Roger20
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We have had a TomTom Go 920 since 2008 and it's been brilliant and incredibly easy to use. Some time ago, without probably researching fully and aware that the TT was old and may no longer get support, we bought a TomTom 5100. What a mistake! Hopeless, particularly for POIs and so counter-intuitive compared to the 920. It's now in the classifieds if anyone is brave enough.
So a BMW R1250R was the justification to get a Garmin BMW Motoradd Nav VI so we could replace the Go 920 with something I could use on the bike and in the motorhome.
I now want to put POIs into the Nav VI and have done a bit of research and downloaded Garmin POI loader. I want to get it to work right first time and make sure use is as close as possible to the old TT. In particular so that I can find each subset category easily on the Garmin - eg Aires, LPG, Auchan, Aldi, Archies Camping Card, etc, etc.. I think downloader suggests a main folder on the PC and then sub-folders for each category.
Could someone point me in the right direction and say whether this is right or not and whether each subset category will appear clearly on the Garmin. We used to plan routes on the TT, both in advance and then live, going from one POI to another and I want to be able to do this with the Garmin.
The Garmin also has a Favourites box - does this work like the TT - picking say a particular POI and then saving it as a Favourite?
I don't want to start putting a lot of POIs onto the Garmin and then find I should have done it all differently so any advice at this stage would be greatly appreciated.
Finally, Archies gives a choice of Garmin (CSV) or GPX which I understand to be bigger files capable of holding more info. I would have thought the latter is better because it might include other data like phone numbers etc. Does it matter?
So a BMW R1250R was the justification to get a Garmin BMW Motoradd Nav VI so we could replace the Go 920 with something I could use on the bike and in the motorhome.
I now want to put POIs into the Nav VI and have done a bit of research and downloaded Garmin POI loader. I want to get it to work right first time and make sure use is as close as possible to the old TT. In particular so that I can find each subset category easily on the Garmin - eg Aires, LPG, Auchan, Aldi, Archies Camping Card, etc, etc.. I think downloader suggests a main folder on the PC and then sub-folders for each category.
Could someone point me in the right direction and say whether this is right or not and whether each subset category will appear clearly on the Garmin. We used to plan routes on the TT, both in advance and then live, going from one POI to another and I want to be able to do this with the Garmin.
The Garmin also has a Favourites box - does this work like the TT - picking say a particular POI and then saving it as a Favourite?
I don't want to start putting a lot of POIs onto the Garmin and then find I should have done it all differently so any advice at this stage would be greatly appreciated.
Finally, Archies gives a choice of Garmin (CSV) or GPX which I understand to be bigger files capable of holding more info. I would have thought the latter is better because it might include other data like phone numbers etc. Does it matter?
