1. Install the Magellan POI File Editor that came with your Maestro on a CD
2. Connect your Maestro to your PC using a USB/Mini USB cord. (Depending on the model number the cord was or wasn’t provided.)
3. Your Maestro should be recognized as an external hard drive labeled TFAT (if you open My Computer or Windows Explorer/My Computer)
4. Start Magellan POI File Editor program on your PC
5. Go File/Open and find your downloaded .csv file that contains the POI’s you’d like to load
6. In window Open make sure under Files of type you select either All Files or Ascii Files (*.ASC; *.CSV; *.TXT); otherwise your .csv file will not be recognized because by default is Magellan files (*.MGLN)
7. In Import wizard (next window) select Start importing from line: 1 (in case your file has labels in the top raw select 2; majority of the .csv files from this site don’t have labels) and as Separator select Comma; Click Next
8. In the drop-down menu (on the top of each column highlighted space with an arrow down) for the first column select Longitude; second Latitude; third Name; fourth (if you have fourth) Description; Click Finish
9. On the left side of your Magellan POI File Editor window you should have a purple dot labeled Default category; Click twice fast on it with your left mouse button or once with right mouse button and select Modify
10. In your next window (Edit Category) under Name and Description you can fill in your name for that POI category. Under Image you can select one of the preloaded images (this will be your POI icon on the screen; Magellan doesn’t allow loading of custom made icons); Check box for Display this category on the Magellan Maestro map screen if you want them displayed; Under Alert select Distances in: either Meters or Feet; Enter information you want for your Distance 1 and Distance 2; Select your Tone 1 and Tone 2 (Magellan has 3 preloaded tones: Beep, Chime and Bell; Magellan doesn’t allow loading of custom made tones); Enter information for Detection angle (by default is 90 degrees, but to avoid false alerts or at least to reduce them I personally have this value set to 30 and haven’t yet missed a camera ahead of me); Check box next to Activate alert for this category (it’s a must for the camera files; for all other custom made POI files is by your preference)
11. If you press Save (File/Save or pressing on the icon Save) the POI file will be saved as .MGLN file under the same name as your original .csv file in the same folder on your PC. It hasn’t been transferred to your Maestro yet! To accomplish that, you need to go File/Transfer or pressing on the icon Transfer (big green arrow). This assumes your Maestro is connected to your PC.
12. Close Magellan POI File Editor window
13. Check that the new made file is in your Maestro before disconnecting it from your PC
14. Go My Computer/TFAT/USR/CPOI; Your file should be there; If it isn’t, you can manually drag and drop the file into this folder (my preferred method)
15. Before you physically disconnect your Maestro make sure you disconnect it using Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media button
Deficiencies and limitations of the Maestro Line and Magellan POI File Editor:
1. Each POI File can’t have more than 10 categories and 10,000 POI’s
2. You can load as many as you want POI files to your Maestro (this as many as you want depends on the available space on your Maestro hard drive) but you can’t use more than one at once.
Tip for merging of .MGLN POI files: You can copy complete categories from one .MGLN file and paste them into another file. Right mouse click on the selected category; select Copy; open the file you want to copy to; right mouse click on the space where categories are listed and select Paste.
To activate your new made POI file on your Maestro go Menu/POI Files/Enhanced POI Files/Select Your POI File and that’s it. Enjoy it.
*Magellan Maestro 4350 & 4370 don't follow these steps. See their own topics for that purpose.
1. Install the Magellan POI File Editor that came with your Maestro on a CD
2. Connect your Maestro to your PC using a USB/Mini USB cord. (Depending on the model number the cord was or wasn’t provided.)
3. Your Maestro should be recognized as an external hard drive labeled TFAT (if you open My Computer or Windows Explorer/My Computer)
4. Start Magellan POI File Editor program on your PC
5. Go File/Open and find your downloaded .csv file that contains the POI’s you’d like to load
6. In window Open make sure under Files of type you select either All Files or Ascii Files (*.ASC; *.CSV; *.TXT); otherwise your .csv file will not be recognized because by default is Magellan files (*.MGLN)
7. In Import wizard (next window) select Start importing from line: 1 (in case your file has labels in the top raw select 2; majority of the .csv files from this site don’t have labels) and as Separator select Comma; Click Next
8. In the drop-down menu (on the top of each column highlighted space with an arrow down) for the first column select Longitude; second Latitude; third Name; fourth (if you have fourth) Description; Click Finish
9. On the left side of your Magellan POI File Editor window you should have a purple dot labeled Default category; Click twice fast on it with your left mouse button or once with right mouse button and select Modify
10. In your next window (Edit Category) under Name and Description you can fill in your name for that POI category. Under Image you can select one of the preloaded images (this will be your POI icon on the screen; Magellan doesn’t allow loading of custom made icons); Check box for Display this category on the Magellan Maestro map screen if you want them displayed; Under Alert select Distances in: either Meters or Feet; Enter information you want for your Distance 1 and Distance 2; Select your Tone 1 and Tone 2 (Magellan has 3 preloaded tones: Beep, Chime and Bell; Magellan doesn’t allow loading of custom made tones); Enter information for Detection angle (by default is 90 degrees, but to avoid false alerts or at least to reduce them I personally have this value set to 30 and haven’t yet missed a camera ahead of me); Check box next to Activate alert for this category (it’s a must for the camera files; for all other custom made POI files is by your preference)
11. If you press Save (File/Save or pressing on the icon Save) the POI file will be saved as .MGLN file under the same name as your original .csv file in the same folder on your PC. It hasn’t been transferred to your Maestro yet! To accomplish that, you need to go File/Transfer or pressing on the icon Transfer (big green arrow). This assumes your Maestro is connected to your PC.
12. Close Magellan POI File Editor window
13. Check that the new made file is in your Maestro before disconnecting it from your PC
14. Go My Computer/TFAT/USR/CPOI; Your file should be there; If it isn’t, you can manually drag and drop the file into this folder (my preferred method)
15. Before you physically disconnect your Maestro make sure you disconnect it using Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media button
Deficiencies and limitations of the Maestro Line and Magellan POI File Editor:
1. Each POI File can’t have more than 10 categories and 10,000 POI’s
2. You can load as many as you want POI files to your Maestro (this as many as you want depends on the available space on your Maestro hard drive) but you can’t use more than one at once.
Tip for merging of .MGLN POI files: You can copy complete categories from one .MGLN file and paste them into another file. Right mouse click on the selected category; select Copy; open the file you want to copy to; right mouse click on the space where categories are listed and select Paste.
To activate your new made POI file on your Maestro go Menu/POI Files/Enhanced POI Files/Select Your POI File and that’s it. Enjoy it.
*Magellan Maestro 4350 & 4370 don't follow these steps. See their own topics for that purpose.