14.5 Import of POIs
On Falk.de, Google Earth and lots of other websites a large number of points of interest
(POIs) are available for you to download. If these POIs exist in a KML or KMZ format, you
can transfer them to your navigation device via the KML import plugin of the Navi-Manager.
Visit the corresponding website from which you want to download the KML files, e.g.
www.falk.de.
KML files from falk.de
On
www.falk.de. you enter on the entry menu (top left) an address within whose
surroundings you would like to search for POIs. On the right next to this entry area, you can
select a theme for the search, e.g. restaurant, cinema etc.
To complete your entries, you confirm them with the button "display". Below the entry area
you will see a dropdown list of POIs. In addition, you will see a map display with the POIs
marked on it.
To select the POI which you want to transfer to your navigation device, click directly on the
map on the corresponding POI or select is by clicking on it from the dropdown list. After a
POI has been selected, an info window for the POI appears.
Now select the Tool button. A list will open up. Now select Save and For my Falk Navi.
The POI is saved as a KML file on your PC.
KMZ/KML files from Google Earth
You will also find lots of interesting POIs on Google Earth. The following section describes
how you can incorporate several POIs as a new POI category.
Note: Falk has no influence over functions of Google Earth which are described in the
instructions. There may therefore be changes to the sequence which is described.
Start the program Google Earth.
Enter a city and a subject theme in the search box at the top left (e.g. "Stuttgart" and
"„Museums").
Selection of the POIs which are to be adopted:
You can adopt blocks of POIs by using the umbrella term (e.g. "Museums (1 – 10)") by
clicking on the right mouse button and then selecting the menu item "Save under "My
Places"".
You can adopt individual POIs by clicking on the right mouse button and then selecting the
menu item "Save under "My Places"".
The selected POIs are displayed under "My Places".
Further POIs, including those from other cities, can now also be added to "My Places" in the
manner described above.
Click on the "My Places" item with the right mouse button and select the menu item "Save
As". The file can now be saved on the PC as a KMZ file.
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