found 500 lookout towers in ca with lat/ long need help

GOT THE ERROR SAID I WOULD ,PANED DOWN DOWNLOADED THE REST.INSTALLED AND GOT THIS ERROR.Shlwapi.dll Shelllight utlity libieary missing .NOTE i have started making my .csv files using notepad.i put the converter on one side of the screen and notepad on the other. i convert lat/long then type into notepad.but i get an error when i run poi loader error reeds ,there is a data format error on line 10 of file c:......... test folder/ca lookout towers.csv the data earlier in the file will be written, but no more data can be read from this file.(end) all my earlier test putting the files on the gps had no problums.the error should up after line 3 was writing and then tested,at that test it said line 5,now i have 8 lines done ,ran the poi loader error is now in line 10.everything in the gps looks ok. my lines look like this[ -122.620278,37.605833,crane ridge mt.,alpine co. elv 1234 est1986 end also where do i find you on the site i can only see 10 user at any given time

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cant find you on the site.did all what you said.during install /file mising message /shwapi.dll shell light weight libieary {end} also i started my csv lines in notepad,earlier test where good ,but now i get error code trying to run poi loader hears my line,-121.620278,37.605833,crane mt.,alpine co.elv.3456 est. 1956 {end}error reeds there is a data format error on line 10 of file c:/documents........./testfile/ca towers.csv.the data earlier in the file will be written, but no more data can be read from this file{end}i only put one line in ,looks ok in the gps

Did you save notepad file as a csv file before trying to use poiloader.See http://www.poi-factory.com/node/25752 and follow the instructions.

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YES ,REREAD ALL THE LINES THEY LOOK GOOD I REMOVED ALL BUT ONE FOR A TEST SAVED .CSV POI LOADER CAME BACK SAME ERROR THIS TIME LINE I5 THEIRS ONLY ONE IN THERE .SO I MADE NEW FILE AND NEW LINE ,RAN LOADER NOW ITS OK,HELL IF I NO

Files are on the way.If you downloaded Extra Poi Editor you will need it to open the gpx file.

why is the second file diff. cant open it is that the second part of the list. how did you convert so fast .the first 10 converted alittle diff for me

You can use Extra Poi Editor to open the gpx file or use on line gps visualizer to convert file. http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/convert_input .On browse select the gpx file and click convert.

CSV files don't handle punctuation characters very well unless the field is in quotes. That could be part of the problem. The line: -121.620278,37.605833,crane mt.,alpine co.elv.3456 est. 1956 should load if it is formatted this way in Notepad: "-121.620278","37.605833","crane mt.","alpine co.elv.3456 est. 1956"

a_user, I put that single line without quotes into a csv file and poi loader took in without a hitch.

Sometimes when poi loader reports a line number in an error report, the actual fault is a previous line that caused an invalid line to be created - perhaps a spurious new line character or something like that.

i have played around with poi editor ,i keep get script errors the file go in ok but if i try to use it ,it errors.any ideas.my work on ca towers.csv is about done and ready to put on the site.im thinking of doing 3 diff. parts of the same subject.after you put it on the site ,how do you edit if needed. thanks for all your help ,im slow but geting there,

You may want to look at the thread for Extra Poi Editor http://www.poi-factory.com/node/28107 and post problems you are having with it.

Once your file is posted on Poi Factory you will find it listed in My Account top right.Click on your file and edit will come up.Click on edit.This allows you to re-load your file to site with any changes.

Edit:You will also notice under Maintainer Tools some options for editing and searching.

Try using this site to create/edit your POI files

http://garmin.gps-data-team.com/poi_manager.php

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It turns out that numnum was trying to put in coordinates in degrees minutes seconds format similar to this:
-120.20.44,38.53.51,testd.m.s

That is what caused the error messages in Extra Poi Editor. EPE is set up to use standard Garmin decimal degree format (ddd.ddddd) .

From what I can tell the editor ramtrol referred to also does not accept DMS as an input format. I tried putting in DMS format by using various separators (period, colon, space) and it did not correctly read the coordinates.

See also the discussion here: http://www.poi-factory.com/node/28597