POIs showing up on maps randomly on NUVI 350

 

It seems to me that the only POIs that show up on my map (without choosing them as a destination) are POIs that I have recently accessed - is this accurate?

As an example, I added my daughter's gymnastics school as a favorite (from Garmin's POIs). And when I drive past it on the highway - there it is on the map.

I can call up all of my custom POIs thru the menu, but thought their little icons would show up on the maps as I was driving. For instance, I have all of the McDonald's in the US loaded into my custom POIs(from this site, thank you very much) and they don't show - but if I go to load them from "Custom POIs" the list is there.

Just want to make sure this is normal - as I thought the idea was that they would show up on the map (hence the icons).

Thanks - Ted

As for custom poi icons, I

As for custom poi icons, I think it varies a little depending on the unit. In my case, I have the SP 2720 and all of my custom icons appear when I have my distance set to 800ft or less and am driving within that range. As for custom poi's that I save as a "favorite", they always appear as long as I am within any range that shows on the map view.

Interesting...

When I used the POI Loader from Garmin, it never asked me for a 'proximity' - it set them itself - I don't remember exactly what it said, but the choices were something like 'manual' setting or 'set based on file' or something like that - I chose to have the POI loader set it - what are people generally doing here?

You will need to set it

You will need to set it 'manually' if you want to add proximity alerts. There you will be able to choose between speed and/or distance.