx Editor, open your cvs file and save as a gpx:
http://geepeeex.googlepages.com/

Too just to get sounds..... Forget it...... But thanks anyways.