Mypois; Creating Your Own Destinations - Garmin SEAT Portable System User Manual

User's manual SEAT Portable System
10.2

MyPOIs

You can create files with your own POIs. These files have to be made
available to your navigation system in a specific folder.
If you want to choose from your own POIs, you will find them under the
MyPOIs category of POIs. Each file with your own POIs is listed as a
sub-category. Each sub-category can have a personally created symbol
for representing your destinations on the map.
The navigation device can import a maximum of 10,000 POIs. These
destinations are allowed to be shared among a maximum of 40 sub-
categories.
10.2.1

Creating your own destinations

1. Open an empty document in an editor which can save the files in
UTF8 code (e.g. MS Notepad, Microsoft Word).
Note: The following description is based on the use of MS Notepad as
editor. If a different editor is used, the saving of the file and its UTF-8
coding (point 4-9) may differ from this description.
2. For each destination create a data record (one line) with the
following form:
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The address does not have to be included in the data record. It is
shown automatically when you select this POI for navigation.
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Longitude. Begin the entry with a minus sign if you want to
enter a western degree of longitude. The longitude must be
entered as a decimal number with a dot as the decimal sign.
Comma (as list separator)
Latitude. Begin the entry with a minus sign if you want to enter
a southern degree of latitude. The latitude must be entered as a
decimal number with a dot as the decimal sign.
Comma (as list separator)
Name of the destination. Any name is possible, but no commas
are allowed. If the use of a comma is indispensable, precede it
with a backslash ('\').
Comma (as list separator)
PHONENUMBER=
A phone number. This entry can remain empty.
Tilde ('~')
Additional information. This entry can remain empty.
Enter (in order to begin a new data record)
Useful functions