POIs don't show upcoming

Welcome officially as a First Poster on this site after your 6+ weeks as a "Lurker."

When you successfully load Custom POIs to your Garmin GPS and go to them (generally by tapping Extras, Custom POIs, Walmart, for instance), you will be shown the 50 closest Walmarts "as the crow flies" ordered from smallest to largest distance, not the nearest 50 using road miles, and not the nearest 50 ahead of you using your active route.

To see Custom POIs beyond your nearest 50, you need to set your search to be "near another location," then search and you will find the nearest 50 (again crow-flies miles) from that location.

I can't think of a way to search Custom POIs for "along the route," especially for "along the route ahead of you." Sorry.

Given the number of Walmarts, you still can use your existing Custom POI WalMart file to help you somewhat. When shown your nearest 50, scroll down and note the arrow direction for each. The nearest WalMart with the arrow pointing up (straight ahead from you) may be what you want, although if your route turns off 90 degrees from your current direction in a few miles, even this work-around will not help you unless you take into consideration that you're looking for a nearby WalMart in an arrow-direction other than straight up.

What you want to do is probably possible with the RV760's built-in POIs. Create a route to a destination, then have the GPS do a search for WalMarts "Along the Route" rather than "Near Current Location" or "Near Destination." This will only use your current map's built-in POIs which may not be as accurate as the Custom POIs you find here--then again, they may be more accurate. There is no way to add missing WalMarts or remove closed WalMarts to the built-in POIs. All you can do is report the error to Garmin and hope that a future map update will incorporate your changes. (Custom POIs are much more updatable--first try contacting the maintainer of that custom POI file and s/he can correct it quickly--if that fails or you get no response quickly enough, you can manually add, subtract or revise any given location within a custom POI file.)

Thanks for the welcome, and for the valuable information. I'll try the route idea first--it seems the most promising. Take care, CG

Welcome to the site.

Before getting too deeply into a problem posted by someone new to the site (in your case "knowing what is coming up "), we usually recommend the following.

There is a "Learn" button in the upper right of this page next to "red light cameras" that takes you to a Getting Started page. It is worthwhile visiting this page.

To make navigation easy, most browsers provide the following option. When you want to follow a link - but still keep your current page open - you can hold down the "Ctrl" key as you left-click on a link. That action will open a new "Tab" in your browser up on the "Tab" bar. When you then left-click on that new "Tab", you will follow the link - leaving the "Tab" you are now reading open and available to click on and return here.

So, using the "Learn" link, you might try the "Ctrl" - left-click sequence and then return here. You can return by either "X-ing" out of the "Getting Started" page (using the "X" on the "Tab" itself) or just left-clicking on the "Tab" for the page you are on right now.

Since you are new here, I encourage you to go through a couple of the Tutorials.

The first link makes sure the settings on your computer are such that you can do more advanced POI loading.
http://www.poi-factory.com/node/30393

The next link helps you make a backup of your GPS by attaching it to your computer. (NEVER do anything to your GPS until you have a backup). It also assures that you put your (newer) unit into a state where you can see all of the folders there.
http://www.poi-factory.com/node/30394

Now, let me ask you to expand on "knowing what is coming up".

Some people hope that they will see Icons on their map screen. We discourage any thought of that, because seeing up to 9 million icons on the screen would obscure everything else and they are too tiny to see while driving.

...but I am thinking you are wanting to see if a Wal-Mart is going to be showing up in say; the next five miles or so. You can set up the Wal-Mart POI as a TourGuide POI. Basically, this means that if you take a route and you have the TourGuide set for say, 20000 feet, all Wal-Marts within 20000 feet will show up on your map. I have Cracker Barrel set up that way and if I am driving down an interstate, it will alert me at 5000 feet. This way I can make the determination if I want to stop or not. The way to set this up is to add TourGuide to the POI. For example, TourGuide Cracker Barrel_5000.csv. Everything will be named the same with the exception of the extension, (i.e.; csv, wav, bmp, etc).

When you do a custom POI search on your RV760, ( Where To / Categories / Custom POI’s / All Categories or individual), your GPS looks outward in a radius from your present location until it locates the closest 50. It then displays the point to point mileage and direction to each, beginning with the closest. If you have all your files saved in the same POI directory on the 760 or choose the “All Categories” option to do your search, that radius is fairly short. If you search POI’s individually, you will get results within a much larger radius, many of which will be ahead of you.

