POI Proximity Alert

 

Hi All,

I have a few POI's loaded with various proximity alerts. The alerts come up only when one is on the same street, or the selected route passes the POI.

Is there an option to have the alert show up based on RADIUS?

Thanks,
KGG

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K G G wrote:Hi All,I have

K G G wrote:

Hi All,

I have a few POI's loaded with various proximity alerts. The alerts come up only when one is on the same street, or the selected route passes the POI.

Is there an option to have the alert show up based on RADIUS?

Thanks,
KGG

If you add TourGuide to the file name it will set as a radius alert.Make sure to use manual mode for poiloader to set the distance.See http://www.poi-factory.com/node/13958 .

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Yep.

Use the term TourGuide in the file name. For instance, TourGuide Cracker Barrel.csv; TourGuide Cracker Barrel.mp3, etc. Then use the POI loader to load these on your GPS. Use the manual function and set the distance that you want your alert to pop up. (I have mine set to 5280 for Cracker Barrel.) You can use this method for any of your POI's but don't over do it. It will get pretty boring if you use this for McDonald's since they are almost on every street corner.

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Thank you

Thanks Everyone.
I will give that a try over the weekend.

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K G G You may want to build

K G G

You may want to build your alert distance in using Extra Poi Editor.

You can download Extra Poi Editor at http://turboccc.wikispaces.com/Extra_POI_Editor and build the distance in for the alert. When you download the program if you get message about OCX file missing scroll down on the main page and under troubleshooting you will find the Extra Poi Editor Installer that you will need to download. Once installation is completed you will need to set up the preferences you want first. Under options click on preferences. For example using ft for input. Under units you will see editor, select Imperial/US. For Field Read select metric and Field save select Metric. After setting your preferences click on file and click open to select from your computer the file you want to build the distance alerts for. Then go to edit and click on replace field. Once the next screen comes up use the down arrow for Field name and pick proximity. Under new field value put in the distance in feet you want for the alert. Then click replace all. You now have distance set for each custom poi. Then save as a gpx file. You will lose the built in alert if you save as a csv file. The nice thing about this method is that you can use express mode for poiloader.

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Yeap, everything maddog67

maddog67 wrote:

Use the term TourGuide in the file name. For instance, TourGuide Cracker Barrel.csv; TourGuide Cracker Barrel.mp3, etc. Then use the POI loader to load these on your GPS. Use the manual function and set the distance that you want your alert to pop up. (I have mine set to 5280 for Cracker Barrel.) You can use this method for any of your POI's but don't over do it. It will get pretty boring if you use this for McDonald's since they are almost on every street corner.

Except
Add TourGuide to end of file name, it will allow you to see the poi file description and cut off TourGuide if to long.

Like this
Cracker Barrel TourGuide.csv
Cracker Barrel TourGuide.mp3
Cracker Barrel TourGuide.bmp

Proximity distance wider than 20,000 feet (nearly two miles) is a problem for me living in large city area.

That is something that I did not know.

phillyguy19020 wrote:
maddog67 wrote:

Use the term TourGuide in the file name. For instance, TourGuide Cracker Barrel.csv; TourGuide Cracker Barrel.mp3, etc. Then use the POI loader to load these on your GPS. Use the manual function and set the distance that you want your alert to pop up. (I have mine set to 5280 for Cracker Barrel.) You can use this method for any of your POI's but don't over do it. It will get pretty boring if you use this for McDonald's since they are almost on every street corner.

Except
Add TourGuide to end of file name, it will allow you to see the poi file description and cut off TourGuide if to long.

Like this
Cracker Barrel TourGuide.csv
Cracker Barrel TourGuide.mp3
Cracker Barrel TourGuide.bmp

Proximity distance wider than 20,000 feet (nearly two miles) is a problem for me living in large city area.

I faintly remember reading that somewhere, maybe it was in Gary Hayman's tips, but I had totally forgotten about that. That's the thing I like about this site; you can always learn something new. Thanks phillyguy19020 for keeping me straight and teaching others about the interesting field of GPS. grin

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not quite working

well... I have been playing with renaming the filename... but not only do I not get ANY alerts anymore, the associated icon does not show any longer either (same filename as the poi csv)
my other, regular pois are fine though.
what am I missing?

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The biggest problems with

The biggest problems with the alerts and icons not working are the files not being named the same except for extensions and having double extensions. Double-check each of them. The best way to prevent double extensions is to go to your folder options in the control panel and click view then find hide extensions for known file types and remove the check mark. Click ok.

Be sure TourGuide is like it is showing here.

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Hi, I actually copy and

Hi,

I actually copy and paste the filenames, and my extensions always show (my personal default).

I even tried renaming the POI file to something shorter and w/o the TourGuide - and now the alerts and icon does not show up anymore at all.

I did a complete remove and then a complete reload of all POI's. The redlight and speed are fine (warnings come as set under manual mode), but my other POI proximity warnings no longer show.

surprised

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Make sure you are setting up

Make sure you are setting up as outlined http://www.poi-factory.com/node/25721 .Scroll to bottom under tips about double extensions.

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Do you have Alerts and

Do you have Alerts and Tourguides endabled?

My 855 shows tools>proximity points>alert enabled and tourguide autoplay.

