needing help on creating a POI file

Many ways to do this. I like using GeePeeEx, a program created by Phil. It allows me enter the addresses and then "see" them on the map as I am making my files.

Look here:
http://www.poi-factory.com/node/6664

Daniel

I will try this out.

If you have excel here is something I typed out.

Making csv files with Excel

1.Pull up Excel sheet.
2.Column A put in Longitude.
3.Column B put in Latitude.
4.Column C put in Name.
5.Column D put in Address and Phone No.
6.After all data in completed for each row you will need to save as a csv file.
7.Go to file at top left of Excel sheet and click on it and select save as.
8.Under File name put the name of the file. Under Save as type click on down arrow and find CSV (Comma delimited). Now click save.
9.You now have a CSV file.

A. Tips to get Longitude and Latitude. Go to http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/geocoding.html. Under number 1. Geocode a single address .Put address in box and click Go. Make sure to get an address not a city or zip code when search completes. Select 2 for multiple addresses.
B. Be sure not to put the Longitude and Latitude in the wrong column on the Excel sheet.
C. Eliminate all the periods, dashes and commas in Column D. The only comma you want is between the city and state or Province.
D. To get a nice format for column D. Put in the street address and push down on alt and hold it down then hit enter. Now put in the city, state and zip then alt and enter and then put the phone number in. It should come out like this and show well on your Garmin screen.

Waldo Market
0000 Pine Street
Nowhere Texas 00000
000-000-0000

I tried a couple of locations and they checked out great so I will work on the rest of the locations and try to have it finished this week. thanks for everyones help.

Click on Columns A & B and then FORMAT the columns for Number and 6 decimal places. Otherwise the Lat/Long data may get truncated to only 2 decimal places when you convert the sheet to CSV.