For example, I have Walmarts, Dunkin Donuts, Perkins Restaurants and Mc Donalds files loaded in my RV 760. If I do a search using “All Categories” in a populated area, the closest 50 are all within a radius of less than 10 miles. I will sometimes experience the same condition you mention where none are ahead of me on my route. This is especially true if I’m heading away from a populated area.

As most of us do here at the Factory, I have my files saved in different categories, one for Walmart, one for Dunkin Donuts etc. If I search on only Walmart, the radius extends out to 100 miles or more before obtaining the closest 50. A good percentage of these are ahead of my search position along my route. Of course the radius length will vary depending on your POI selection and search location.

If I’m looking for the nearest cup of coffee along my route, I’ll search on Dunkin Donuts. If I get no satisfactory results, I’ll do another search for Mc Donalds etc. You will get much better results doing it this way than using the “All Categories” search option or using categories with large numbers of mixed POI’s.

BTW, Welcome aboard! I think you’ll find the site a great place to find answers.

On my old 7200 I could mark sites for parking etc. and would see them as I traveled by - no route was selected.
On my "new" 760lm it doesn't show anything - not even selected poi - rest stops. How do I correct this.
Also today while playing around I got a vertical menu on the right side of the screen where I could select the specific POI's that I wanted to show up. I havn't been able to find it again - any help?
This unit is a definite step backwards compared to the 7200.
Thanks.

I just got of the phone with a pleasant, knowledgeable Garmin representative. He said that this unit doesn't have this feature and never will due to the fact that it is a trucking GPS and the truckers don't want it. My question was why was it sold to me as a RV GPS. He had no answer and said that there was no way to change the software.
He said the dealer was wrong in selling me this unit and there is nothing they can do about it. I guess it will go out the window - I am pissed off.
Maybe I will try the Camping world GPS or trade this one for a RV version if I can find someone who wants it.

Sorry to hear this. I'm not at all familiar with your device and its capabilities, but in the back of my mind, I hear a little voice reminding me that "pleasant, knowledgeable Garmin representatives" are not always correct in the statements they make, so before doing something rash, if it were me, I'd look for a 2nd opinion.

I also suggest checking the owners manual, especially the sections on customizing the Map Layers and Map Tools:

http://static.garmincdn.com/pumac/RV_760_OM_EN.pdf

The three little bars in the lower right corner should call up the "up ahead" choices. The 'x' puts it away. Menu bars to call it up again.

Not on my unit - it is the car-rv-truck unit the 760LM. This sales person gave me the wrong unit and now it is too late to exchange it.

On another point - how does one remove old poi titles? I have 2-3 rest stop groups, Walmart, camping world etc. I tried removing them via POI loader - says it is successful but they are still there.

I also noticed that under Truck Down I have 2 titles that give the same information.
Any Ideas?

I finally found the answer. The POI loader was saving the files to my unit and the additional memory card so it was reading both (dumb setup).
When I removed and reformatted the memory card - all the duplicates disappeared.

I also found another menu that I never found in the manual. When in map mode. Double tap in the upper left side and a row of icons will show up on the right side of the screen. Scroll down to the heart shaped icon - second from the bottom - and you will create an instant route to your next saved favorite.
Not really what I wanted. I wanted the feature that was in my old 7200 where saved points showed up as I drove along.
I will look at the new Good Sam's GPS and see if it offers that feature. Or does anyone out there know if the 760 (not truck model) have that feature?
Thanks.

AFAIK POIloader has no ability to install POI files to more than one location at a time. It is certainly able to install the .gpi file to your GPS or to an SD card but it has no ability to save the files to the GPS and memory card in a single step.

If you had duplicate POIs on your GPS and on the card then I suspect POIloader was run at some point and told to install the gpi file on the card. Then it was either copied from the card to the POI folder on the GPS or POIloader was run again, at some point, and told to install the .gpi file on the Nuvi.

POI Loader can put .gpi files on the unit - or on the computer - but not on both at the same time.

I used the word "computer" because the SD card could have been in a slot on the computer or on the device.

