Can you extract POI's FROM a GPS to your computer?
Fri, 07/03/2009 - 2:56pm
 16 years
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I noticed I can extract 'favourites' I have marked in the GPS over to my computer using Mapsource. It did not transfer over the POI files loaded with POI loader - so I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to do that.
An example might be if I had a GPS with custom POI's and I had lost the original source file.
GPS Babel
A program like GPS Babel will convert your POI.GPI file to GPX or many other formats.
Nuvi 350, 760, 1695LM, 3790LMT, 2460LMT, 3597LMTHD, DriveLuxe 50LMTHD, DriveSmart 61, Garmin Drive 52, Garmin Backup Camera 40 and TomTom XXL540s.
See POIs
Use "g7towin" utility. All you need do is to download the CURRENT.GPX file from your Garmin. It is basically free if you care not to contribute to the author.
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Use "g7towin" utility. All you need do is to download the CURRENT.GPX file from your Garmin.
Current.gpx is a copy of Favorites, not POIs.
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.
Delete
Never mind.
Tampa, FL - Garmin nüvi 660 (Software Ver 4.90), 2021.20 CN NA NT maps | Magellan Meridian Gold
See Custom POIs
Use "g7towin" utility. All you need do is to download the CURRENT.GPX file from your Garmin.
Current.gpx is a copy of Favorites, not POIs.
Right, I was thinking of FAVORITES. "g7gotowin" will show your favorites very nicely and with a quick access to Google maps.
Using GPS Babel for converting poi.gpx to gpx
A program like GPS Babel will convert your POI.GPI file to GPX or many other formats.
Hi - thanks for the tip. I tried the GPS Babel program and it did create a .gpx file from the .gpi file - only thing is it did not include the proximity settings for each POI - and those are important to me.
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You won't be able to get that information extracted from the file.
Presumably, if you loaded the Custom POIs onto your GPS unit, you already would have the source files.
Am I missing something?
Perhaps more details would help.
Original Files Lost
You won't be able to get that information extracted from the file.
Presumably, if you loaded the Custom POIs onto your GPS unit, you already would have the source files.
Am I missing something?
Perhaps more details would help.
That's why I deleted my reply. In his original post, the OP said,"An example might be if I had a GPS with custom POI's and I had lost the original source file."
Tampa, FL - Garmin nüvi 660 (Software Ver 4.90), 2021.20 CN NA NT maps | Magellan Meridian Gold
It turns out you CAN do that
It turns out you CAN get the proximity setting as well by converting to Garmin Database Format (GDB) and selecting the 'proximity setting' for the output file.
Thanks folks!!