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"You may want to build your

"You may want to build your alert distance in using Extra Poi Editor. The nice thing about this method is that you can use express mode for poiloader."
Even with Tourguide file ?
Thx

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Getting somewhere...

I have loaded all POI files with the std loader and used manual mode - not too much effort for 5 POI files.

While tourguide worked finally, the unit would freeze up relatively often, so I decided to reset it (hold down lower right when powering on).

After the reset I reloaded all custom poi's, and so far (2 days) I have not had any no lockups.

I am wondering if I ask to much of the units memory/processing capability. "Fully loaded" I run:
a) US and Europe maps, set to highest display mode (Most)
a1) a couple of supplement maps (lakes) though unchecked in map-settings
b) 8GB+ of MP3's - shuffle playback via AUX
c) US Redlight and Speed POI's
d) 2 US Tourguide POI's (NTN/Buzztime locations)

Is there a limit to the amount of data the unit can handle at once?

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Capacity-Processing limits or other issue...

Additional posting on this thread as the last one was never resolved.
After a year+ of more or less tinker-free running the GPS with the a.m. supplements I have nailed the problem down to specific LOCATIONS at which the unit freezes up EVERY time.

I have changed active maps, map detail, POI's etc from next-to-none being active to anything and everything running in fullest mode.

When driving from I610 onto I290 (NW) at the Northwest Mall in Houston, the GPS will ALWAYS freeze up and only a softreset helps.
The same occurs at one downtown spot by Rice University.

I am curious if others have experience the same with their Garmin's locking up at specific spots.

Cheers

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Coordinates?

K G G wrote:

When driving from I610 onto I290 (NW) at the Northwest Mall in Houston, the GPS will ALWAYS freeze up and only a softreset helps.
The same occurs at one downtown spot by Rice University.

I am curious if others have experience the same with their Garmin's locking up at specific spots.

It would be really interesting if you could post approximate coordinates for these spots.

Others with the same experience

K G G wrote:

I have nailed the problem down to specific LOCATIONS at which the unit freezes up EVERY time.

I am curious if others have experience the same with their Garmin's locking up at specific spots.

Check out this thread. CurtHinson's nuvi locked up at specific locations. A lot of the thread is about a firmware update or rollback, but it wasn't that. Alandb and Juggernaut found the cause, which was that the icon size in pixels for a file of POIs was too large. Whenever that icon was to pop up on the screen, the nuvi crashed.

http://www.poi-factory.com/node/28569

dobs108 smile

Thanks for the link...

Hi dobs108 ... thanks for the link... I will try the BMP file solution first to see if it makes any difference. Drive by there every Saturday and will also try to make a note of the more precise location.

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Update...

In the middle of figuring out the lockups I had actually gone through the latest US map update to version 2012.10 and now I have additional spots with lockups.
So I just went through revising all the .BMP files from 27x24 pixels (16bit) to 24x21 pixels (8bit).
Should find out shortly if that fixed it.

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POI Proximity Alert

You have to use POI loader, choose manual for each POIs files and enter the distance.

Lockups seem resolved

Just drove my typical Saturday route last weekend (with modified .bmp's) and had ZERO lockups in my usual spots or elsewhere.

I have re-enabled all my POI's, prompts etc and the unit seems to run fine.

Looks like it was all caused by the icon files.

Thanks to all for helping me getting this fixed !

Cheers
KGG

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FIXED !!!

Just an update, after a bit more time/driving.

I have had [B]zero lockups[B] since the .BMP file changes. Thanks to everyone's help here.

Just wanted to point out that I run a 16GB SD card with plenty of music thru the unit and was all the time worried that that may have been a contributing factor, since Garmin only ok's 2 or 4 GB.

The devil was in the detail - as always.

Cheers.
KGG

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K G G - Thanks for the update!

We are glad the problem is solved!

dobs108 smile

16 is Garmin Maximum

K G G wrote:

... I have had [B]zero lockups[B] since the .BMP file changes. Thanks to everyone's help here.

Just wanted to point out that I run a 16GB SD card with plenty of music thru the unit and was all the time worried that that may have been a contributing factor, since Garmin only ok's 2 or 4 GB.
...

Below is a FAQ from Garmin.

Question: What is the largest Secure Digital (SD) card that my nuvi, zumo, or Streetpilot can accept?
Answer:
As long as the unit has the latest version of software, your unit can use the following maximum card size from the table below. You can use the WebUpdater program to download the latest unit software.
Unit Series Maximum Size of SD card
nuvi 16 GB
zumo 16 GB
Streetpilot c500 2 GB
Streetpilot c300* 2 GB
Streetpilot i-series* 2 GB
Streetpilot 7200 / 7500 2 GB
Depending on the model of your unit, it may use either a full size SD card or a microSD card. If you are not sure which your unit requires, please refer to its documentation.
*Note: Streetpilot c300 and i-series units do not currently support the SDHC (High Capacity) cards.

Last modified on: 01/27/2010

Your profile does not say which unit you have, but Nuvi owners should know that 16 is the max for them.

Thats news to me. A few yrs

Thats news to me. A few yrs back only 2 GB were officially supported for my nuvi 750.
Guess i should check more often.

Thanks for bringing me up to speed.

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