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 a Town
(requires entering a
town 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.
Note that searching by name will show all
POIs that meet the name criteria,
regardless of the category. Use the Prev
and Next buttons to step up and down the
list of POIs that were 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 can be downloaded from the Internet or created by the user
by means of the POI Editor software found on the CD-ROM provided with your Maestro. The online
help available in the POI Editor software describes how to edit POIs and how to transfer a POI file
from your PC to your Magellan Maestro.
After loading a POI file to the Maestro (or to a SD card and loading it in the Magellan Maestro) you
can route to those POIs quickly.
Loading a POI File from a PC
1.
Turn your Magellan Maestro on and connect your Maestro to your PC using the supplied USB
cable.
2.
Launch the POI Editor software (you should have installed the software on your PC
beforehand).
Make sure your POI file is saved in Magellan mgln. format and use the transfer
button to transfer the POI file to your Magellan Maestro. All POI files (including speedtrap
files) must be first saved in the .mgln format using the provided POI Editor software before
they can be transferred and used in the Magellan Maestro.
Sample Search by Name Input
Search Result for LOWE Near Position
