Saved Places

 

I started to do the Simulation tutorial and it was taking awhile to do the routing. Finally show "Saved Places Full". When I went there all my poi's were there. Is that right? I DLed the Nevada Mines poi. Did I miss putting them on my SD somehow? Was it making a route from Nevada to Washing?
The poi is in Custom POI's. So can I just delete the Saved Places?
This really is a ball. Glad to be here. Is there a e-mail notification for responses?

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Nuvi 2595 LMT When you come to a fork in the road- take it. (Leo)

POI Loader.

It sounds like you copied a GPX file directly to your nuvi. That will cause the POI's to be imported as Favorites (or Saved Places). You need to delete the GPX file, delete the Saved Places from your nuvi, then use Garmin's POI Loader program to install the GPX file as custom POI's.

See the tutorial here: http://www.poi-factory.com/node/30396

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Alan - Android Auto, DriveLuxe 51LMT-S, DriveLuxe 50LMTHD, Nuvi 3597LMTHD, Oregon 550T, Nuvi 855, Nuvi 755T, Lowrance Endura Sierra, Bosch Nyon

POI Loader

Thanks alan.

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Nuvi 2595 LMT When you come to a fork in the road- take it. (Leo)

alandb wrote: You need to

alandb wrote:

You need to delete the GPX file, delete the Saved Places from your nuvi, then use Garmin's POI Loader program to install the GPX file as custom POI's.

Not sure what GPX file you mean but deleted Saved Places and still get an error "The route is too long".
I have 3 GPX files on the Garmin: Currant; Position: and temp.

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Nuvi 2595 LMT When you come to a fork in the road- take it. (Leo)

Custom pois and SD card.

On GPS. Go to where to, then saved and touch the 3 horz lines and select delete saved places. Select the box for the ones to delete.

Loading custom pois to SD card see http://www.poi-factory.com/node/25721 and look closely at number 14.

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

Too lomg I guess

charlesd45 wrote:

On GPS. Go to where to, then saved and touch the 3 horz lines and select delete saved places. Select the box for the ones to delete.

Yes. I've deleted the saved places. I think the problem is it's trying to route from Nevada to Washington, DC. (I think) I find it hard to believe that a cross country trip is beyond any GPS unit, but.
Doesn't matter,seems the tutorial has different settings than I do. Thanks.

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Nuvi 2595 LMT When you come to a fork in the road- take it. (Leo)

Thanks

charlesd45 wrote:

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Loading custom pois to SD card see http://www.poi-factory.com/node/25721 and look closely at number 14.

I have (and had) my POI's on the SD. Removed all the GPX Folder from the unit.

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Nuvi 2595 LMT When you come to a fork in the road- take it. (Leo)

Routes

I use MapQuest to do routes http://www.mapquest.com/routeplanner . From Garmin Support if using Trip Planner.

How can I create routes using Custom POIs on automotive devices with Trip Planner?

09/06/2013

Trip Planner is an application that is used for creating routes on certain Garmin automotive devices. These devices will also support the use of loading Custom POIs that are downloaded from the Internet. To create a route made up of Custom POIs on devices with Trip Planner, some devices require the Custom POI to be saved first as a favorite:

To save a Custom POI as a favorite on a nuvi 2200, 2300, 2400, 3700, and LIVE 1695 series
1.Touch Where To?
2.Touch Extras
3.Touch the file name the Custom POIs are saved as
4.Touch the Custom POI wanting to be saved
5.Touch the menu bar (three horizontal bars)
6.Touch Save
7.Touch OK

The Custom POI will now be saved as a favorite and can be added to a custom route using Trip Planner.

To create a custom route with a saved Custom POI on a nuvi 2200, 2300, 2400, 3700, and LIVE 1695 series
1.Touch Where To? or Tools
2.Touch Trip Planner
3.Touch the + button (add new route)
4.Touch Select Start Location
5.Touch Favorites
6.Touch the desired saved Custom POI
7.Touch Select
8.Repeat steps 3-9 as necessary to create route
9.Touch Next
10.Enter the name you would like to call the route
11.Touch Done

The custom route has now been created.

The other devices that feature Trip Planner do not require the need to save the Custom POI(s) as a favorite.

