Duplicate POI File Showing?
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On my Nuvi 660 I'm confused as to why I am showing a duplicate POI.
On the Nuvi 660,in the Garmin\POI folder I have a POI Factory Redlight.GPI file. When I check the extras it appears there and functions properly.
I also have a 8GB SD card in the unit.
That has several POI's on it in the Garmin\POI folder.
Those POI's both display and work properly.
On that same SD card I have a separate folder that has the same POI Factory Redlight.GPI file. It is in a folder named POI Factory Red Light Cameras AND IS NOT IN THE GARMIN\POI folder.
With the SD card inserted and I go into extras I see a duplicate entry for the POI Factory RedLight POI.
If I remove the card there is only 1 entry.
I don't know why the Nuvi is reading it twice since I always believed for it to be recognized it had to be in the Garmin\POI folder.
I realize by removing it from the SD card the issue is solved, however I am curious to why this occurs.
Any thoughts on this?
Because
The unit sees multiple GPI files. Is it in the \GARMIN folder?
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Duplicates
Remove the Redlight.GPI from the Garmin.
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Not In Garmin Folder
The unit sees multiple GPI files. Is it in the \GARMIN folder?
No it's not in the Garmin Folder.
Did some experimenting, the file was in a folder named "POI Facrory Redlight Cameras", file was named "POI Facory Redlights.GPI".
By taking it out of the folder and moving it just to the SD Cards root directory I NO LONGER had the duplication. I have no idea why putting it in a named folder would cause this. As mentioned it is NOT in the Garmin Folder.
@juggernaut
Thanks for your suggestion but I prefer to have the redlight cameras on the Nuv so I am always alerted for the redlight cameras.
Sometimes I remove the SD card when I don't need the POI files that are on the SD card.
Nuvi 2460LMT 2 Units
Backup on SD
When I bought my nuvi 200 ,in 2008 i think it was, I made a backup of my Nuvi200 and put it on the SD card.
The folders was like this on my SD: Garmin nuvi>Garmin (the bacup). My nuvi found theese pois who was in the backup. Garmin nuvi>Garmin>Poi>xxx.gpi.
Havent tried it later but was kind of suprised back then.