Information Repeated in POI

 

I am new on POI Factory and GPSs and already I have learned at lot, thanks to everybody who contributed to POI Factory. Pretty soon I will do my share.

I have a Garmin C530 and I created a few POI files for my area. I am using the 4 column system, i.e. Lon, Lat, Name and Phone # or Lon, Lat, Name and City.

Everything properly loaded on my SD Card with POI Loader. All POIs work fine, I tested some on the road.

My problem is that some information is repeated on the GPS Screen when I access one of those POIs. For example, I would have:

LONE PINE GOLF
561-433-3006

561-433-3006

The first phone number being part of the Name as they are of the same font size. The second phone number used a smaller font.

I searched the forum for any information on that problem and could not find anything. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

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Clem - Garmin 2495LMT, 1450T & C530

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These repeated strings are related to the length of the POI's name - if you add a character, the effect should disappear. A strange bug !

However, the example you give (14 chars), is not actually one of the lengths that cause the problem on the C5xx (or at least I didn't think it was)...

(Some other units (eg Nüvi 2xx series) have the same weird bug (but of course, being Garmin, the effect occurs with different POI name lengths wink )

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14 wasn't but 15 was

Unless, updates since then created more of the same anomaly.

Or, there are extra spaces in the actual file, and not exactly as printed here.

Glad I saved those old emails...lol.

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........Garmin StreetPilot c550 / Nüvi 765...........

Thanks Hornbyp for your

Thanks Hornbyp for your quick answer. In fact, I added a period at the end of the name and it solved the problem (a space does not work). Out of 63 entries, I had this for 7-8 items with a name from 12 to 18 characters. Thanks again.

Ismonop, no I had no additional spaces or anything.

Thank again guys for your help.

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Clem - Garmin 2495LMT, 1450T & C530

Glad

ya got it worked out.

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........Garmin StreetPilot c550 / Nüvi 765...........