Creating POI files

I have downloaded the Extra_POI_Editor and also the Shotgun sports zone 3. Loaded the shotguns sports z3 into the editor and saved as 4 column csv. Man; that was easy and fast. Great job !

records read 545, records failed 393
Checked with excel,Nothing in column 4
Opened with notepad and found all those pesky squares.
Using a Rand McNally RVND7710.
Any ideas as to why?

I am trying to creat a csv file with no programming experience. Here is the problem-

What shows in the RVND7710, I want the Name on the first line and city, phone# and infor on the second line.

The first sample works. The next two don't work.
Why the differance.

-83.5331 45.0622 Alpena Clay Busters, Inc. ,"Alpena,(989) 354-2582 (skeet-trap-sporting clays)"
gps shows=

I have imported some custom poi files such as cracker barrel poi. I would like the address of the poi to display on my garmin just like poi I import from Google maps. I can see the address in excel; however its not in my Garmin. How can I get the address to display on my garmin?

Hi,
I am new to the creation of POI's. I have read the forums, and downloaded google earth. I just keep getting lost on the POI's. I want to pull all wal-marts from the world, and do gas stations in the US. But I keep only able to pull 10 at a time. Does anyone have a great guidance video or something along those lines?

Thanks,
Brandon

This idea has bee talked about in other threads but very little has ever come about, there are many files in need of updating and the original maintainers have either lost interest in them, doesn’t have the time or no longer participates in the forum, so how about JM should an adoption program be started?

I'm trying to create my own POI list of military exchange and commissary locations to load into my VW RNS-510 headunit. The 510 can import OV2 files through it another program called POInspector.

My first post. Please bear with me.

Hi,
I was wondering if anyone knows if Ace Hardware and Do It Best is the same company. I have been going through a POI I downloaded to fill in some missing info and quite a few of them don't show up on the Ace Hardware website, but when I look up the address on the net, it shows up as a Do It Best store.
Thank you for any help.

Hi, I am just getting into downloading and creating POIs for my Garmin Nuvi 255W and downloaded a bunch of POIs from this site. When I went to convert them from csv to gpx using Garmin GPX Converter, most, if not all, came back with a runtime error 13. A gpx file was created but nothing showed up when I dragged it onto Google Earth.

can someone add a poi for the zoo in Memphis tn, my tomtom does not find it

Does anyone have a file for Catholic Churches for the United States, or for Colorado?

What is the best way to proceed? Should I just copy the information from past routes for locations that I have into an Excel spreadsheet and create a .CVS file for import or should I find a GPX editor and use that method? Is a GPX file any better than a CVS?

I downloaded the Waffle House POIs and am finding them to be off by several minutes. I have already correct three of them in the Northern Ohio area. I think whoever submitted the file made an error in conversion of the Long/Lat. I went on a wild goose chase twice, so I went to the Waffle House website and looked them up and sure enough they were miles off from the file. Just a warning.

I'm curious how you guys solve this issue:

If you have many sets of coordinates, how do you get the zip code for each location?

I use a look-up table that I got from http://zips.sourceforge.net/ and with some Excel trickery, I get what I need.

Is there some other, and easier process that I should look into?

I'm sure there are other, simpler ways to do this...

Got something here I don't understand. Garmin 1450lmt just out of box. been loading poi from factory. When I loaded camping sites by states I can not get the gps to let me GO to the site.. Sees it,, Give info etc, but not able to GO.

How to update an update that i have created?

Whitout copying all address from the website of the store again.

I have used the older version of POI Loader many times with no problem(it was just slow). Today I finally updated to latest version and moved sox.exe to that directory as well. After running the latest POI Loader I still have all my old files and subfolders. So I ran it again, this time using the option to remove all POIs. Now I have three sets of POIs. What am I doing wrong?

I have many POI that I use often, but not updated.

My question is: how do update thesse POI?

Step by step please

I know how to create new GPX but i dont know how to update an old POI

jp223jp JPGPS@gmx.com

This is a longshot, but here goes. Is there anything in the GPX file format (or Garmin's extensions) that would cause POIs to render on the map above the myopic 0.5mi level of zoom?