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Wed, 10/08/2008 - 7:37pm
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In my POI that I'm creating with notepad, there are entries like the one below. A handful of entries have the street address line in larger font after "Reading" (the heading line). That is, the street address is repeated twice, first where it doesn't belong and second where it belongs before the city/state. Why? I've tried deleting the 'g","1"' (end of Reading and beginning of 1502) thinking there must be a hidden character or something but that doesn't fix it. I suspect you'll see nothing wrong with the below format which implies a hidden character or something. Hope you can solve my headache.
Tim
-75.949248,40.357974,"Chinese-Reading","1502 Snyder St
Reading, PA 19601
610-374-7277"
Firmware bug...
A handful of entries have the street address line in larger font after "Reading" (the heading line). That is, the street address is repeated twice, first where it doesn't belong and second where it belongs before the city/state. Why?
It's a bug related to the length of the name of the POI... Change the length, eg by altering "Chinese-Reading" to "Chinese-Reading." and you'll find it disappears!
(BTW - the 4th column in a csv file, is the comment field in the resulting .gpi - the Street Address is a different field, which is not accessible using .csv input.)
------------------------ Phil Hornby, Stockport, England ---------------------- http://GeePeeEx.com - Garmin POI Creation made easy »
4th Column
Phil,
So just make the name longer or shorter? (You suggested adding a period.)
In a csv file, the 4th column is the address/phone number which displays correctly. Not understanding your point. Please clarify. Thank-you.
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So just make the name longer or shorter? (You suggested adding a period.)
Yes. Adding a 'period', or removing an existing one is the method I use.
In a csv file, the 4th column is the address/phone number which displays correctly. Not understanding your point. Please clarify. Thank-you.
There are many fields in .gpi file. Most of them are inaccessible using .csv input (gpx input allows access to many more).
The 4th column is definitely the 'comment' field. This is arbitary text and can represent address / telephone data. However, there are specific (pre-formatted) fields for address information.
The bug is the repetition of data from the comment field, not the address field.
I'm being pedantic, or technically accurate - depending on your point of view
------------------------ Phil Hornby, Stockport, England ---------------------- http://GeePeeEx.com - Garmin POI Creation made easy »
Field 3
Phil,
So just make the name longer or shorter? (You suggested adding a period.)
In a csv file, the 4th column is the address/phone number which displays correctly. Not understanding your point. Please clarify. Thank-you.
POI Verifier II has an option to convert field 3 (Name Field) in every line of the csv file to an even character count.
RT
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POI Verifier II
Great feature. Just purchased it. Thank-you
POI Verifier II has an option to convert field 3 (Name Field) in every line of the csv file to an even character count.
RT