To create a custom route with a Custom POI on a nuvi 2405, 2407, 2408, 2505, 2507, 2508, 2707, 2708, 3400, 3500, 3507, 3508 series device, zumo 350 or zumo 390:
1.Touch Apps
2.Touch Trip Planner
3.Touch the + button (add new route or New Trip)
4.Touch Select Start Location
5.Touch Categories
6.Touch Custom POIs
7.Touch the file name the Custom POIs are saved as
8.Touch the desired Custom POI
9.Touch Select
10.Repeat steps 3-9 as necessary to create route
11.Touch Next
12.Enter the name you would like to call the route
13.Touch Done

The custom route has now been created.

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

Trip Planner !

rolleyes
I think I'm getting it.(day 4 of ownership)
That makes perfect sense. I've got a couple trips in there, didn't think of it.
From what I've been reading a lot of people use Mapquest. I was trying Base Camp and did routes with Google. I like Google but am going to look at Mapquest.
Wow. Thanks a bunch, charlesd45. mrgreen

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Nuvi 2595 LMT When you come to a fork in the road- take it. (Leo)

Good luck. I have the 2597

Good luck. I have the 2597 basically the same as the 2595.So far I like all the features but still learning everything it can do.

Welcome to the site and have fun.

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

Some Things When Loading POI to SD Card.

Here is some thoughts on loading POIs to your SD card.

1. Assume your SD shows as an F: drive when you put into your computer.
Create the following subdirectory structure:
F:/Garmin/POI

This will allow you to load the POIs to your SD card. When you want to load, put your SD card into the computer and when you open POI Loader, click on “Computer” then click next. Use Browse to find your SD card and go to the POI subdirectory.

When you click next, it will want you to browse to where you’ve stored the POIs on your computer, which I suspect you already know.

2. Suggestion: I would suggest that you put your POIs on your computer in categories, such as Rest Areas, Red Light, Business, Restaurants, or whatever categories seem appropriate. Then create subdirectories in your computer’s POIs file location and name them Rest Area, Red Light, Business, etc.
Create subdirectories on your SD card that are the same.
F:/Garmin/POI/Business
F:/Garmin/POI/Restaurants
F:/Garmin/POI/Rest Areas
F:/Garmin/POI/Red Light

Loading POIs follows the same procedure, except you will choose the Business sub on your SD card and the Business sub for you computer when using POI Loader.
The advantage is that you may only need to update 2 or 3 files if updating Rest Areas, rather than reloading all 50 of your POIs, whcih would normally have a wide range of different categories.

In addition, your POI files will list as Business.gpi, Restaurant.gpi, Red Light.gpi, etc.
Instead of search through a mixed up group of files, all will follow a logical sequence.

3. How Does Garmin Sort your subdirectories: Let's assume that you create the subdirectories in the same date/time order as above. Business Nov 19 at 8:30, Restaurant at 8:31, Rest Area at 8:32, Red Light at 8:33.
Your POIs will be grouped in this order. If you have 10 business POIs and 15 restaurants, the 10 businesses will show first in alphabetic order and the 15 restaurants will show next, I alphabetic order.

This can be very handy, since it allows you to prioritize what POI files show first. Rest Areas and Red Light POIs are triggered by a proximity alert and you will almost never search for specific locations. As a result, you want them at the very end of your viewing.

I have a file called Vacation, where I load POIs specific to a specific vacation, such as going to Myrtle Beach. I then have files such as business and restaurants. That makes it easy to find the Vacation files, that are most likely the ones that will want to access on the fly, so I want them right at the top, instead of dropping down 2 or 3 screens.

When I finish the vacation, I delete Vacation.gpi file from the SD card, since it’s not needed. Don't delete the Vacation sub, only the Vacation.gpi file.

Hope this helps. Experiment at first, with only a few subs and a few files, in each. When you're ready to expand this, give some thought to your different categories and the order that you want them displayed. I had 3 or 4 differnt iterations, before I settled on the best order for me. It was a bit of a pain, since I had to delete the subs and then recreate in the right order, but it was worth the effort.

p.s. Include your Garmin Model in your profile, so that everyone can see.

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DriveSmart 65, NUVI2555LMT, (NUVI350 is Now Retired)

POI to SD Card

GPSgeek wrote:

The advantage is that you may only need to update 2 or 3 files if updating Rest Areas, rather than reloading all 50 of your POIs, which would normally have a wide range of different categories.

Excellent! Following other instructions made it sound like you had to reload all, every time. I'm loving it again.
No kidding. Thank you guys. I can't tell you how much time I put into Custom Maps before learning Nuvi 2595's can't do Custom Maps.
Great stuff, guys.

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Nuvi 2595 LMT When you come to a fork in the road- take it. (Leo)