Using POIs

Thanks for posting this. I doubt I would have come across the info on Android Forums, and I'm a guide there.

Works like a charm!

i get to where i upload the kml file and a new page comes up and says something about a malformed URL

Google
Error

Bad Request
Your client has issued a malformed or illegal request

but on the map page it says file is stil uploading and just never finishes.

i wonder what i am doing wrong ?

Tried it with firefox and all works fine , so it must be a issue with my Internet Explorer

Now after getting the poi uploaded to a google map , my poi's are on several pages of a map, only so many are displayed and you have to click to another page on the map to see more , to the point that there is 50 or more pages to the map.

Is there a way to have them all displayed at once ?

Thanks for sharing. =)

Great way to transfer POIs. Also works on my HTC Touch with Windows Mobile 6.5

Thanks, now I feel more comfortable about buying the Galaxy Tab.....

This should be valuable.

Pretty much the same procedure works for importing POIs into the iPhone app for GoogleEarth. I use that all the time and it works very nicely.

Is there a way of adding the POI's on to the EVO 4G that I am getting through Boost Mobile. My buddy has one and it is unbelievable what that phone can do. It BLOWS away the IPhone. Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks for the great work -- I can't wait to do some customizing on my Jack's TTS File

The method of using POI's isn't dictated by the phone, it's dictated by the app. So if you're gonna use Google Maps on your EVO 4G, you would follow the steps outlined above.

This thread outlines some of the gps apps available for android http://www.poi-factory.com/node/31767

This will only work on android phones ?

@puchasr, the Google Maps method also works with Windows Mobile 6.5 (see my earlier 12Feb post). There is no official Windows Phone 7 version from Google (only homebrew ones).

I went to the Editor as recommended but there is no version for Mac's, UCK...

It didn't work for me either with the errors listed in the quote. Using Win 7 with IE8.

Is it working for anyone using Win 7 & IE8 ?

thx for posting this, gonna give it a try. would love to see it in action on the mobile phone.

,,, the POI's don't all show on the desktop Google map, but when I checked out my Commando, they were all there.

A bit disconcerning at 1st, but all appears good.

FWIW,
I decided not to combine POI's, but edited and then added them seperately.

Jay

I get the same error with Win 7 and IE8. Uploads successfully with Chrome or Firefox. Also fails on Vista with IE8, so it seems to be IE8 related. The upload works on Vista with IE7.

The Google Maps team is aware of the problem.
See http://goo.gl/97cUQ

So in the meantime, you could use a different browser as a workaround to this problem...