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the_big_1
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:12 pm    Post subject: Update POI in Garmin? Reply with quote

Hi,

Is it possible to update the POI in Garmin, not the custom ones?
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

No, you can supplement the built-in POIs but you cannot update/replace them.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi,

what do you mean by suppliment?
All I want to do was add more POI to the catagories that are there rather than them being in the custom POI menu
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You can't. You can add custom POIs and supplement the built-in data but you cannot add/edit/amend the pre-installed POIs.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Awww pants Laughing Out Loud the pre installed ones are rubbish Laughing Out Loud most places are not in there Laughing Out Loud
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:51 pm    Post subject: I'm confused .............. .com Reply with quote

I'm a little confused.

When I add POIs to my VM I can create a category and add an icon.

So what happens with the Garmin? Nuvi 250W?

I have downloaded POIloader from the Garmin site and have coverted and saved files to my PC, just to try it out.

If I want to send the files to the unit I have the option of overwriting the existing files or removing all POI files

*Install new custom POIs onto your device
*Remove all previuosly laoded custom POIs from your device.

Does the POI loader add the correct bmp icon to the POIs in the conversion?

If I put all the new POIs on an SD card will I have to choose one or the other or will the unit read both?

Lots of question I'm sorry
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Choose

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Install new custom POIs onto your device


The second option is just for clearing the POIs off the unit and POILoader wipes out all existing Custom POIs before loading the new ones.

The get the right BMP the BMP file must have the same name as the CSV file

i.e.

Sainsburys.CSV
Sainsburys.BMP
BP petrol.CSV
BP petrol.BMP
etc

If they load on the SD card then you may be asked if you wish to move them to the unit but you'll see any Custom POIs on the unit mixed with the ones on the SD card. Note: The Custom POIs are not mixed with the built in POIs.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 2:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks Paul most helpful. The biggest problem is that there is no way of knowing what POIs are loaded by garmin as standard or can you use POI loader in reverse!!!

Removing the previuosly loaded ones must remove all the foreign ones as well ............ NOT good
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 2:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not sure what you mean. The built in POIs are built into the map data and are unaffected by POILoader.

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Removing the previuosly loaded ones must remove all the foreign ones as well ............ NOT good


True, but if you include the files in the upload they'll be reloaded. Each time you use POILoader you must upload ALL your Custom POIs each time in full.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 3:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Is it possible to update the POI in the map with mapsource etc?
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 3:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not as far as i can see or have heard.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 5:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It is a shame! The built in POI data is truly rubbish, and Garmin should be ashamed of including them in the first place. I know of TWO Shell garages in the "Where Am I?" fuel list, that do not exist, one of them has been a block of flats for about seven years, the other one is a house, and these are both within 5 miles of where I live! Rolling Eyes

I wouldn't trust the "Where Am I?" function if I really needed it. Evil or Very Mad
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 6:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I know, its such a pitty the internal ones can not be updated etc.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Or even removed like on a TT....
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It wouldnt be to bad if they could be altered etc through mapsource so not a basic novice could mess them up.
The part that bugs me, is having to go to custom POI to search because its more correct and has more POI than the standard.
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