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nheather
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 Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 4:13 pm Post subject: Need to understand how custom POIs work |
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Before I put POIs and indeed by the camera database here, I need to understand how the Custom POIs work on the Nuvi series.
I have the POI Loader.
I understand that you can't load custom POIs over a number of sessions. So if you install a set of files they will overwrite whatever Custom POis are on the machine at that time.
But there are some things I'm not sure of
1 - Out of the box the Garmin has quite a few POIs (services and cameras already). I can see the Cameras in the POI folder but the other services petrol, train stations etc are not. Does this mean that they are hard coded in the Sat Nav software.
2 - If I load petrol stations as custom POIs and the standard ones remain does this mean there will be duplicates in the system.
3 - If I load Petrol Stations as custom POIs where they appear in the 'My Location' when you click on the car icon. This is a really usueful function that shows Hospitals, Police Stations, Fuel and Roadside assist close to your current position.
Cheers,
Nigel |
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PaulB2005
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| Quote: | | 1 - Out of the box the Garmin has quite a few POIs (services and cameras already). I can see the Cameras in the POI folder but the other services petrol, train stations etc are not. Does this mean that they are hard coded in the Sat Nav software. |
They are coded into the map data and can't be removed, edited or updated.
| Quote: | | 2 - If I load petrol stations as custom POIs and the standard ones remain does this mean there will be duplicates in the system. |
Yes, but in two seperate areas. Also the icons are of different sizes so it's easy to tell the 2 apart.
| Quote: | | 3 - If I load Petrol Stations as custom POIs where they appear in the 'My Location' when you click on the car icon. This is a really usueful function that shows Hospitals, Police Stations, Fuel and Roadside assist close to your current position. |
No, they will be listed under the CustomPOIs in order of distance away from you. |
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auto_man
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| Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 1:38 pm Post subject: |
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hello all,
me too i have just bought the Nuvi 660 and installed some poi's but i can't see them on the machine there are 8 icons, map, navigation, system, bluetooth, locale, proximity points, display and volume so where would i find any poi's already installed and the same with the safety cameras where do i find out this stuff, thank you |
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turboccc
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| Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 6:20 pm Post subject: |
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| On the 760, you can find them in the "Extras". Click on "Where-to" and scroll down to see "Extras". I am not exactly sure for the 660, but I guess Extras is there somewhere. |
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auto_man
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| Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 12:31 pm Post subject: |
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| yep turbo the extras icon is there but when i open it and look in it, it is empty |
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PaulB2005
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| auto_man - What did you install and how did you do it? |
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