Points of Interest
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Creating a Route to a POI by Name
1.
From the
Main Menu
, tap the
Points of Interest
icon.
2.
Select
Search by Name
.
3.
Spell the name of the POI to be used as the
destination. You need not enter the full
name, but the more characters you enter,
the easier it will be to find the exact POI
you are searching for.
4.
Select the search criteria:
Near Current
Position
,
Near City
(requires entering a city
name) or
Near Address
(requires entering
an address).
5.
The top portion of the display shows
detailed information about the highlighted
POI in the list. The arrow and distance
indicates the direction and distance in a
straight line from your current position to
the POI.
Not that searching by name will show all
POIs that meet the name criteria,
regardless of category. In the sample
shown here, there are home improvement
centers (Lowe’s) and parks (Lowell Brandt
Park).
Use the Prev and Next buttons to step up and down the list of POIs found. Tap on the POI
name to continue.
6.
Select the route method and tap on the orange
Calculate Route
button to begin.
Enhanced POIs
Enhanced POIs are points of interest that are user-created using the POI Manager software found on
the CD-ROM. After loading a POI file to an SD / MMC card and loading it in the Magellan Maestro,
you can route to those POIs quickly.
Loading a POI File
1.
Save a POI file created with the POI Manager to an SD/MMC card and install the card in the
SD/MMC slot on the left side of the Magellan Maestro.
2.
From the
Main Menu
, tap the
Points of Interest
icon.
3.
Select
Enhanced
.
4.
Select
My POI
.
Sample Search by Name Input
Search Result for LOWE Near Position
