The
POI
database is the place where your saved positions
("My
Pts of Interest"), geocaching
pals
or any preloaded positions
are
stored for easy access when creating a
GOTO
or
multi
leg
route.
Accessing·the,POI Database
From any screen, press
~
Menu.
Use
the arrow
joystick to highlight "Pts
of Interest" and press
..
Enter.
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A list of
POI
types are displayed for you to
select from.
If
you
select"
My
Pts of Interest," a Iist of
types of
pals
are are displayed in the order you
defined.
If
you highlight one of the displayed
POI's and press
rm
Menu, you will
be
able to
edit or delete the POI.
(Shortcut: pressing
Enter with the
POI
highlighted goes into the
edit
mode.)
Geocache Pts
provides a path to
pal's
that
you have added
using the Magellan geocaching software.
From "Background Map,"
you
will
be
given a list of topics,
such
as
cities, highways, airports, waterways and parks. After
selecting one of these topics, a keyboard is displayed
if
the
alphabetical listing is chosen.
As
the list of
pal's
in the
database can
be
enormous, you can use the keyboard to enter
the
first
few characters in the
POI
you are looking for when
doing
an
alphabetical search. With the
first
few characters
entered, highlight
"OK"
and
press'"
Enter. This will speed
up the search for the
POI
you are seeking. When you have the
POI
selected,
pressing"
Enter brings up information about
that
POI.
You
can also
save
it
as
one of your user POI's or view
it
on
the Map screen.