POI Management

OK, I am confused. The set of Garmin applications has me confused as to what to use on my GPSmap 62stc. The more I involve myself with these tools, the more I find there are overlapping functionalities.

I have downloaded sets of POIs that are quite massive. As I travel, due to the limitations of the number of POIs that I can put into my unit, I have to install them, and when I pass the region, I want to take them out. A pain, but manageable, given the right tools.

As I travel, I move into new areas where I can load new POIs. No problem, if I can delete the previous POIs. I am using BaseCamp to plan my trips, and view my MacBook POIs, etc.

How can I delete POI lists on my 62 from BaseCamp? Getting info on the unit says BaseCamp should be able to manage these, but it isn't.

Am I doing something wrong?

Should I be using POI Loader? Why both applications? Why in POI Loader, does it say to erase all the previous ones? Is sending POIs in the Loader, the same as sending POIs via BaseCamp?

Confusing, confusing, confusing. Garmin, you need a comprehensive strategy on how to manage small XML or CSV data sets to units, when installed on one, both, or neither. Adding more functionality when it is not clear, is not a good thing. This isn't a competition of who can design the most jam-packed system, because eventually nobody is impressed. We're here for functionality, not being impressed by complex development. Juggling your applications and having to come into the forums just takes away from my holidays.

0 beerich over 11 years ago

I downloaded collections of POIs from POI websites, and imported them into Basecamp. I would generate routes from those points and send both the POIs and routes to my unit.

Basecamp doesn't recognize POIs nor favourites. They are Waypoints. On my unit, routes show up as that, and imported POIs are shown as favourites.

0 JaVaWa over 11 years ago

Favourites, POIs, waypoints: they are all the same; items with coordinates, a name, a symbol and optionally some extra info. BaseCamp does recognize favourites and POIs; it just labels them as waypoints.
The difference lies in the method how you put them on the device: when you use BaseCamp, the amount is limited (to 2000 in your case). When you use POI Loader, you can have several ten thousands of them on the device.

0 beerich over 11 years ago

See I had no clue. I could have used this on my trip. It's confusing, and should be consolidated. Thanks for the notes, guys.

0 Former Member over 10 years ago

Service for POI management

I could recommend you a service for POIs management and sharing.

waypointer.info

Here you can

upload ypur POIs in GPX, KML(Google Earth) or WPT(Ozi Explorer) formats
set categories for all POIs
group POIs using tags
download selected set of POIs as file
share your POIs via link or via embedded map

0 beerich over 10 years ago

That won't help. I'm a database developer that used to have GPSbabel installed. That's the engine behind something like that in any case. Garmin has confused people on their own nomenclature. It's not a data problem.