i3 Dummies Guide - Clarification

John_2811 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 10, 2005 Posts: 4

Hi,

Bit of clarification please?

Today I bought a i3 and upgraded the OS to 2.7, down loaded the Garmin POI loader tool and down loaded the Garmin POIs from http://www.MaFt.co.uk/garmin/download.htm

I have read
http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/Garmin%20POI%20Loader%20install.pdf
in this document it says that the speed camera ZIP will have a Garmin folder or the structure, it doesn't. I can see the different files with data structured for types of GPS, but can see no reference to Garmin, only "other".

My question is which of the file/s in pocketgps_uk_sc_oct05 should I extract into the same folder containing the mafts Garmin POIs and BMP files read to be transferred to the i3 with the POI loader tool?

Cheers

John

zogman · Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:37 pm Post subject:

put the poi loader into one folder...then put the poi's into another folder..run the loader and point it to the poi folder...
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John_2811 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 10, 2005 Posts: 4

Thanks for your response, but it doesn't really answer the question. I'm OK with using the POI installer, nice and simple.

To reiterate the question was
in the abscence of a file path or folder name of "Garmin" in the zipped file v3.104 which of the .csv file/s ( and others) do I unzip into a POI folder ready for installation all 222 or just specific files?

If you are saying to unzip all 222 files into the POI folder surely many of these files are duplicated and some will be in the wrong format for the i3?
There are different data layout for different types of GPS .e.g. .csv files for CP5, Destinator 3, Memory Map, other, then some single .CSV files

Sorry still confused as there is no definitive "unzip and installl all" or "unzip just x,y and z" in the Dummies Guide.

cheers

John

zogman · Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 6:32 pm Post subject:

i think i know what you are saying...before you 'unzip' you can if you wish only choose the poi's you want to load to your i3...ie only speed cameras and mcdonalds...
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zogman · Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 6:34 pm Post subject:

in addition make sure the csv file has a bmp file to go with it...ie asda.csv and asda.bmp....
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dougconran · Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 6:42 pm Post subject:

I think we are at cross purposes here.

1. Go to MaFt's site http://www.MaFt.co.uk/garmin/download.htm and download MaFt's POIs (first line).
2. Unzip the files into a directory of your choice eg My documents/Garmin/POIs
3. Start the POILoader
4. Get to the screen where it asks which directory the POIs are in.
5. Click on Browse to browse to the directory at 2 above
6. Check that units are 'Feet & MPH'
7. Go for it!

There are a total of some 48 different POI files. The POILoader will load all that it finds in the directory so if you don't want some of them :o then you need to delete them and the equivalent bmp file.

When you come to reload your POIs, again, the loader will delete your previous set and then write the new set.

HTH

NigelB · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 29, 2005 Posts: 6

I find this somewhat confusing as well. On the pocketgps page for speedcameras you can, as you say download, a file called pocketgps_uk_sc_oct05.zip. But there is also a Garmin icon leading to a dedicated garmin POI loader database. The file on that page is called garmin-oct05.zip which contains nothing but .csv and .bmp files. Isn't this the file we should be using?

Nigel

zogman · Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 8:14 pm Post subject:

stick to mafts poi's and you wont go wrong...
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NigelB · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 29, 2005 Posts: 6

zogman · Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 8:27 pm Post subject:

mafts file DOES contain speed cameras....
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zogman · Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 8:30 pm Post subject:

my apologies ..i've just checked and indeed theres no speed camera csv file there ....
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NigelB · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 29, 2005 Posts: 6

Hmmm ... what are the .csv files called ? I can't see any.

Nigel

zogman · Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 8:57 pm Post subject:

mafts previous file had the speed camera csv's on it but the one on site at the moment has'nt?...
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zogman · Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 9:07 pm Post subject:

heres the link to the speed camera data

http://www.pocketgpspoi.com/downloads/garmin-oct05.zip

unzip into a folder, start the poi loader and point it that folder and download.

dont know why mafts files are missing cos the bmp's are there but no csv files..
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zogman · Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 12:08 am Post subject:

now i'm confused...if you unzip the file it goes on your hardrive as a folder called garmin ..you then run the loader ,select the garmin folder and its done...
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