Icons on i3

bendandthrow · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 03, 2006 Posts: 7

I'm a complete newbie, so apologies if this is a stupid question. I know the POIs have icons associated with them. How do I make those icons display? ie if I want to find the best petrol station, how do I make the icon for petrol stations show up on the map so I can choose the next one on my route, rather than the nearest which may be in the wrong direction?

Thanks

Nickwolf · Regular Visitor Joined: Apr 01, 2005 Posts: 219

Basically you can't.

Nick

kev3 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 10, 2006 Posts: 8

i want my i3 to show all my custom poi on route, is there no way to do this?
cant you set up proximatey alerts like with the speed cameras for all my custom poi?

MaFt · Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 11:09 am Post subject:

kev3 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 10, 2006 Posts: 8

i would like to test this out may be just on all Nandos Smile

how would i go about doing this?
do i have to use GPX Converter? as the manual import doesnt work properly?
thanks!

oddsock · Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 11:43 am Post subject:

MaFt · Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 1:01 pm Post subject:

bendandthrow · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 03, 2006 Posts: 7

As a follow up to my original question...

If I can't make the i3 show an icon on my current map view for all instances of a particular type of POI then what use are the icons? What am I missing?

I know that when I approach a cluster of speed cameras, and am over the speed limit, I will see 1 or more camera icons (very useful!). I presume this is because there is some parameter in their configuration which means they are displayed when the proximity alert option is selected.

Does this mean that I could, if I wanted to, modify my other POIs so that they would also be displayed whenever I was within their defined proximity radius? ie could I modify my Fuel POI to appear whenever I pass within 1 mile? If so, could I make the icon appear without the audible bong?

If I did make this change what would happen when I download the next update of the POIs from this site? Would my changes be overwritten and have to be reinput?

MaFt · Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 3:02 pm Post subject:

kev3 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 10, 2006 Posts: 8

will manually importing my poi and editing proximity alerts mess up my modified speed camera gpx files which are in the same folder?
i mean how do you do it?
many thanks for you expert advice!

MaFt · Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 5:01 pm Post subject:

kev, you change proximity settings on an individual file-by-file basis so unless you change settings for the gpx files then they won't be affected - just put the gpx speed cam files on as speed alert.

MaFt

eddie7 · Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 2:11 am Post subject: poi alerts

Having also just purchased an i3 i have only used it for a day now,i have installed the speed camera database and some custom poi's but the only warning i seem to get is a speed warning on 30mph roads,i followed a thread on this site and converted the speed camera files to gpx format then used poi loader to install them,can someone please tell me where i might have gone wrong,also this might be in the wrong place and i appologise if it is

PaulB2005 · Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 8:49 am Post subject:

You only get warning if you are speeding when you approach Speed Cameras.

eddie7 · Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 3:42 pm Post subject: pio alerts

ok,i can appreciate that,but what about if i want to know where my nearest garage or burger king is?can i not get alerts for theese as well?

PaulB2005 · Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 3:56 pm Post subject:

You can put you'll then you'll be alerted all the time you are in the Proximity Area. It gets very tedious after about half an hour....

Just use the POI Loader to edit the Proximity settings under Manual mode.

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