Custom POIs & Descriptive Data
Mon, 01/06/2014 - 6:52pm
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 12 years
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Many, if not most, custom POI csv files on this website have a fourth column of descriptive text like address, city, state & telephone number in addition to the name label of the POI. When, where & how is that information imported into the gps unit? Are all Garmin gps units capable of displaying/utilizing that fourth column of data? I have a Garmin nuvi 2597LMT and my gps experience is limited to that make/model. Thanks.
eKeith
quick answer
Yes.
For an example of how to format the information I suggest looking at one of Mahoney's files. He consistently presents his 4th column data in the same format from file to file.
The data in the 4th or description field is read during the conversion done by POI Loader which reads a file, builds a database and then writes the data into a GPI file read by the unit.
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Where and When?
[quote=eKeith... Are all Garmin gps units capable of displaying/utilizing that fourth column of data? ...
Before we get to far into this, eKeith, give us more detail on where and when you are wanting the descriptive information displayed.