Making POI's
Mon, 08/18/2008 - 5:53pm
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  17 years
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When making Poi's should you use Note Pad or Excel?
Because I'm getting nothing but trouble.
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17 years
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When making Poi's should you use Note Pad or Excel?
Because I'm getting nothing but trouble.
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When making Poi's should you use Note Pad or Excel?
Because I'm getting nothing but trouble.
Excel save it to a csv. file. you should be good to go
Everyday is a GREAT day :)
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Either will work fine.
Check out this FAQ page for the proper format.
http://www.poi-factory.com/garmin-csv-file-format
Making POI's
I saved it as a .csv in excel but when I use the POI Loader I keep on getting this same message. No Valid Data Found.
Making POI files
If you look up at the top of any page on this site, you will see 3 large Tabs. Under that line you will see 5 topics, open the FAQ one. Look down the list till you find: "FAQ: Creating POI Files". This should help you.
Paul..... Nuvi 765T
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I saved it as a .csv in excel but when I use the POI Loader I keep on getting this same message. No Valid Data Found.
Could you have lat and long reversed?
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.
poi's
Nope, i dont know what i did but i did have it working before.
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Did you check the FAQ page to ensure that you have the right format?
POI
I got it working, But when I list pois each one shows up, how do you put it in one folder to show up on the gps.
Excel causes problems
When making Poi's should you use Note Pad or Excel?
Because I'm getting nothing but trouble.
When you use Excel, it will sometimes format the file in a way you don't want (and don't know). There are many posting concerning this, one perfect example at:
http://www.poi-factory.com/node/1844
I recommend viewing the POI in a text editor (Notepad) before posting or loading; or better yet, 'POI Verifier' will show many of the formatting problems.
RT
"Internet: As Yogi Berra would say, "Don't believe 90% of what you read, and verify the other half."
Making POI's
I may not be explaining myself right. when i install my pois if i would put in 25 POIs then in the custom POIs there would be 25 POIs showing instead of a heading lets say call the heading CITY. now if I click on CITY on the gps then it would open and I would see all that is in there. That is how all my other POIs are that I downloaded.
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I may not be explaining myself right. when i install my pois if i would put in 25 POIs then in the custom POIs there would be 25 POIs showing instead of a heading lets say call the heading CITY. now if I click on CITY on the gps then it would open and I would see all that is in there. That is how all my other POIs are that I downloaded.
Have you read the 5th post on http://www.poi-factory.com/node/8674 ?
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.
But how do you create the
But how do you create the categories.
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But how do you create the categories.
The subfolders become categories. Look at the examples MM provides.
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.
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Yeah, they need to be in separate files and the files need to be in separate folders.
Making POI'S
I use Notepad and save the file as a txt file. I then save as a csv file in My POI Folder. When adding additional poi's I simply goto the text file and modify as needed. I guess you could call this my back up file. Works for me.
Aubin555,Nuvi 660