Creating POI files

 

Creating Poi File with address rather then lat/lon

I'm sure this question has already been asked, but is there a way to create a poi file using addresses rather then latitude and longitudes? If so, can some one please point me in the right direction wither it be a tutorial or another thread?

POI File Categories

This is just a general question concerning the status of the POI File Categories. With the large number of new poi files being created is there any effort underway to make the file categories more efficient?
There seems to be some basic categories missing, like banks, etc. Unless you know the exact name of a file you will have a difficult time searching the alpha list.
Anything in the works?

Names in Mapsource Question

I want to give the same name to a bunch of different waypoints in Mapsource. (Without editing everyone first) How is it done? Thanks.

Goecoding - how to deal with poor input data?

I'm currently trying to geocode the coordinates for a national "chain" of about 500 locations that I got from their website (state by state). The problem is that many locations have very poor addresses, often just a Highway name rather than a specific address. And one location gives a P.O Box with a city and state but no street address at all.

VantagePoint - POI Category Assignment - How to?

I have created and downloaded a few POI's. I can get them into Magellan's VantagePoint software no problem.
I have learned how to add and use Icons with POI's.

How do I assign a winery to the "Winery" poi category so that when I click on "Wineries" it shows up and when I don't have "Wineries" active it does not show up?

Thanks you your thoughts...SSBN610

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Craigm

POI Icon Library Dowload

I'm a Windows XP user and would like to download all the available POI Icons, but would rather not have to "click and save-as" for each one. Is there a .ZIP collection of all the available icons in one file that I can download?

Garmin POI to Magellen POI

Good day all,

I have both Garmin and Magellan GPS's. I have a custom garmin map (.img) on an SD card that gets loaded from the SD card that has custom POI's located under FOOD in the searches.

Is it possible to extract these POI's from the img so I can convert them for use on my Magellan?

Thanx for any advise.

WaveQam

Help for a newbie

Thanks in advance:
I have the Nuvi 660 and have been manually loading poi's in cvs form with poi loader. Each one of course I am entering an alert distance. For instance for an atm 800 feet but for a state park 5 miles. How do I either use GeePeeEx to batch load distances, ie. atm.csv all 800 feet or stateparks.csv all 5 miles or is there another way? The manual method is wearing me out!

In & Out Burger

has anyone done POI's for CA & NV. I know this is a popular place for locals but the rest of us might like to crash the party.

How do you create a POI file with dialable phone numbers?

Thank you in advance for your information.

Can someone tell me why my Custom Icons work in Street Pilot but not in Nuvi?

I have been creating my own Custom Icons for about two years on my Street Pilot and they always worked. I recently bought a Nuvi 360 and tried to install the Custom Poi in the unit. The postion is right but some of my Icons are messed up.(Not all of them)I have used the 20x23 pixels and 73.00 Resolution.

Getting the speed variable out of the speedcamera.csv

I use Igo8, currently I tried manually re-formating the speedcamera.csv file from this site to put it into my device. Am I doing this right or is there an easier method. evil

It sounds crazy but to get hold of the actual speed value, as it is combined with other data in the same field I copy/paste line by line.. it is driving me mad! confused

Help with CSV File

An example of a line in an custom csv file is as follows - -
-97.335931,37.681976,McDonald's,411 S Broadway St Wichita KS 67202
When I choose this location on my Garmin 255w all I see on the GO screen is McDonald's. I have to hit the "more" button to get the address. I would like to get both the name AND address on the GO screen. What am I missing?

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Convert file from excel to .gpx

I downloaded the Civil War Battlefields for a Garmin http://www.poi-factory.com/node/1883 It downloaded as an excel file. I don't know how to convert that file into something that can be used by my Garmin.

How do I convert an excel file?

Best way to convert addresses off the web to csv

Whats the easiest way to convert this list of business addresses to a csv?

Here's the url of the addresses...

http://www.holidaystationstores.com/locations/locations.shtm...

I can copy and paste that into excel but wow does it needs lots of editing.

Any ideas

Failed to create a valid POI file

After reading the FAQ on how to create POI's, I tried to make a simple file of a half-dozen locations.

When, however, I run Garmin's POI Loader on my Macintosh, it won't recognize the file.

Clearly, I've done something wrong.

I took a screen shot of the text and uploaded it here so you can see it with the line breaks in the proper places.

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Nuvi 3790T w. Lifetime Maps/Macintosh OS Lion/iPhone 4/iPad 1

How to edit .poi extension

Hello all.
I have several file in .poi extension
I looked for every where to find a software to convert it into .ov2 or .csv...
Does anyone here know about this kind of software?

Thanks

Lat/Long ???? not showing right...I'm puzzled

(so what else is new) rolleyes

542 points only loads as 52 custom pois

I am having trouble importing geocache pois into my nuvi 760.

I have used gsak to create a gpx file of the 542 geocaches in my 200 mile radius. It all looks great and acts as though it loaded just fine using POI loader, but in my custom pois I only see 52 geocaches.

Can you get coordinates and addresses using google earth

I was working on a POI file using google earth, I exported the locations as a Kml file then used POIEDIT to convert it to a garmin cvs file.

This worked fine in a simulated test, however my file did not bring over addresses.

Anyone have a tip to get the address to come over with the coordinates using the method described above?

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