Finding a particular poi on the Nuvi

if that's what you want - is to open the file in Excel - interchange columns 3 & 4 - then you'll have all the addresses right in the Name field.

Would be a busy field but if that's what you want !

Of no interest to me !

1. ""Where to?
2. "Near ..."
3. "A Different City" & "OK".
4. Spell & select the city you want
5. "My Locations"
6. "Custom POIs"
7. Select the POI you want
8. It will show the POIs near the area you entered.

RT

I have just changed the way that the Cracker Barrel file page works. I have removed it from the old system and have it back to the old system. I am hoping this will make it easier to use.

Miss POI

The "Different City" feature would probably be the best option in this particular example. However, his point should be well taken. If you're in an area with multiple locations of a store (Wal-mart for example) having the city (or road or area name) added in the name field makes it much more convenient. For example, if there are 4 Wal-marts relatively equidistant to me, it would certainly be nice to know, at a glance, which one was which. Would it be a big undertaking for existing files? Maybe – depending on what’s in the desc field and how it’s formatted. Would it be the best option for new files? Absolutely.

BTW- I know the Wal-mart file now has the city names included. Just an example since there are so many locations.

Hmmmm......this may exist on other Nuvi's but not my 260. When I select Where to?, 'Near' is not an option.

Before I answered I looked up to see what GPS he had, a nuvi350 ... same as mine.

RT

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Double check on touching where to then look at the bottom of the gps screen for near.

I'm sorry but I think when we build files and don't care about how they are used by others.... then maybe we should keep them to ourselves? I have some files like this that I do not share.

I was not complaining, just asking a question which I thought was a reasonable question.

When we build a gps file, why not make it so it is useful to others?
It's a lot easier to get it right the first time than re-do it.

That's all I was asking about.

Thanks

The problem I see in "make it so it is useful to others" is everyone has a different idea of 'useful'. Some previous posts requested phone numbers in the Name field as their GPS only accepted 3 fields and need dialing. Some already know what city the POI is in, therefore, want the address displayed. Some want standard linebreaks, some want nuvi linebreaks, and some don't want any linebreaks. It's difficult, if not impossible, to build a POI that's perfect for everyone. That's why I posted how to use the GPS to get what you wanted.

Sometimes we need to re-build the POI to meet our requirements; thus the reason for many of the options in 'POI Verifier II'. The latest option 'sucks' the phone number out of field 4 and attaches it to field 3 so it can be converted to OV2 to be dialed by TomTom users. This may not meet your expectations of 'useful', but it will to others! As the old saying goes, "You can please some of the people ........"!

RT

Good list. For Nuvi 760 change step five from "My Locations" to "Extras". Can't speak to other models. Thanks!

Gotcha! I didn't check his profile for the model number!

Retired Technician,
Thanks for your input. I did not know the Nuvi could do this. One day I am going to learn this machine...