Putting this here because GPS questions when searching pop up everywhere and I do have a touring bike.

Ok. The SC BBQ Association has a listing of 24 BBQ establishments that they rate as worth driving/riding 100 miles to get to. So I'm trying to make a POI with them listed. Using Excel and saving as a CVS file in the following layout per the instructions I've found

1.Column A put in Longitude.
2.Column B put in Latitude.
3.Column C put in Name.
4.Column D put in address,city,state (abbreviation),zip code and Phone Number. Put commas in per this example.770 Schillinger Rd,Mobile,AL 36695,251-634099

This is an actual example from the file. I'm breaking the columns up into new lines to make it easier to read here.

-81.3113098
33.9795113
Belly's Southern Pride Bar-B-Q
2508 Augusta Hwy, Lexington, SC 29072, 803-3568284

When I load it on my GPS (Zumo 660) as a CVS I get the location but no address. When I select one it gives me no address but weird thing with proximity and 105 mile speed. It will route to it just fine.

I'm stumped. Thanks in advance for any help.

 

http://www8.garmin.com/products/poiloader/creating_custom_poi_files.jsp[/URL][/URL]

This is a link to a Garmin site that talks about creating custom POI files and the correct formats necessary to do so. If you have not already visited here before...

 

Use semi colons after street and zip code instead of commas

for example..
231 Davis Loop Rd; Oxford, AL 36203; 256-832-8888 Fax: 256-832-4321; http://www.mtcheahaharley.com

 

You will be better off asking this type of question at the POI Factory. Very helpful people there when it comes to this.

 

I've posted the same over at the POI Factory. Once I get it right I'll up load it there.

I've been to that website and I'll try the semi-colon fix

Thanks.

 

Got it. POI Factory boys pointed me in the right direction.

Thanks everyone.

 

What was the solution????

 

Like to know also

 

I was loading it as a CSV file and it ignores the 4th column with the address. So converted to a GPX and it worked fine. I cleaned up the phone numbers while I was editing to this format (xxx) xxx-xxxx. Works fine.

Then I had an issue with a speed/proximity alert I did not want due to having "100" in the file name. Removed that and all is good.

So if you want to know where good SC BBQ is located the file name is "Hundred Mile SC BBQ" over at the POI factory.

 

I may use it when I'm in Fort Mill next month....