Creating a POI in text edit?

You used commas to separate the coordinates rather than periods.

59.17570, 18.07271, 1 Björkhagen.
59,15857, 18,12673, 2 Skogshyddan

These should be periods rather than commas.

I suggest you work small when learning and then expand your project. Lets take the 1st 10 lines

Line 2 has commas, not periods in the lon & lat numbers.

Lines 6-10 need a comma separating the lon & lat, not the apostrophy.

Lines 6 & 7 have something messed up in the Lon coordinates. Use the following format for LON & LAT coordinate numbers - nnn.nnnnn

Use this format for each POI - Lon,Lat,POI Name. Spaces after the commas separating the fields are not necessary.

I don't know if the colon is legal in the POI Name field unless the entire field is enclosed in quotes, I could be wrong on this though.

59.17570, 18.07271, 1 Bj÷rkhagen.
59,15857, 18,12673, 2 Skogshyddan
59,13872, 18,16157, 3 Alby friluftsgσrd
59,10079, 18,14256, 4 Tyresta by
59,09856, 18,07930, 5 Handen (Rudans gσrd)
58,55.399'17,55299, 5:1 KvarnΣngens IP, NynΣshamn
58,58.844'17,52926, 5:2 Vansta, ╓smo
59,04135' 17,57477, 5:3 Hemfosa
59,09250' 18,01374, 6 Paradiset
59,13695' 17,59050, 6:1 Huddinge (Sj÷dalen)

Welcome to the site.

First - if you have not backed up your units, do so NOW - see http://www.poi-factory.com/node/30394

Next,as bear007 has indicated, why not start small and get used to the syntax. I would suggest something close to your home so you can use simulation to check out what you have done. See http://www.poi-factory.com/node/31482

Here is what POI Loader says about csv files

Creating .CSV Files

Olathe,KS 66062
913/397.8300""

Just be careful with your typing - make sure to use periods in lat and lon; separate fields with commas; putting quotes around the name is usually a good idea.

thanks for all the good help and effort.

Im not exactly sure about all suggestions but is this ok:
59,17570. 18,07271, "1 Björkhagen"

59,15857. 18,12673, "2 Skogshyddan"

59,13872. 18,16157, "3 Alby friluftsgård"

59,10079. 18,14256, "4 Tyresta by"

59,09856. 18,07930, "5 Handen (Rudans gård)"

58,55399. 17,55299, "5:1 Kvarnängens IP, Nynäshamn"

58,58844. 17,52926, "5:2 Vansta, Ösmo"

Your example has errors.

The coordinates should be type as follows:

59.17570,18.07271,"1 Bjorkhagen"
59.15857,18.12673,"2 Skogshyddan"

Etc, etc, etc

The coordinates in decimal format separated by a comma !

Edit: Aren't the coordinates reversed ????

I think it should be :

Longitude,Latitude,"Info"
18.07271,59.17570,"1 Bjorkhagen"
18.12673,59.15857,"2 Skogshyddan"

The "Quotes are good" but the ,comma is a nono, you need a .period

58,58844. 17,52926, BAD
58.58844, 17.52926, GOOD

thanks, perfect info. Great info: Longitude,Latitude,"Info"

Rather than creating the files from scratch you may want to check out this free program which was created by one of our members

http://turboccc.wikispaces.com/Extra_POI_Editor

59.17570,18.07271 Puts it in Lissmavägen 4
142 91 Skogås, Sweden 86 m SE

18.07271,59.17570 puts it in the Arabian Sea.

Go get and install EPE. Just do a file > open and point it to your POI file.

Then use it to see where your POIs are.

Report what you find please.

Everything looks good on the unit now, I get allt the POI, the icon works, I can serach and see tham on map.

But they are all about 10km wrong!!!!!
The coordinates are ok, but somehow they all end up wrong?

These are the original coordinates:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fj3e34chmydy1vt/kordinater_sormlan...

And my csv file:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/olrg8820f85mmzu/poi-sormlandsleden...

Your original coords are in degrees and decimal minutes. You need to convert these to decimal degrees for use as a POI file:

http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/units/mwr/documents/Howtoco...

I totally missed that.

You did not due a conversion from decimal degree minute seconds to decimal degrees.

http://www.csgnetwork.com/gpscoordconv.html

EDIT: You guys are fast!

You are now talking about East Longitude .

No minus sign (-) in front of longitude .and if you use
Google Earth it would be 59.XXXXN,18.XXXXE

Hi, which field to use on the link above if my coordinates are like this:
018.07271, 59.17570,

thanks!!

Your example above is decimal degrees, but it is not the correct value from your desired E18° 7.271' and N59° 17.570' for Björkhagen from your source. You need to convert each of your original values from the one system to the other. Your correct Björkhagen values are E18.12118° and N59.29283° after the conversion (adding a -, I think, for any East and South coords).

Ok, so I take these values: N 58°41.532' E 016°48.650'
If I use the calculator http://www.csgnetwork.com/gpscoordconv.html

which of the fields is the correct one. The last "box" looks about right, and I got this value: 59.29283

regarding the "-", i loaded the first version to my gps and besides from the circa 10 km offset, it worked without a "-", so i think i will try without.

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If I understand your question, you need both: both a latitude and a longitude to identify a location on the globe.

Or--if you mean which "conversion box" from the link then yes, the third one is correct, the one where you enter your values in the DDD MM.MMMM boxes and get decimal degrees as the answer.

Oops to my East thought!

Go to "Tools" in Google Earth and select decimal coordinates. Then enter one of YOUR coordinates and let GE take you there. Click on the yellow stick pin and the latitude and longitude will be displayed in decimal.

Go to http://www.itouchmap.com/latlong.html it's easier and you can correct the position by moving the pointer. All 4 formats are shown as well.

Is there a way to see you custom POI file in garmin basecamp? either the csv file or the generated gpi file. Ive spend a couple of hours recalculating the coordinates, now I just want to check them on a big map

I don't think it's possible as a POI file. If you enter all the points it will display them but then it will also want to store them on the unit as favorites.

Basecamp will read a GPX file, but I don't think it handles CSV files.

EPE (Extra POI Editor) will let you do this.

Try it, please