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Magellan eXplorist 310 User Manual 21
Points of Interest (POI)
The Magellan eXplorist has preloaded points of interest waypoints that provide a wide array of locations that you
may seek. These POIs are waypoints for many commonly needed destinations. The POIs are installed along
with the maps used in the eXplorist. The basemap contains some basic POIs and turning on a detailed map will
provide a robust source of POIs.
Accessing POIs
Finding a POI by Category
1. Press BACK from the Map screen.
2. Select the POI icon.
3. Scroll though the list of categories and Select a
category that defines the POI you are looking
for.
This example describes looking for the nearest
hospital emergency room. Scroll down to find
the category “Emergency Services”.
4. Some POI categories have a subcategory. If
the category chosen does, scroll to find the
subcategory for the POI you are searching.
Select the “Hospital” subcategory.
5. A list of the nearest hospitals are displayed.
The default sorting criteria is by distance. If
you want to sort the list by name, press MENU
and select “Sort by Name”.
You can also search by name for waypoints in
the list displayed. Press the Menu button and
select “Search by Name”. Enter the first few
characters of the name and Select the green
checkmark.