Honda's CVS and KML POI files

Will do. I hit the speed/red light cameras weekly.

Thanks again!
Rick

We finally went to town and came to two intersections with red light cameras.

As previously stated I put the POI-Factory redlight cameras for Texas on my Honda Accord Navigation system.

They work great... When we came close to the intersection a warning bell... sort of ding,ding, dinggggggg, ding, ding, dingggggggg .... sounded (I jumped as I thought it was our front crash warning) then I look at the Navigation screen and at the bottom was a blue banner with white letters with "RLC - (and the intersection name). It went off in plenty of time. Not sure how far but was just right.

As I said they work great, just have to find a way to turn down my alarm sound.

Just updating this post and noticed my other post...

We bought an Accord not an Accura, well it starts with the same letter

There should be a setting for Proximity Alerts on your Nuvi. You can probably get rid of the mulitple dings by changing the setting to Single Tone or you can turn them off all together.

Thanks, I will look in my settings. The unit doesn't seem to have as much as the garmin does in settings and I can't find a way to change the icons.
Will keep looking.
Thanks again,
Mary

The thing for me is that I periodically travel in many states and while I could pull out individual files for one state and import them into my Honda, I'd really like to find a way that I could exceed the 2000 limit so that I can have entries for other states up and down the east coast as well. Furthermore, because the Honda POIs are typically a few years out of date, it would be really great to also import fast food locations, etc. which would exceed the 2000 limit instantly. I just still don't get the dumb 2000 limitation when the actual text entries can't take up much memory at all on the system. It's just a few lines of text. Odd. I'd love to know how this is done.

Also, I wonder if someone could upload a sample template file for the benefit of others to use.

if you opened your CSV document with wordPad.
The format should look like this

X,Y,NAME
-##.######,##.######,Destination Name1
-##.######,##.######,Destination Name2

Just be sure that there is no space before or after the comma.

I have success with it. Enjoy.

This is what my KML files look like when I pull them up in WordPad

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EDIT:::
I can't get it posted here.... Must be something in my post not allowed.

2015 Honda CVR Touring.
Followed directions to 'more search methods'.
No option for downloading POI's.
USB drive was in prior to powering up the car.
Drive is FAT32 with all files (kml) in subject oriented directories.
Hacked about and could not find an option to upload POI's in either the NAV menus or the main setting menu for navigation.

I want to load my red light and speed camera files, using both the built in navigation and my Garmin seems foolish.

Why did you opt for the built-in if you knew the odds of being able to customize it would be slim?

What cable? My CRV has 2 usb ports built in, will they work?

I plug in my USB cable and attach my USB drive to the cable.
Your 2 USB ports will work.

I have an Accord and these directions are for the Accord. I do not have a CRV so I do not know where on your menu the Download POI is. Have you found anywhere on your menu that said Download POI?

This is the link to the FAQ for KML files:
http://www.poi-factory.com/node/42862

I just read the manual and can not find any mention of Downloading POIs.
If anyone had a CRV and has found the option please post.
Thanks.

No I can not find any menu for downloading POI on the 2015 CRV. The only options I can find are for Map Updates and USB status.

On the Accord their is a Download POI on the Menu and also one on the Settings.
I haven't used them for a while but I think the one on the Menu is the one to use to download your personal POIs from a USB drive. I am surprised if Honda took that option off. It may be to make room for something else because when I was reading the manual I saw that you can save 5 routes to use again. I do not have the option to save a route on the Accord. When I program a route in at night for a place we plan on going the next day I have to program the route select begin then I turn the key off. The next time we start the car it ask if we want to continue the route. It would be so nice to just save the routes to use whenever and not have to put them in just before we need them.

The save route may be a trade off for downloading POIs.

Try as I might I can not find a way to do this on the 2015 CRV nav system

Go back to the dealer and ask if it is possible with the system Honda installed in your vehicle. There's an excellent possibility it can't be done because Honda doesn't want to be sued for something you added.

Follow each option in menu and in setting.
If you don't see download POI then it looks like it is not offered on your unit.

In the index of my manual of the 2014 Accord under Enter destination there is a section called Download POI.

I look at a copy of the 2015 CRV nav system manual online and I can not find anything that said "Download POI".

It looks like you may not be able to download the POIs. BUT it never hurts to call your dealer or email Honda and ask.

Or ... do I rename them the same to overwrite them?

Mary - Are you still here?

Thanks,
Rick

I haven't changed my files lately, but if I remember correctly you name the file the same and it asked if you want to overwrites your previous file.

Be sure you have your file named the same as your old file and very important be sure and have another file on the drive with a different name. If you only have one file on the USB drive it will be loaded named favorite and you will have two files with different names and the same information taking up your limited files.

Let me know if this doesn't work and I will go and try to load another of the same file.
Mary

I have a 2016 Acura MDX and every time I insert the USB (3.0) it gives me an error message that it is unsupported and the "Import for USB" is greyed out....I have reformatted the USB a number of times as FAT32 and attempted with .csv and .kml

What kind of drive is it? A USB 3 external hard drive? Try a USB 2 thumb drive.

dobs108

I did have to try several USB drives before I had one that worked.
The one that works on the 2014 Accord is a 2.0 SanDisk Cruzer Micro 4GB with U3 smart on the back

Found a chart:
White - 1
Black - 2
Blue - 3

See what color your car is and maybe that will help.