I Need Help

 

I am new here and am trying to load poi's to my garmin nuvi. I have no idea how to do it. I am using Garmin's POI loader, but when I search for the files downloaded to my computer I can't find them and when I search the computer and find them and then try to go to the same place to upload them they aren't there. I have no idea what I am doing and read the instructions on here and it's like gibberish to me. HELP

Wrong Folder?

Lake,

It really sounds like you're looking in the wrong folder when you load up Poiloader. As long as the POI files you've downloaded have the .csv extension the program will find it and upload it. So, first thing, be sure when in Poiloader you're really looking at the same folder you downloaded the files to (it helps if you create a folder specifically for poi files).

Secondly be sure if any files you've downloaded have a .zip extension (as the red light and speed camera files do) that you unzip them to the folder you've stashed your other Poi files in.

If all else fails use the 'help' utility within Poiloader. There's a lot of information in there.

Cheers wink

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Garmin GPS III, GPS V, StreetPilot 2610, Mobile 10, Nuvi 660, Nuvi 760

Point POI Loader to the Folder, not the file

POI Loader is looking for a folder. If you go to the folder and then open it in POI Loader, it will not show the individual files. What you want to do is to load all of your POIs into a single folder on your PC, and then point to that folder with POI Loader and it will load all of the POIs within the folder.
If you want a more hierarchical structure on your GPSr, you can have several folders within a single folder, named, for example as Stores, Hotels, Restaurants, etc. Note, you can only go one file down as POI loader only can see whats in the current folder and the next folder down in structure.

stru

Lakeicia wrote:

I am new here and am trying to load poi's to my garmin nuvi. I have no idea how to do it. I am using Garmin's POI loader, but when I search for the files downloaded to my computer I can't find them and when I search the computer and find them and then try to go to the same place to upload them they aren't there. I have no idea what I am doing and read the instructions on here and it's like gibberish to me. HELP

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Garmin StreetPilot c530, Mapsource

Thanks, putting everything

grin Thanks, putting everything in a new very visible folder worked.

great

Lakeicia wrote:

grin Thanks, putting everything in a new very visible folder worked.

Love it when a plan comes together.

wink

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Nuvi 760 & 660, Streetpilot, GPS III, GPS 10X

hope this helps

when i load my poi files they go to extras on my gps

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nuvi 2757LM-65LM-65LM

correct

that is where they are supposed to be. they don't merge with the preset pois. you search for them using that Extras icon on the screen.