Importing a data file – Magellan CrossoverGPS 980890-05 User Manual

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Magellan CrossoverGPS POI Manager

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Importing a Data File

POI files are widely available on the Internet and most of them can be easily transferred to

your Magellan CrossoverGPS. The POI Manager software supports ASCII file format

(.ASC,.CSV,.TXT); GPS Exchange file format (.GPS,.XML); Magellan Waypoint file format

(.WPT,.RTE); and Garmin PCX5 Waypoint file format (.WPT,.RTE) but before transferring

a POI file to your Magellan CrossoverGPS you must convert it to the .MGLN format

(Magellan format).

Click on the

Open

button

.

On your PC, select the file you wish to import and click

Open

.

Start by choosing the line in the data file to which you wish to start importing data. If your

data file has a header row, this row will generate an error so you should start at line two or

below.

Next, choose how the data is separated and click on

Next

.

You now need to define the data columns. Click on the pull down menu and assign a field

name to the appropriate column. Click on

Finish

.

Click on the

Save POI file

button. Assign a name to your file and click on

Save

. Your file is

now in the Magellan format and is ready to be transferred to your unit.

Note that a file cannot contain more than 10000 POIs. If the file you want to import

contains more than 10000 POIs you will have to delete some entries before saving it.

Close the POI File Editor. Select the POI file you have just created and click on the

transfer button (right arrow) to upload the file to your Magellan CrossoverGPS.

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