As t923347 noted, this would have required two runs.

BUT - if, after the "computer" was chosen while the device was attached - the SD card could have been selected.

Then, we have the situation where the next time the device was booted, there would have been an indication that files were found on the SD card and offering to transfer them (or it) to the device so the extras would be available even though the SD card was removed. If "Yes" was selected, then the .gpi file would be both on the SD card and on the device.

Still won't work with this unit. Anybody want one? Then I would buy the unit I wanted.

Let me make sure we understand your problem.

First of all, you list that you have a dezl 760LMT. The manual for that new unit is found at
http://static.garmincdn.com/pumac/dezl_760_OM_EN.pdf

You indicate that you also have a 7200 which I am assuming is a Streetpilot 7200. Is that right? I am asking because I am not familiar with that unit but looked at the Streetpilot 7200 manual to see if I could determine how

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I did not see anything in the manual that led me to believe that one could "selectively" have an Icon show up on the map when traveling (route or not).

Tell us how you did this. All I could think of was that I might have made these "selective" POIs into a "Custom POI" with an alert distance so I would be notified as I approached.

Knowing what was done on the 7200 may help us determine how to do the same on the 760.

Evidently the Street Pilot 72/7500 has a setting for visual notification allowing the user to enable pop-up alerts to appear as you approached custom POI (page 44). Sounds similar to what is in the newer units if you set an icon. Icons will show on the map display as you go around (at least they do on my 3597). Icons only appeared on the 885 if you had an alert distance.

is there a way to program the GPS Nuvi 3597 to find a POI on the route to your destination or near you destination. When I am going to a meeting, I like to get a Dunkin Donuts coffee to bring with me but don't want to go out of my way to find on.
Thank you.

Does the trucking gps include low clearance bridges? If so, maybe that's the reason.

Also good chance the retailer didn't have a full understanding of the unit's capability and limitations.

I think this depends on how many POIs someone has loaded on the GPS. I have a fairly limited number and my NUVI 2555LMT is primarily used on vacation trips.

As a result, I like seeing the icons show up, especially the ones for my preferred gas stations, hotels and restaurants. I can now see, at a glance if I'm near one of my preferred stops. It's especially good, if I see that the next ramp has 2 or 3 of my preferred hotels in close proximity, without the need to go through the hassle of where To: etc. etc. etc.

I use 24 x 24 for icon size and that makes it large enough to see, but not too large to hide other info.

I can fully agree with jgermann, if you use the GPS for business and/or have a large number of POIs loaded. It could result in clutter.

To find a Poi along the route follow below instructions and select 3E or 3F below.Then select the poi you want to find along the route.

To search for Points of Interest (POIs) near a different location on a nuvi, dezl, LIVE, Camper/RV, or zumo device:

1.Touch Where To?
2.Touch Near…1 or the Searching Near field
3.Select the desired option

A. Where I Am Now searches near your current location (this is the default setting).
B.A Different City searches near a city you enter.
C.Recent Destination searches near a selected location listed in your recent selections.
D.Favorite Destination/Saved Place searches near a location you've saved.
E.My Active/Current Route searches along the calculated route2
F.My Destination searches near the final point on the calculated route2 .

Not all of the above options are available on all devices. To begin searching near your current location once again, simply return to the main menu to restore the default.

1.Some devices may require you to touch the menu button (three horizontal lines) before touching Near on this step.

2.These options are only available when navigating on an active route.

I use the options when we travel across country to locate hotels at the end location for my planned travel for that day.

Never usrd this feature un my 2555. Never evev realizedbthere were so many extra options.

Thanks charles45

They do come in handy when you travel.

I used these options every time I travel.

Sorry to be so long in getting back. On the 7200 street pilot one could touch the screen anytime and a menu would pop up allowing you to name the spot and even give it a colored icon. So when I was driving along a highway I could see the sites that I marked before I got there. Now I have the same spots - transferred over from my 7200 but I must go into the menu and ask what is up ahead - for each item. I don't have the what's up ahead feature on this unit since it is suppose to be more for truckers(why they wouldn't want that feature I don't know).
Along with numerous more false directions - and this useful feature - I am afraid I will have to consider dropping Garmin as they seem to have stepped backwards.