BBQ Restaurants Mom and Pop Locations Error

 

Is anybody having a problem with this POI file?

BBQ Restaurants Mom and Pop Locations

When I try to load it to my GPS it gives me an error, I believe it says that the file is not valid or something to that effect.

More detail please

edserrano wrote:

Is anybody having a problem with this POI file?

BBQ Restaurants Mom and Pop Locations

When I try to load it to my GPS it gives me an error, I believe it says that the file is not valid or something to that effect.

Ed, I just downloaded and installed the file at
http://www.poi-factory.com/node/15709
to my psuedo 765 without any problems.

Try it again and write down the messages that you get.

Keeping track of error messages

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it would

definitely help if we knew which file you experienced an issue with. I use the GPX version and had no issues with the latest update. POI-Factory reports no issues or unusable records in the CSV.

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Error

It is the GPX version and I have a screenshot of the error but don't know how to attach the image to this message. Basically it says that the file is invalid. All other POIs load Ok.

Use EPE

Load the GPX file in EPE.

Edit > Replace Field > arrow to Proximity > Replace All

Edit > Replace Field > arrow to Symbol > Replace All

Edit > Replace Field > arrow to Display > Replace All

File Save

I understand the Proximity because the field has 0 in it. Do not understand display and symbol, but the replaces get rid of those fields in the output file

Use EPE

It worked. Followed your instructions and the file uploaded without problem.
What still don't understand is how come some people had no issues with the file?
Thanks for your help.