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| Posted by rjensen1 How to add more than one POI file on one SC card How can you put both say McDonald's USA POI's and Rest Areas USA POI's on the same SD card to put in my Garmin nuvi775T? When I use the Garmin POI Loader it converts everything to the same named Poi.gpi file. If I try renaming one Poi2.gpi and then copy both to the SD card the nuvi only recognizes the Poi.gpi file in Extras. If I put both the McDonald's and the Rest Area POI files in the same directory I and run the POI Loader on it I only end up with the Rest Areas. Do I have to put each set of POI's on a separate SD card? When I put the SD card in the nuvi it asks if I want to upload to the nuvi and I've been telling it to Skip that since I only want to put them on the SD card. |
| Posted by roadrider01 More than one POI file If I understand what you are asking, this would be my advice based on my limited experience. When you load any new or additional POI's they overwrite the ones previously installed. What I have done is create separate folders within one main folder on my computer with the POI's I wanted in the various categories or folders. They must always be loaded at once (together) and will only create one poi.gpi file in the GPS. If you make even a single change or addition to a folder within this main file, the whole main file must be reloaded at one time and it will overwrite the old one. It will only show up as one poi.gpi file inside the GPS when accessed through your computer but all the folders or files will show up individually when accessed in the GPS under 'where to' > 'extras' > 'custom POIs'. I have not loaded any POI's as of yet onto an SD card and am assuming it will work the same way. One thing I have noticed is that when I created sub catagories of additional folders inside the "first layer" of folders (categories) within the main folder on my computer, they did not all get loaded. I hope this helps. Let us know how it works and we can all learn. |
| Posted by robbinskuma poi That's odd, I haven't any experience with sd card and POIs. I would suspect you should be able to load multiple files to the sd card and deal with them accordingly. Why not just load the POIs to the Nuvi? If you clean out the unused voices ( languages you don't speak), vehicles and text you may not need yo can clear up a lot of space. I've totaled over 27000 POIs on my 255w so far. J |
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| Posted by robbinskuma ppoi how are you checking the free space and used space. I haven't found figures for my 255w yet. I think I only have 2 or 3 gb total. Not sure though. J |
| Posted by rjensen1 Checking free space on Garmin nuvi With the nuvi connected to my laptop via the USB cable I am clicking on the Computer icon on my desktop and then a right click on the nuvi drive which shows up the same as an external hard drive. Then left click on Properties which shows the total, used, and free space pie chart. |
| Posted by roadrider01 How to add more than one POI file on one SC card You can accomplish the same thing on a Mac computer by right clicking on the GPS icon on the desktop when it is attached to the Mac and then left clicking on 'get info'. |