#Garmin poi loader says file not download

I had gone the way you mentioned before receiving your reply. What file type are you 'poiloading'? All four GPX, CSV, MP3, BMP or just GPX? What I eventually did, was to poiload each area separately in to the poi folder on the Garmin, renaming the GPI file before poiloading the next! There has to an easier way! Problems Transferring your Trip planning file to your Garmin 770.

#Garmin poi loader says file not download

Note: download map now does not always work so see step 4. Many of the Trip Planners (RVParky, RVTripWizard (now called RV Life), Garmin BaseCamp, etc) allow you to export your planned trip to a GPX file and then load it onto your RV GPS. #DOWNLOAD GPX FILE TO GARMEIN 660 DOWNLOAD#Ĭlick on the download map now link and another window will open Download the file with the name osmgenericnewgmapsupp.zip and the description says compressed file containing a single image that can be placed directly onto the SD card of the GPS. Once the GPX file is in the RVs GPS, the unit will determine appropriate routing based on the size. I use a combination of all the above files depending on what I want to be notified of when I'm driving.

For example, it is very irritating to have every store, restaurant, etc. announced when you pass by but can be useful to have the traffic speed traps, cameras, etc. So you may not want to load the mp3 files in some of the folders while you might want to for others. #DOWNLOAD GPX FILE TO GARMEIN 660 DOWNLOAD#Ĭsv files can be used in some folders and the GPX files can be used in others with or without the bmp or mp3 as you wish.#DOWNLOAD GPX FILE TO GARMEIN 660 TRIAL#.But there’s no icon file called “Kelsey.bmp”, so the points in the “Kelsey.csv” file are plotted with the default icon assigned in the Root to this subfolder, “Landmarks.bmp”.The points in the “Km.csv” file are plotted with the “Km.bmp” icon.The points in the “Springs.csv” file are plotted with the “Springs.bmp” icon.The points in the “Uranium mines.csv” file are plotted with the “Uranium mines.bmp” icon.If I now run the Garmin POILoader program, and upload the data from the “Root” directory: Landmarks (subfolder inside of “Root” folder): contains datafiles “Springs.csv”, “Kelsey.csv” and “Km.csv”, along with icon files “Springs.bmp” and “Km.bmp”.Root (root folder): contains the datafile “Uranium mines.csv”, and icon files “Uranium mines.bmp” and “Landmarks.bmp”.But I can override that default for a datafile in the subfolder by putting an icon file with the same name as the datafile into the subfolder. For example, if the root folder is called “Root”, and a subfolder containing multiple POI datafiles is called “Landmarks”, putting an icon file called “Landmarks.bmp” into the Root folder assigns that bitmap as the default icon for all the datapoints in the Landmarks subfolder. If I organize multiple POI datafiles by putting them into subfolders (see this post for more info), I can assign the same icon to all the points in that subfolder by putting an icon into the root folder with the name of the subfolder. If I uploaded it as a 24-bit graphic file, though:Ĭolors are changed, and there’s no transparency. Magenta is transparent, so it doesn’t display. If I now select the folder containing both files for uploading with the Garmin POI Loader program, I’ll see this at the location of a uranium mine in the data file: So, if I have a CSV POI file called “Uranium mines.csv”, I can put a BMP file with the characteristics listed above in the same directory as the POI file, called “Uranium mines.bmp”:Ĩ-bit graphic file “Uranium mines.bmp”, 24 x 24 pixel, magenta as transparent(displayed 3x original size) Must have same filename as the datafile or category you want to associate it with Yes, for magenta, but only if image is in 8-bit format when uploaded But the graphic format requirements are somewhat relaxed for custom POI icons compared to custom waypoint icons:Ĭan be any size from 1 x 1 to 24 x 24 pixelsĪccepts 24-bit, but icon colors may be off in GPS display best to use 8-bit I’ve covered the basic details of creating custom waypoint icons in two previous posts ( part one and part two), and refer you to those for the general process.

Creating custom icons for Garmin POI files is similar to, but actually easier than, creating them for custom waypoints.