shivia Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Hi all. For newbie like me, do you know the websites showing a tutorial how to use poi loader, how to create, how to use it etc... In my town, they will install speed zone cameras and i heard we can create POIs reminding me that i enter these zones. Thanks for your help. Quote Link to comment
+DonB Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Hi all. For newbie like me, do you know the websites showing a tutorial how to use poi loader, how to create, how to use it etc... In my town, they will install speed zone cameras and i heard we can create POIs reminding me that i enter these zones. Thanks for your help. Check out poi-factory.com The answers to all of your questions will be answered there. Quote Link to comment
+Timpat Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Here is a good resource from GPSInformation to have a look at. Quote Link to comment
+Prime Suspect Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 And don't forget that the POI loader has documentation with it. That's the place to start. Quote Link to comment
strumble Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 In the UK we have 10,000+ speed cameras usually updated each week. http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/modules.php?...p=462492#462492 As Canada has so few [as yet] in the database you can submit them for your Country here:- http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/modules.php?...op=SubmitCamera It takes a short time each week to download - load to unit with Garmin's POI Loader. Quote Link to comment
shivia Posted March 5, 2009 Author Share Posted March 5, 2009 Good day. Thanks all of you. Now i have a lot of stuff for reading and learning. Quote Link to comment
shivia Posted March 7, 2009 Author Share Posted March 7, 2009 These POIs work well on Nuvi760? Or are just only for 60 series? thanks. Quote Link to comment
+Timpat Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 These POIs work well on Nuvi760? Or are just only for 60 series? thanks. You're good to go with all Nuvis, Street Pilots, etc. Quote Link to comment
shivia Posted March 7, 2009 Author Share Posted March 7, 2009 (edited) What's difference between POI and waypoint? thanks. Edited March 7, 2009 by shivia Quote Link to comment
+JBnW Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 What's difference between POI and waypoint? thanks. Basically, they're the same. Depending on the model of GPS, POIs get stored on the removable memory, and given their small data size, essentially zillions of 'em can be stored. POIs can have more information associated with them than can waypoints. Waypoints, depending on your GPS, are stored in the GPS memory, are limited in number and the amount of associated information. If you have a bunch of waypoints that you always want to have with you (or a whole bunch of caches), converting them to POIs is the way to go. Quote Link to comment
shivia Posted March 8, 2009 Author Share Posted March 8, 2009 (edited) If you have a bunch of waypoints that you always want to have with you (or a whole bunch of caches), converting them to POIs is the way to go. - thanks JBnW. How to convert waypoint to POI? And POI to waypoint? Edited March 8, 2009 by shivia Quote Link to comment
+DonB Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 If you have a bunch of waypoints that you always want to have with you (or a whole bunch of caches), converting them to POIs is the way to go. - thanks JBnW. How to convert waypoint to POI? And POI to waypoint? A POI file is just a text file with a CSV extension. There are a number of free programs that will convert a GPX file to a CSV file, such as GPS Utility. Quote Link to comment
shivia Posted March 8, 2009 Author Share Posted March 8, 2009 (edited) - duplicate post - erased. Edited March 8, 2009 by shivia Quote Link to comment
shivia Posted March 8, 2009 Author Share Posted March 8, 2009 (edited) I load some dozen POIs found from POI-Factory to my 60csx. WHERE they store in my gps? When i browse around using waypoints/all POIs menu functions, i don't see them. How can i display them on my CN? thanks. Edited March 8, 2009 by shivia Quote Link to comment
+JBnW Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 I load some dozen POIs found from POI-Factory to my 60csx. WHERE they store in my gps? When i browse around using waypoints/all POIs menu functions, i don't see them. How can i display them on my CN? thanks. Good morning. First, hit "Find" then "Custom POI". If your loading was successful, you should see them all here. To get them to display, go to the Map screen, hit "Menu -> Setup Map -> Enter". Scroll to "Map Setup-Points" (the flag icon), then scroll down to "Map Points". Should be set to "Auto", hit "Enter" to change this to one of the Zoom settings listed, and then "Enter" again to select. Then, the POIs will show when you've zoomed in closer than this setting. Don't set this too high as many POIs will clutter up the display. Once you zoom out farther than the selected setting, the POIs should disappear from the map. Hope this helps! Quote Link to comment
shivia Posted March 8, 2009 Author Share Posted March 8, 2009 I load some dozen POIs found from POI-Factory to my 60csx. WHERE they store in my gps? When i browse around using waypoints/all POIs menu functions, i don't see them. How can i display them on my CN? thanks. Should be set to "Auto", hit "Enter" to change this to one of the Zoom settings listed, and then "Enter" again to select. Then, the POIs will show when you've zoomed in closer than this setting - Thanks, you're the good instructor. I'm ok now with my 60csx. And also good for my nuvi 760. - But i don't find the zoom settings on nuvi 760 like we have on the 60csx. Is there there a hidden zoom settings somewhere on the unit? Quote Link to comment
FanMan Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 What's difference between POI and waypoint? One other difference is that waypoints store elevation and time (when they were created) information while POI's do not. Quote Link to comment
shivia Posted March 10, 2009 Author Share Posted March 10, 2009 How do i load these custom POIs to my CN on pc? thanks. Quote Link to comment
Motorcycle_Mama Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 If by "CN", you mean City Navigator, then what you are really asking is how to load Custom POIs into MapSource (which is the program as opposed to City Navigator which is the map data). MapSource will open GPX files directly, so you can just open MapSource and select File > Open and be sure the file type is GPX and then navigate to the location on your computer where you have located the file. If you want to see more than one set of Custom POIs (ie more than one Custom POI file) in MapSource at the same time, you will need to open a second instance of MapSource (you can have multiple instances of MapSource open at the same time) and copy and paste them all into a single instance of MapSource. Note that once you open them in MapSource, they become Waypoint/Favorites in MapSource. If you send them to the GPS unit from MapSource, they will not be loaded as Custom POIs on the unit. They will be Waypoints/Favorites. So be sure that you are using POI Loader to load them to the GPS unit if you want them to be Custom POIs on the unit. Quote Link to comment
shivia Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 Thanks Motorcycle_Mama. You understood my question. That's what i want to know about how to see all my POIs set in MapSource/CityNav. Quote Link to comment
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