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<blockquote data-quote="Fred W" data-source="post: 1255608" data-attributes="member: 3828"><p>I believe that you can put them on the SD card in the same directory structure that they exist on the unit's internal memory (/Garmin/Poi ) and it will find them. However, I never do that. I just load them onto the device's memory because I have all of my mapsets loaded to the SD cards, which leaves the device memory essentially empty.</p><p></p><p>I have posted the detailed instructions for doing that (loading full mapstes onto SD card) <a href="https://www.fjrforum.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=144834" target="_blank">here</a>. IMO, it is worth doing that on <em>any </em>older Garmin GPS these days as their mapsets continue to grow in size, even the zumo 66X units are getting short on internal memory.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes, the custom POIs are live and get placed on the map in real time. And, if you place a proximity alert in the POIs you will get an alert tone and banner with the POI name across the top of the display whenever you get within the proximity distance you set. For instance, I have a POI file with all 235 of the New Hampshire historical roadside markers with the proximity alerts set to 1/4 mile. Anytime I get within that radius of a marker it alerts me to its presence. I like collecting the photos of the markers with my bike.</p><p></p><p>I think you are correct that the POIs in the map updates accounts for the majority of their ever increasing sizes. The roads don't really change all that much but new POIs are always being added, and old ones don't always get deleted. I'm not aware of a way to edit the POIs in the mapset, but it really isn't an issue if you load your maps to a big SD card</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fred W, post: 1255608, member: 3828"] I believe that you can put them on the SD card in the same directory structure that they exist on the unit's internal memory (/Garmin/Poi ) and it will find them. However, I never do that. I just load them onto the device's memory because I have all of my mapsets loaded to the SD cards, which leaves the device memory essentially empty. I have posted the detailed instructions for doing that (loading full mapstes onto SD card) [URL="https://www.fjrforum.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=144834"]here[/URL]. IMO, it is worth doing that on [I]any [/I]older Garmin GPS these days as their mapsets continue to grow in size, even the zumo 66X units are getting short on internal memory. Yes, the custom POIs are live and get placed on the map in real time. And, if you place a proximity alert in the POIs you will get an alert tone and banner with the POI name across the top of the display whenever you get within the proximity distance you set. For instance, I have a POI file with all 235 of the New Hampshire historical roadside markers with the proximity alerts set to 1/4 mile. Anytime I get within that radius of a marker it alerts me to its presence. I like collecting the photos of the markers with my bike. I think you are correct that the POIs in the map updates accounts for the majority of their ever increasing sizes. The roads don't really change all that much but new POIs are always being added, and old ones don't always get deleted. I'm not aware of a way to edit the POIs in the mapset, but it really isn't an issue if you load your maps to a big SD card [/QUOTE]
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