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How do I create a Custom Place of Interest file?
Complete the following steps to create or edit a custom Place of Interest file containing the latitude and longitude of individual Places of Interest. The file
will be saved on your computer in .csv (Comma Separated Values) format.
When you have finished creating or editing the file, you can copy it to your Navman. For more information, see "How do I copy a Custom POI file to my
Navman?" on page 8.
1. Complete one of the following:
If you want to ...
Then ...
create a new Place of Interest file
Click .
The Place of Interest File Name window will open.
Type a name for the file in the File Name box, then click OK.
The file name will be used as both the name of the CSV file and the
Place of Interest name.
The file name cannot include spaces.
The category name will consist of the first 8 characters.
open an existing Place of Interest file
Click .
The Open dialogue box will open.
Select the file from your local or network drive, then click Open.
The locations contained in the Place of Interest file are listed.
2. Complete the following to add or edit a Place of Interest:
a) On
the
Edit menu, click New to create a new Place of Interest, or Modify to edit the selected Place of Interest.
The Place Details window will open.
b)
Type a description for the Place of Interest in the Description box.
c)
Complete one of the following:
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Then ...
the degrees, minutes and seconds of the Place of Interest
On the Degrees, Minutes, Seconds tab, type or select the degree, minute and second
of the latitude in the Latitude boxes and the longitude in the Longitude boxes.
Select N, S, E or W to designate the hemisphere of the co-ordinates.
the decimal degrees of the Place of Interest
On the Decimal Degrees tab, type the latitude in the Latitude box and the longitude in
the Longitude box.
Select N, S, E or W to designate the hemisphere of the co-ordinates.
d) Click
OK to save the Place of Interest.
3. Repeat step 2 until all Places of Interest have been added to the Place of Interest file.
4. Click .
The Place of Interest file is saved.
You are now ready to copy your custom Place of Interest file to your Navman. For more information, see "How do I copy a Custom POI file to my
Navman?" on page 8.
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