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Posted by DaveG on December 27, 2009, 8:50 am


On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:45:18 +0800, Mathias Koerber wrote:

> I have a nuvi 360 T.
>
> Under C:Garminpoi I have several GPI files loaded In addition, I am
> using a tool that saves POIs using the POI Loader to a file that sees to
> always be named 'poi.gpi'.

If you want to use multiple files, eg "permanent" and "changeable" as I
do, you have to upload one with POILoader then rename it via fileexplorer
then upload the next one.

> It now seems that the category saved via the POI Loaded is always listed
> last in the 'Custom POIs' menu, forcing me to scroll down to find it.

They are not sorted in the file directory and the Garmin doesn't have
that function. Like running the DIR command in a DOS command line, you
get a list of files in the order they were written. AFAICT, POILoader
when crating the poi file for upload, sorts the categories/entries and
writes them in that order. Catagories will then be displayed in that
order with POIs displayed in order of "as the crow flies" distance.

You can overcome some of the limitations by storing your POIs in seperate
sub-directories and sub-sub-directories, naming the directories in a way
which will alphabetise them to your preferred order when POILoader sorts/
converts for upload

> Does anyone know what influences the sorting of the POI categories in
> the 'Custom POIs' section? I tried
>
> 1. playing with the filenames of the GPI files (capitalization,
> renaming poi.gpi. to 1poi.gpi, lowercasing the names of the other GPI
> files)

At this stage, ie in the Garmin unit, the multiple POI files are just
merged as they are read in.

> 2. changing the category name in the gpi file in several ways
>
> to no avail.
>
> Any help is appreciated



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Posted by Mathias Koerber on December 28, 2009, 9:51 am


DaveG wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:45:18 +0800, Mathias Koerber wrote:
>
>> I have a nuvi 360 T.
>> Under C:Garminpoi I have several GPI files loaded In addition, I am
>> using a tool that saves POIs using the POI Loader to a file that sees to
>> always be named 'poi.gpi'.
>
> If you want to use multiple files, eg "permanent" and "changeable" as I
> do, you have to upload one with POILoader then rename it via fileexplorer
> then upload the next one.

Yeah, but I upload one with the POI Loader. Those are the POIs that
change quite often. The POI Loader generates these into a file called
'poi.gpi'.

Then I have several more static gpi files with things like redlight
cameras, ATMs etc.

> They are not sorted in the file directory and the Garmin doesn't have
> that function. Like running the DIR command in a DOS command line, you
> get a list of files in the order they were written. AFAICT, POILoader
> when crating the poi file for upload, sorts the categories/entries and
> writes them in that order. Catagories will then be displayed in that
> order with POIs displayed in order of "as the crow flies" distance.

The strange thing is that neither the filename of the GPI file on the
filesystem, nor the internal heading seems to influence the sorting. It
sorts them by some other means (or I am missing something).

my beef is that when I select
Where to
My Locations
Go Home
Favorites
Recent Selections
My Current Location
Custom POIs
All Categories
Wireless Locations
Redlight Cameras
Roadblocks
...
ATM locations
<top heading of my poi.gpi file>
category1
category2
category3
...

where "Wireless Locations", "Redlight Cameras", "Roadblocks" and so on
are each based on a separate *.gpi file, while
"category1,..." are the internal/2nd level headings/categories of the
poi.gpi file.

I want it to look like this:
Where to
My Locations
Go Home
Favorites
Recent Selections
My Current Location
Custom POIs
All Categories
<top heading of my poi.gpi file>
category1
category2
category3
...
Wireless Locations
Redlight Cameras
Roadblocks
...
ATM locations




Does anyone know how to do this by
naming the categories in the poi.gpi file
renaming the gpi files
changing the filesystem dates of the gpi files?

any help is appreciated
M

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