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Revised POI loader? 2.2.0

 
Tue, 01/25/2011 - 5:08pm

Garmin has a revised POI loader for the Mac. The version number is 2.2.0, which seems to be the same as what I've got already, but with a revision date of 1/25/2011.

Changes made from version 2.1.0 to 2.2.0:

* Fixed issue where associating bitmap with gpx file could cause crash.
* Fixed issue where links embedded in gpx files where not being processed.
* Fixed issue where 'Remove All POIs' only removed the poi.gpi file.
* Added progress bar for creation and transfer of gpi file.
* Added ability to select a single file as a source for POIs.
* Added ability to specify the name of the newly created gpi file.

Requires Intel based Mac and OSX 10.5.8 or later.

Cheers--

bob in sunny silicon valley

‹ There's a new version of LoadMyTracks for Mac POI Loader 2.1 ›
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Tue, 01/25/2011 - 5:29pm

Sounds like it's

k6rtm wrote:

Garmin has a revised POI loader for the Mac. The version number is 2.2.0, which seems to be the same as what I've got already, but with a revision date of 1/25/2011.

Changes made from version 2.1.0 to 2.2.0:

Cheers--

bob in sunny silicon valley

Sounds like it's the MAC version of 2.6.0 for the PC.

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Tue, 01/25/2011 - 6:12pm

Hopefully without the comma bugs in 2.6.0

Someone would need to test this and report.

Sat, 01/29/2011 - 11:45am

Feedback

I got brave and loaded POI v 2.2.0 even though 2.1 was working fine. After loading, my Mac then would no longer see the Garmin and SD card as a drive. I finally had to reboot the Mac with the Garmin plugged into the USB port to see the drives again. I don't know if this was an anomaly with the Mac or the new POI software.

Sat, 01/29/2011 - 3:17pm

Same comma issues as 2.6

I tried 2.2.0 last night, and it appears to have the same comma issues discussed in the 2.6.0 PC version. I kept a copy of 2.1.0 just in case, and will continue using it until I edit my problematic POI files.

Sat, 01/29/2011 - 10:58pm

POI Loader 2.2

When I used POI Loader 2.2 on an existing .csv file that worked OK on 2.1, I got an error message stating a problem at location XXXX and nothing after that would be loaded. I went back to using 2.1 and no issues.

I've owned numerous Garmin GPS devices and found their software not intuitive on the device and other software buggy. They make a great GPS but should be farming out software development IMHO.

Sun, 01/30/2011 - 7:19am

IMHO

rpeterson53 wrote:

They make a great GPS but should be farming out software development IMHO.

In my opinion, outsourcing the development IS the problem. It's being done withot effective controls on the end product.

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Sun, 01/30/2011 - 8:57am

POI Loader for the MAC

Thanks for the update.

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