Creating POI files

 

How do you upload a .BMP Icon file to the site

Hello all,

This is my first posting to this site.. Thanks all of you for your previous posts, that i have read, and been inspired..

I have created a new 2008 copy of qdoba's resturants. I have also created a .bmp icon for qdoba, and want to upload it.

How do I upload an icon file .bmp to this site??

Happy new year ! ! !

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Lets go GEOCACHING !

Submitting an updated POI File

If I add new locations of a business to an existing POI file on the site, how do I contact the original author with the new addresses/coords so that they can update the file that they posted if they so choose?

Does GPS Visualizer commonly use ZIP Code centroids?

For a current project, I tried batch geocoding, rather than geocoding addresses one at a time. I used GPS Visualizer.

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Garmin DriveSmart 55 & Traffic | Garmin nüvi 250W | Garmin eTrex "yellow"

Loading POIs onto Nuvi 350

I'm trying to load POI files onto a Nuvi 350. I've created a POI download folder, with seperate sub-folders inside of it. I'll load a single sub-folder at a time - it loads fine. When I load a second subfolder it overwrites the POIs that had been previously loaded. Is there a way to load POIs / subfolders without overwriting POIs that have been previously loaded?

What is easiest way to convert address into Lat/Long for a POI

I would like to create some custom poi lists but am
having problems with an easy way to handle the data.
Several projects I have, I have an excel database
with the addresses in them. Is there an easy way to
take the data and convert all of the addresses to their
respective Lat/Long for use in a custom POI. An
excel formula or something?

Software to move Favorites to Custom POI?

I was fooling around on www.geocaching.com and they have a cool option to send the location(s) to a Garmin GPS directly from the web site. I wish more web sites had that option, especially Google or Mapquest. Anyway, it puts each location as a separate entry in Favorites.

POI Download to PC

The POI download instructions found on this site says to download the POI files first to the PC then to copy these over to either the Garmin device or SD card. My POI Loader does not provide that option. It must find the Garmin device (which I purposely did not attach to the PC). Did I download the wrong POI Loader?

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Randy C530, Nuvi 52

Custom POI List

OK, I am a newbie!
I have the need to create a route for different houses that I need to go to, I would like to input my starting location and my desired ending location and have the system rout me the most efficiet way. Is there are way to do this?

Thanks!
RJH

Does a nuvi 360 use CVS file type for POI

Just received a nuvi 360 and discovered your site. I am trying to create new POI's for those addresses that are not listed on Garmin. However, I was unable to transfer a .cvs file through the POI loader that I downloaded from Garmin. I would also like to do this for Favorites can you categorize that way as well because I have friends whose addresses are not available as well. Thanks.

Newbie Needs Help

Hi,

I have recently attempted to create a custom POI of US casinos.

I have a .csv file with all the information, including coordinates, in the .csv, however it does not seem to convert properly.

Any help or suggestions?
(I can forward the file as well)

Also, is there a limit to the number of points you can enter into a single POI file?

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Editing large POI files

Is there an easy way to edit large custom poi files to leave only those pois which I will need? SPecifically, I've downloaded a list of sites in ALL 50 states. I want to edit out all but those in 5 or so states in my region. Any suggestions? THanks. Jim

how do i make a csv

how do i make a csv if i have all the long and lat in a list

Garmin POI Loder can't find any CSV files

My sales team all use Garmin Nuvi 350's and I have a 660 that I use. I'm trying to set up their units so they can find all the people they call on in the memory instead of entering all of the addresses individually. I've been able to get the coordinates from a program that reads the address and I've put them in a CSV file, as well as a txt file with notepad.

Garmin POI - Removal

I have been experimenting successfully with adding Custom POI to my Quest2. In doing so, I have maxed out the memory.

There are MANY POIs that came with the unit and I wonder if anyone knows whether or not it is possible to remove those original POI and totally customize the unit?

Thanks,

Jim

POI Purpose

Newbie here and I like the idea of POI's. I am curious as to their real purpose. I guess my question would be if I'm driving around town using my Nuvi 650 and decide I'd like to stop at a local McDonalds. I could ask the Nuvi to show me the way to closest McDonalds or...(?) if I had some McDonalds POI loaded, then if I happen to be coming close to one, the icon would appear on my screen.

TROUBLE with loading POIs PLEASE HELP!!

confused Folks, can someone PLEASE shed some light on an EASY fool-proof way to get the GARMIN TourGuide function to work!? I have a ZUMO 550 and just can't get it to operate properly. I've spent HOURS reading many different posts and experimenting and I know I'm close but not quite there.

OK so I have MAPSOURCE open. There's a map of my area where I live here in Tokyo.

Renaming POI files on Update

I just noticed that some of the updated POI files have been renamed.
I believe that when you download the updated (renamed) file you must also rename the icon and alert files associated to agree.....
I realize this is not a hard thing to do except you have to remember to do it......
Chuck

poi for new loading on nuvi 350

where do i get detail instruction for starting

Do i have to have microsoft csv program ?

can i convert POIdowncoads to a format that be downloaded to my nuvi 350 ?

how do i change file type?

can i open the downloaded cvs files and then convert them to a format acceptable to NUVI ?

loading POILoader

Ok, the instructions say save your POILoader in a place on the computer hard drive where you can find it easily. I was not given an opp to locate the place to save. What's up? I'm new to this, so may have missed something imp.

Harris S

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We have had a Garmin GPS for about 8 mos now and are still using it, even tho it misses the mark about 10% of the time. Fellow users say use it with paper maps, etc. Like all new technology, this will get better!

Editing previously loaded custom POIs

If I want to adjusted the distance for alerts (using poiloader) do I just re-up the file overwriting the original? Also is there a way to remove individual custom pois?
Thanks

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