Creating POI files

how do i creat poi files. i have a loader already installed on computer. i want to creat certain poi but what is neccessary to do this. also i have a 2720 garmin with internal memory does any one know if i can erase a pio or overwite on it? thank dan c

How do you get the address/city/st/zip/phone info from Google Earth? If you click locations, it gives you the information, but when you save-as, it removes all but the lat/long/name?

Thanks,
StreetChariot

If I create several POI files under different names, can several custom POI files be loaded into memory at the same time from a SD card?

How do you purge the POI entries from memory so the screen doesn't get cluttered? I may only want to load beaches and bays, but I usually won't need them loaded when I want to find an In 'n Out burger.

I'm awaiting my Nuvi 660 to arrive. This will be my third GPS. First a Garmin II+, then a Garmin Vista, now the Nuvi. I'm used to waypoints, but I'm just setting up my POI files. I've downloaded several large POI files like beaches.zip. Is there an easy way to split out sections by state, or do most folks load the entire file? Seems like loading needless overhead might slow things down. My old waypoint files aren't nearly so large.

I tried 255,0,255 to no avail.

Does anyone have the specifications for POI icons for the c330?

Thanks,
StreetChariot

Another novice! I just got a nuvi 350 and loaded some POI files to an SD card from this site with no problem. Now when I turn on the unit it asks me if I want to transfer the files from the SD card to internal memory. I have said "NO" mainly because I don't know if I can delete the data later if I choose. Is there an advantage to transferring the files and if I do how can I delete them later?
This is truly an amazing device with great sensitivity even indoors acquiring generally 9 of 12 satelites.

I can save POIs to my Garmin c550. They show up under my "Extras" button. No problem. The issue I have is that I would like to group them into different catagories --"Malls" "Restaurants" "Attractions" and etc., similar to the way the preloaded POIs are presented. Can this be done?

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How do I create a red-light camera POI for all to use?

I tried to load the Flying J POI file using POI loader 2.3.2 and 2.4. after downloading and opening the file for Flying J. No matter what file I "browse" to (including the actual file) the POI loader tells me there is no data in that directory.

What am I doing wrong??????

Have found several sites that offer free downloads of waypoint maps in the GPS eXchange (.gpx) file format. Can these be converted to a usable Garmin POI file?

Hi,

I did not find a mention of the database format for the iGO program (now used by the MIO C310x that sold so many units in the past few weeks).

Is there a way to import these POI files, and to export to that format?

Presumably the .csv format is being used as the "standard" exchange format here?

I will read more, Thanks.

Hi I was wanting to update one of my poi's by adding a 4th line that will contain the Address, City, State and Zip.
I'm not sure if it should drop to a second line or not.
Is this the correct format?

"516 North College Street; Charlotte, NC 28202"

Robert,
You just saved me a LOT of work trying to find Lat/Long, one at a time.
This site was great, and worked on almost ALL of my sites. (I'll have to manually find about 15 sites).

This site was worth checking out.

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someone suggested the following to convert addresses:
http://gpsvisualizer.com/convert?form=address
ive not tryed it on a list of

I am new here I have nuvi 360 and want to add additional POI, any help? thanks

Do utilities exist to translate street addresses into poi/waypoint files?

Hello

For my Fed Prison file, I was able to pull up a list of ALL federal Prisons, Address, Phone numbers, Prison type.
Just NO Lat/Lon

I was able to save it in Notepad, as a .txt file

I know I would still have to find all the Lat.Lon, But is their any easy way to use this .txt file to get a head start on the long list, (It would save me a lot of typing if I could).

If anyone has any ideas, Please share.

How do you add new images for POIs using magellan POI editor? Is there a trick to this? Can you even add new POI icons that aren't part of te POI editor? I have the 2200T
Any help would be great

Question - when you create a speed csv in excel it turns SPEED@50 into a weblink. Does this effect the operation of the POI. GPS is a Garmin340.

Thanks

I just don't know what else to do to make this work.
I have a list of places in my area that I wanted to turn into POIs and upload everything to my nuvi 660. I have the list in Microsoft Excel. I converted the addresses to coordinates so, now, I have a list with four columns: lat, long, name, desc. I have the list in csv format but, no matter what I do, when I use POI Loader, I always get the message that the csv file I am trying to load is invalid.