Segregating Custom POIs

You can have them show up in different POI databases (malls, etc) thusly:

Keep them in seperate files:
restaurants.gpx
malls.csv

Before invoking the poi loader. The GPS will, based on my tested and reading, will keep them in seperated DBs although under the hood in \garmin\poi they are really one file.

You can keep multiple poi files in that dir if you really want to.

What I have done is to create folders to put my groups of files and icons then I clear my gps and create a POI from each folder. I have one for the Southeast that I went thru each .csv and seperated the Northeast and West regions by LAT/LON because my GPS was running slow with everything in I wanted. I saved each POI on an extra memory card that's in the GPS and when I turn it on the card is scanned and I am asked which extra POI's I want to use, I just select the ones I want and they load. Below is how I split mine up

Northeast = A < 94 and B => 37
Southeast = A < 94 and B < 37
West = A => 94
The below link works real nice to pinpoint a location.
http://itouchmap.com/latlong.html

James

To make categories when you enter your extras make folders something like the following

\MyPOIs
_____\malls
_____\restaurants
_____\stores

etc.

Place all of the POI files you want for each category in their repective folders. When you run "POI Loader.exe" point it to the \MyPOIs folder and it will compile all of the folders below it and place them in 1 file named MyPOIs.gpi and it will have categories on the GPS.

Like bear says, arrange the subfolders on the PC and they become categories in the nuvi. See this FAQ -

http://www.poi-factory.com/node/30728

dobs108

@bear007, you have given us (the use of the slash) a good technique for presenting a folder hierarchy that is clear and consistent with Explorer. Should be much easier for anyone to understand.

Thanks

I use a variation of bear's technique on an old Nuvi and one of the new models. I have called the folders:
Attractions
Shop
Travel info
xFood
xTraffic enforcement

Since the labels are shown alphabetically on the unit, they will appear in my preferred sequence, ie, I more often refer to shopping POI's than food. It saves me scrolling down to select the more frequently used categories.

I go the opposite direction by starting the folder names I want at the top with "--". So what appears on my Extras > Custom POIs screen is
All Categories
--Auto
--Banks
etc.....

Since, using the latest POI Loader, we can now name the file which POI Loader will produce, I sometimes add Custom POIs to the unit in order to test something out before answering a post. For example, I loaded a Zaxby's file because someone said it would not load.

What I learned is that "Zaxbys" got inserted between "All Categories" and "--Auto". I am assuming that subsequent runs of POI Loader float the newer files to the top of the "All Categories" list.

Would someone else check this out and report please?

Looks like we may need to do a complete Custom POI load just before we take an important trip.