So, for now, will still be resorting to the cranky windows laptop. Meaning I have the latest list including the rather nice sounding recently opened Whalebone in Downham Market (appears to have a nice garden) and the latest collection of Archies campsites for the UK.
Garmin poi loader application download#
I decided that in practice it might be best to just have a single file anyway - no great problem to download the GPXs again and it prompts me to make sure that I am using the most up to date files on a trip. Used a thumb drive to transfer the gpx/gpi files back and forth from chromebook to laptop and to Etrex. Global Nav Open Menu Global Nav Close Menu Apple Shopping Bag + Search. Download apps by Garmin, including Garmin Varia, Connect IQ Store, Garmin Golf, and many more. So I dug the laptop out, momentary panic when I couldn't remember the pasword, ran POIloader, which is indeed very fast and smooth. Download apps by Garmin, including Garmin Varia, Connect IQ Store, Garmin Golf, and many more. I did establish that my Etrex20 seems to be able to accommodate more than one GPI file though. I ended up with a list of things just called waypoint and a number and for some reason all of these things seemed to be several thousand miles south.*
I did try using gps visualizer to create a gpi file from a gpx file but must have screwed something up. Each time POI Loader sends POIs to a device the existing Poi.gpi file is overwritten." The POI Loader combines all files in the main folder and its sub-folders to create 1 file. One level of sub-folders is allowed for organizing files and creating POI categories.
After processing the files, POI Loader uploads a single file called Poi.gpi to the device.Īll POI-related files should be stored in 1 main directory on the computer. gpx files are loaded to the device using the Garmin POI Loader application.
gpx files that contain Custom POIs (points of interest) for use on compatible Garmin devices with MP3 players. The POI loader can take waypoints in either GPX or CSV format, and spit out a. You can however see some plain text in there, amongst the binary stuff. gpi files, and opening one in notepad++ it appears they are binary files, not plain text.
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