Motel 6 bmp - where's the beef?

 

I noticed a Motel 6 bmp but don't see a Motel 6 POI file in the alpha listing. So if there is a file, I'm not seeing it. Is there any use of the bmp without the file?

There are quite a few bmp's

There are quite a few bmp's on the site that do not have files that match, I added them in case people have these in their personal collection outside of the site. At some point we may have that chain also.

Miss Poi

Building a POI File

Thanks Miss Poi, now I understand. This of course brings me to my next question. How does one go about getting the coordinates for many of the files posted here?

It's a relatively easy task to build a file that lists all of the locations for a particular interest/service/retailer/etc., but I'm mystified how people are able to find/get the lat/long on such a grand scale.

I would like to try and build a few POI files, but find the coordinates a daunting task.

Thanks in advance,

Geoff

geocoding

The search box at the top of the page can be your friend...search "geocoding"....

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I'm resurrecting this thread

I'm resurrecting this thread to mention that the Motel 6 POI file can be found by searching for "Motel Six". It took me a couple of minutes to figure out, so I thought I'd share that information here, since this is the first place I had looked.

This file can be found under

garman33 wrote:

I'm resurrecting this thread to mention that the Motel 6 POI file can be found by searching for "Motel Six". It took me a couple of minutes to figure out, so I thought I'd share that information here, since this is the first place I had looked.

Motel Six Canadian and US. It was last updated on Oct 22, 2021.

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good reason

The reason we call it Motel Six is that, when running Garmin POI Loader to load the filename Motel 6.gpx, the number in the filename causes POI Loader to create an unwanted speed file proximity alert, of 6 miles per hour in the US and 6 kilometers per hour in Canada, at every location in the file. That is, every Motel Six in the US and Canada.

When the filename Motel Six.gpx is loaded, there is no speed alert. That is why the maintainer, Bobinot, wrote the filename without the number.

Bobinot, thanks for Motel Six and all your contributions.