POI Combined Rest Area Display Alert Change

 

The last few Combined Rest Area files I loaded on my Nuvi 350 cause a different alert display in the title bar instead of "Rest Area Ahead". The display alert has changed with recent POI files. The display now flashes a red warning "10 mph Speed Alert Ahead" and then "Speed Alert: 10 mph". I didn't make any changes to the way I load the POI's. Is this what I should expect to see on the display?

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Garmin Nuvi 350, v6.2, City Navigator North America NT 2012, City Navigator Europe NT v9

I would check

I would check to see if the file name has the numeral 10 in it for starters, then I would double check my loading procedure. If POI Loader sees numbers it will interpret them as a speed setting so go through all your files and folders you load looking for numbers.

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Agree with box car

The file has been loaded as a speed alert. The filename should never have a number in it. It is also possible to run POI Loader in manual and make it a speed alert. It should be loaded as a proximity alert. Check "alert when you get close to a point."

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Oops, I do have numbers!

Yes I do have numbers in some of the folder and file names. I tag a date onto the names so I know what version I have loaded and save the loaded files on my computer with the dates. I hadn't done this in a while and I forgot to remove the dates on the folders/files before I loaded them,

Thanks for reminding me.

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Garmin Nuvi 350, v6.2, City Navigator North America NT 2012, City Navigator Europe NT v9

Renaming

viajero wrote:

Oops, I do have numbers!

Yes I do have numbers in some of the folder and file names. I tag a date onto the names so I know what version I have loaded and save the loaded files on my computer with the dates. I hadn't done this in a while and I forgot to remove the dates on the folders/files before I loaded them,

Thanks for reminding me.

@viajero, the recent versions of POILoader allow you to give .gpi files any name you want. (I used to go into the Nuvi and add date tags there) You could add the date tag during loading. Numbers in the .gpi file cause no problems like numbers in the input files to POILoader do.

The "last modified" dates for the .csv or .gpx files tell you when you last downloaded or altered them.

Different POI's with different versions

jgermann, Thanks for the tip, but I believe that only one .gpi file representing all the .csv POI files can be loaded at a time. Since I have several different POI's that are distinct .csv versions only one date for the .gpi file would be tagged on the file name. So I keep the "version" dates, not the "loaded" dates associated with each. This way I can check to see if any need updating by checking the files saved on my computer.

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Garmin Nuvi 350, v6.2, City Navigator North America NT 2012, City Navigator Europe NT v9

Depends

viajero wrote:

jgermann, Thanks for the tip, but I believe that only one .gpi file representing all the .csv POI files can be loaded at a time. Since I have several different POI's that are distinct .csv versions only one date for the .gpi file would be tagged on the file name. So I keep the "version" dates, not the "loaded" dates associated with each. This way I can check to see if any need updating by checking the files saved on my computer.

@viajero,you can load as many .gpi files as you want. The GPS does not care how many there are. As I am forever testing something (before answering a question her, for example), I have lots of .gpi files. Indeed, once I have finished a test, I will often go into the Nuvi and rename the .gpi file by simply changing ".gpi" to ".gpy" - making it easy to rename it back if I want to do further testing.

Now, if you want to employ "categories" to more quickly navigate to a "Custom POI" file, there is advantage to doing ONE massive POILOader run. However, suppose you want to add a new POI file without running POISync to find out which POI files have been updated since your last use of POISync, then you would just point POILoader to the folder that contained that POI file only.

If you have not tried POISync, I believe a current link is at
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5JM96UC9

I was not sure what you meant about "versions" of .csv files.

More then one gpi

viajero wrote:

jgermann, Thanks for the tip, but I believe that only one .gpi file representing all the .csv POI files can be loaded at a time. Since I have several different POI's that are distinct .csv versions only one date for the .gpi file would be tagged on the file name. So I keep the "version" dates, not the "loaded" dates associated with each. This way I can check to see if any need updating by checking the files saved on my computer.

You may want to look at the re-naming process.See http://www.poi-factory.com/node/16639

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Charlie. Nuvi 265 WT and Nuvi 2597 LMT. MapFactor Navigator - Offline Maps & GPS.

.gpi file renaming

I had forgotten about .gpi file renaming so more than one file can be loaded at a time.

Thanks

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Garmin Nuvi 350, v6.2, City Navigator North America NT 2012, City Navigator Europe NT v9