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ADDING YOUR OWN POINTS OF INTEREST (POI) DATA TO THE M35
Adding Your Own Points Of Interest (POI) Data to the M35
The M35 is supplied with a vast number of Points of Interest but may not include the
ones that are important to you. There are several sources of Points of Interest files
that are available for free download from the Internet that cater for specific needs.
Once such site is http://www.gps-data-team.com. This site has a number of POI files
in various formats that have been complied by GPS users in a wide variety of
categories.
The M35 will read data from OV2 format POI files. (Some purchased files may not be
compatible with the M35).
Download the POI file that you want on your GPS to a folder on your computer. The
POI data may be in 2 parts: the data file and an image file that provides an icon for
the POIs’.
For this example a file for Bowling clubs in the OV2 format will be used.
Connect you M35 Navig8r GPS to your computer as described in the section
“
Connecting the GPS to the computer”
in the first part of the manual.
This can be completed by connecting the computer directly or by placing the SD
card in the card reader of your computer.
Locate and open the folder MobileNavigator > POI. There
should be several folders each named for a category of
POIs.
The new file can be added to an existing one or a new
folder can be created for the new POI data. In this
example we will be creating a new folder.
Right Click in the PIO folder and the select “New Folder”
from the option menu. When the new folder is created
enter the name for the new category of POI.
Double click on this new folder to open it.
Locate the folder that contains the new POI data to be
copied to the M35.
Copy the files and then paste them to the newly created “Bowling Clubs” folder on
the M35 SD card.
The POI folders can contain several files each; containing information about the
location of PIO in the category.
Restart the Navigation software. Refer to the section
Search for Places (Points of
Inerest or POI)
for selecting the POI. The New Catergory will now be displayed and
can be searched for.
