POI Loader Discrepancies

The process you describe for creating the GPX files is too complicated for now.

Start simple by downloading a .CSV POI file from POI Factory and load it with POI Loader to create a proximity alert. The alert distance and whether it has a proximity alert is set in the POI Loader settings while loading the file.

Let's say you downloaded the .CSV McDonalds file and loaded it with a setting for a proximity alert of 1320 feet (1/4 mile). Drive past your local McDonalds and you should get a bong audio alert and a visual on the screen. Success!

Go back to the computer and open the .CSV file with a text editor (not Excel but Notepad in Windows). You could temporarily rename the file from .CSV to .TXT to open it. Each line of the text file is a text string for one McDonalds. The coordinates are at the left end of the line. See how simple it is!

Copy one location (one line) of the McDonalds file and paste it into a new POI .TXT file which you are now creating. Replace the McDonalds coordinates with the coordinates of your home, just off the road - not too far away. Enter the lat lon in the same way as it is in the McDonalds file.

Change the rest of the line however you like to rename it from McDonalds to Home. Remember to keep the commas and quotes! The last field in the line is just a comment. Change the POI Factory comment to whatever you want. Save the file as Home.txt and rename it to Home.csv . Do not use numbers in the filename. Load it into the GPS as a proximity alert using POI Loader. The alert distance can be set as short as you want - 200 or even 100 feet away.

Next time you come home you should hear a "bong" and see an alert on the screen. Again, success! Go on from there.

dobs108

Well said, dobs108, well said.

Phil

OK. I'll try this to simplify the process and go from there. Using a .csv file and POI loader to set a short distance proximity alert in feet is much simpler than attempting to set a proximity alert in a GPX file using miles with zeros after the decimal point.

Thanks!

I believe a GPX file requires alert distances to be in Km not miles.

In EPE you can specify the unit of measure. I have mine set for feet, so if I want to set an alert for one mile, I specify 5280 feet.

Phil

I thought you could only set alert distances in a GPX file using EPE, not a CSV file?
Am I wrong?

You can enter distances in feet using EPE but it converts it to meters when it actually stores and writes the GPX file. Turbo did a little conversion routine for us Yanks.

You set the alert distance for a CSV file in one of two ways, either using one of the keywords or the @ to set a speed or by doing a manual load with POI Loader and specifying a distance or speed with each file.

I guess that's why I prefer doing it with a GPX file in EPE. All files are done at once and then POI loader just dumps them into the GPS.

The OP has a Mac so EPE is not a option.

The POIs already loaded may have been loaded twice under two different names entered in the "name" field in POI Loader. To correct this, run POI Loader once, and set the radio button to "remove all POIs from the device." Then run POI Loader again to load the POIs you want to, and remember the name entered in POI Loader. After doing this the double entries should be gone.

dobs108

I'm making GPX files with Basecamp. In preferences under general, units of measure can be selected to be metric or US. I have US selected. I haven't tried switching to see if switching to metric would require me to set proximity alert distances in KM instead of miles.

What is EPE? I'm using a Mac. I assume it is a windows based application.

Thanks!

Thanks for your help. I gave this a try. Even verified no POIs remained on the device after I removed them. I then Reloaded. The comments are still doubled. The repeated info runs into the first info with no break(like line break or carriage return or space).

I'm using a Mac with POI Loader Version 2.2.2. Any ideas to try next?

Empty the trash. (Is that what it's called on a mac?)

On a Mac, POI loader will gather up POI files from unintended folders. If two sets of POIs exist anywhere, even trash, they will be double-loaded.

Mac members - Did I say this right?

dobs108

Extra POI Editor

Last info from his web site that I see.
"Operating System Requirements

This tool works under Windows 7, XP, Vista & 98. Sorry, but no Mac version for now." https://turboccc.wikispaces.com/Extra_POI_Editor