This would be excellent stuff to add to the WIKI. Hint, hint.
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr) Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 11:53 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [tracker2] Re: Favorites in the Nuvi 350 Issue Thank you, thank you, thank you! I had heard that there was an approach to do this and I tried it myself but failed miserably and didn't have time to try harder. I've been watching and waiting for this level of tutorial to come by. As soon as I can pull the Nuvis out of my vehicles, I'll be doing this. I suspect that if you set the write-protect on the SD card, you won't need to pull it out when doing a Delete All. You'll just have to remember to un-protect it to update on the PC later. I can't thank you enough! Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - T2-135/Nuvi350 as KJ4ERJ-9 and KJ4OVQ-9 Pete Lilja wrote: > > > I dunno if /we/ tried but I did, tbanks204! > > OK, after much wrestling around last night I finally got it. For > anyone still struggling here's what I did: > > Using EasyGPS ( a free program available here: > http://www.easygps. <http://www.easygps.com/> com/ ) I uploaded from my Nuvi the POIs I have > stored there. Through EasyGPS you save a file of your POIs on your > computer's hard drive. These POIs can be manipulated, deleted, > changed easily in EasyGPS. Then I downloaded Garmin's POI Loader > here: > http://www8. <http://www8.garmin.com/support/collection.jsp?product=999-99999-12> garmin.com/support/collection.jsp?product=999-99999-12 > Running that program you need to have your Nuvi 350 connected to your > computer via the USB cable. At some point while running POI Loader > brings up a dialog box with a drop down menu asking if you want to put > the POI data on the Nuvi or on the SD Card (a second, removeable drive > (this is where I got stuck in the process)). Choose the SD card and > Browse your way to the file where you stored your file containing your > EasyGPS POIs. Apparently POILoader then creates a file on the SD card > that the Nuvi recognizes and another button appears on the Favorites > window in the Nuvi (I don't recall what it is called now and my Nuvi > is in the car) when turned on with the SD card inserted in the slot. > From there you can tap and select your saved POI and it'll be loaded > to the Nuvi's internal memory and you can then use it for navigation. > > Remove the card before "Delete All" when clearing out those pesky, old > waypoints of APRS beacons hanging out on your Nuvi's screen. > > While not perfect this is a very useful way to maintain the Nuvi 350 > as a navigation tool. If you want / need to add more of your own > personal POIs you'll have to get them to your computer's hard drive > and reload them to your SD card. Not the end of the world but a > little messy. This work-around certainly makes the Nuvi 350 and T2 an > even better combo. > > If, while on a trip or otherwise away from my computer and I want to > add a POI to my collection but still want to delete all of those stale > waypoints of APRS beacons I think I'll just write on a piece of paper > the coords and use EasyGPS to add the new POI to my list. > > HTH, > > Pete > > On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 9:10 PM, tbanks204 <tbanks...@embarqmai <mailto:tbanks204%40embarqmail.com> l.com > <mailto:tbanks...@embarqmai <mailto:tbanks204%40embarqmail.com> l.com>> wrote: > > > > > Have we tried EasyGPS > > > --- In track...@yahoogroup <mailto:tracker2%40yahoogroups.com> s.com > <mailto:tracker2%40yahoogroups.com>, "Pete Lilja" <pli...@...> wrote: > > > > I understand what you're saying, Keith. My problem the POI > Loader Program won't let me (or I can't figure out how to) load my > POIs to the SD card. All it'll do is load that demo of POIs in the > POI Loader program. Very clunky, IMO. > > > > Pete > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Keith VE7GDH > > To: track...@yahoogroup <mailto:tracker2%40yahoogroups.com> s.com <mailto:tracker2%40yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 7:39 PM > > Subject: Re: [tracker2] Favorites in the Nuvi 350 Issue > > > > > > Pete KC0GPB wrote... > > > > > I read on this board about a work-around for the favorites > (waypoints) > > > filling up issue in the Nuvi 350 using an SD card to store the > ones > > > you want to keep permanently... > > > > Joe W0PWJ said back on April 12 2009... > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > > > I usually clear my Favorites each morning as well, so this trick has > > been of real use to me. > > > > I use the Garmin POI Loader to create a list of "Favorites" such as > > Home, my parents, family, along with directories of special interest > > sites such as weather spotter locations, or special event check > points > > in a POI file. > > > > If you store POIs in the Nuvi memory, they get whacked along with > > the Favorites created from the Tracker2. > > > > The trick is to save the POI file to a SD card in the Nuvi, > after you > > save the file to the Nuvi take out the card and enable the write > protect > > tab. Now when you select Delete All, you will still have your > non-APRS > > sites in the POI file. When you select a POI, it is copied into the > > Favorite list. > > > > Joe W0PWJ > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Just connect your Nuvi to your PC and look in "my computer" assuming > > you are using Windows. If you have an SD card in the slot, you > should > > see two external / removable disks. One will be the Nuvi's internal > > storage and the other will be the SD card. Look in the Garmin folder > > on the Nuvi. You can probably even copy and edit the GPX file in a > > text editor and put it on the memory card. I'll give it a try > tonight. > > > > 73 es cul - Keith VE7GDH > > -- > > "I may be lost, but I know exactly where I am!" > > > > > > >
