Creating POI files
14 years
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POI
Started yesterday for the first time on new Garmin...
I took the Starbucks POI and looked for my local store. It didnt exist so I went into Google Earth and Map Source to get the numbers. Put it into the sheet like the others and it shows up in the next town 32 miles away... can someone point me in the right direction?
15 years
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.csv File Word Limits
I created a .csv POI file and in the 4th column I included information about each location. I wanted to include a history of each location, but it seems I was a bit too wordy on some of them. When I load them into my gps it only includes the history in the more section to a certain point where it is cut off.
14 years
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Combine .csv files?
I it possible to take 2 .csv files and open them with Excel and combine the 2 files into one and still upload and be functional on a Nuvi 680?
For instance, I'd like to combine the national parks POI file with the national monuments POI file.
Maybe a dumb question, but I am new to custom POI's even though I've had my Nuvi for almost 2 years now.
Thanks all...wonderful website!!
15 years
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Uploaded my 1st PIO
I made my 1st POI using information from Poi-Factory. It is the public lifts from a city map of Monaco. I am going to Monaco this Fall and will make any corrections needed after I return.
My question is: After uploading the GPX file how do I find it to make sure it came through ok?
Thanks
16 years
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Rest Areas
I'm trying to do rest areas. Actually starting over because it didn't work the first time. (The alert never went off.) I downloaded again Rest Areas csv, bmp and Mp3 and renamed them Rest Areas.csv, Rest Areas.bmp and Rest Areas.mp3. Do I have to set my own alert. Is there one already set for it like the red light cameras.
14 years
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POI Problems Nuvi 205
Hi. I just today got my new Nuvi 205 and downloaded the POI Loader software. Then, I selected several of the POI files on this website to try it out on. I put them all in a folder and the POI Loader software said I successfully transferred the files over to my GPS. BUT, the new POIs are NOT showing up on my GPS!!
15 years
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Excel can help you find duplicates
This page at Microsoft has a tutorial how to have excel conditional format any item in a column that is a duplicate of another item in the same column.
I've used this on other excel projects before and now using this on the Longitude or Latitude column on some of my POI projects is really saving me a lot of time.
15 years
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Program to mine addresses/lats/lons from Switchboard
I wrote a program to search Switchboard.com and pull Name, Address, City, State, Zip, Latitude, and Longitude for POIs. It is available at:
http://sites.google.com/site/raptorbase/
it's called SwitchMiner_042409.zip
I tried to post a self-extracting EXE, but Google Sites wouldn't let me so I had to Zip it up.
1) Set the filename for the results (cvs.txt for instance)
15 years
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Garmin MXT ON NOKIA 5800
I have a problem with my speed camera alert on my GMXT 5.00.40. I tried to customized them by ading in the folder where i have my .csv file, a .bmp and .mp3 fle with the same name (the picture and sound are downloaded from this site). I have load them with POI Loader on my device. Until here everything OK, but when i pass a camera the only alert is a red or grey rectangle with biping sound alert.
17 years
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Mile Markers On Interstates
Has anybody ever seen online maps, (Google, Mapquest, etc.) that have mile markers on them. Or that have Exit Numbers, for that matter. For instance, if I know that Exit 24A is at Mile Marker 149, how would I find that on a map?
15 years
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Can I input a list of addresses somewhere and retrieve Long/Lat?
This may have been answered in the past but I couldn't find a reference or picked the wrong keywords to search by.
I have a list of addresses. I want to input them all at once and retrieve longitude and latitude for each. I know how to get them one-by-one, but that would take forever.
15 years
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POI Problem
When I download the poi's to my desk top they don't show up as downloadable when I browse for them.....What am I doing wrong? I have a MACBook pro
15 years
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How can I put a dispatched route into a GPS?
Suppose I want to go to several places in a day. How can I create a POI file to dispatch the route in a logical driving sequence? Thank you in advance for any responses.
15 years
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Quotes in 3rd Field of State Rest Areas
I was looking at the Rest Area 'csv' files by State and noticed that some of the files have the text after the 2nd comma (longitude, latitude,) enclosed in quotes. Others, for example CT & VT, do not have this 3rd field (POI Name) in quotes. Which is correct and what effect, if any, will either method have?
Thanks
15 years
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.klm (iGo 8.0.x POI format) to .poi (iGo 8.3.1 POI format)
can someone please tell me how to do this?
I want to convert poi from one format to enother but I don't know how.
thnx
15 years
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adding to cracker barrel
Someone help me to learn how to add another POI for the Cracker Barrel in the North Carolina region or just how to add another poi to existing ones
15 years
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What is the easiest way to merge several csv files together?
Example: there are poi files for Dairy queen in canada, all divided up by provinces. What would be the best way to take all of them and make them into just one poi?
Thank you
15 years
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Problem with transfered POI
Good day
I have followed the instruction on transering poi to my NUVI 770 and transfered 8 poi.
The problem is that the text that shows on the screen
of my gps cannot be read - it is all ???????????????
can some one hekp
Many thanks
15 years
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Sonic Drive in Project Discussion
I was driving through Waldron,AR and I believe the poi files for Sonic Drive-Ins is off.
I believe the Sonic poi for Waldron should be changed to 34.912259,-94.097729 from -94.193509,35.07333
I still now how to get this done, but would like to see the change made
thanks
Format for POI's
I have opened a few different .csv files and have seen different formats.
Is there a standard to follow or some info on how many columns and info for each ?