Custom POIs for etrex hcx

I'm trying to create some custom POIs by entering the info into a csv
file, converting it with gpsbabel, then using garmin's poi loader.

What I can't figure out is what goes in which field in the csv file. I
really only need lat, lon, name, & category.

a couple of things in general...
You don't need to convert, as POI Loader will read the text file just fine.
But it only recognizes 4 text fields -
click on Help and then select Format.

Each GPS model & firmware interprets what's in the 4th field differently,
and therefore you might be able to match things exactly with a GPX file
that has the XML "tag" and the associated "data",
like you are probably doing with GPSbabel.

tabibito wrote:
The standard format like the poi-factory.com uses is
longitude,latitude,name,address and phone number

The coordinates are in DDD.dddddd form.

Garmin's loader uses the name of the csv file as a catagory, so If you
want to have groups you would have to create a csv file for each one.

tabibito wrote:
The standard format like the poi-factory.com uses is
longitude,latitude,name,address and phone number

The coordinates are in DDD.dddddd form.

Garmin's loader uses the name of the csv file as a catagory, so If you
want to have groups you would have to create a csv file for each one.

This is for the Nuvi, Street Pilot, etc. so I don't how your etrex will
handle them.