Thread: Post here please your help request regarding Garmin

Hi, just joined this forum and this is my 1st post so please go easy on me :-)

I have managed to install Garmin on my N95 and get it to use the inbuilt gps of the phone following the excellent instructions from within the forum. I also installed the latest UK maps which work perfectly.

I would very much like to get the uk speed camera warnings on my phone also but nothing i have tried has worked. I understand that the speed cam gpi file is tied to the device. Everything is in the correct folder but they still wont work.

Is there a way to generate a UNL file for the gpi file, (does it even need one !) and if so how do i do this. Getting very frustrated with it now so any help or advice would be excellent. I have no idea what i am or have done wrong.

Thanks in advance.... John.

Originally Posted by amd3000

Hi, just joined this forum and this is my 1st post so please go easy on me :-)

I have managed to install Garmin on my N95 and get it to use the inbuilt gps of the phone following the excellent instructions from within the forum. I also installed the latest UK maps which work perfectly.

I would very much like to get the uk speed camera warnings on my phone also but nothing i have tried has worked. I understand that the speed cam gpi file is tied to the device. Everything is in the correct folder but they still wont work.

Is there a way to generate a UNL file for the gpi file, (does it even need one !) and if so how do i do this. Getting very frustrated with it now so any help or advice would be excellent. I have no idea what i am or have done wrong.

Thanks in advance.... John.

For that you need to get the location of those cameras as POI coordinates.
For garmin, these files are in the Garmin Comma Separated ( *.csv) format.. if they are in other format (for example TomTom uses *.ov2, Google Earth uses *.kml) you can convert them very easily using this freeware: PoiEdit 2007 (poiedit.com).
Once you have the files in Garmin format (*.csv, *.bmp the last with the same name as the csv in case you want an icon, for example a transit signal), you need to use Garmin software you can download for free from their site called Garmin POI Loader.
Is this software that takes all your *.csv files together with images (if you have them for each POI) and that makes that *gpi file you have in the POI folder..
Whenever you add a POI you have to add them all at the same time...if you already have a certain *.gpi and you want to add more POI's (for example Restaurants), the previous POI's you had...you no longer have! Remember: add all at the same time!
Now having already a *.gpi file...you probably dunno what POI's are inside of it and i don't think you can use a program to find out but i might be mistaken...
The way to do it is having the *.csv files first then move them with POI Loader to the unit, or directly to the POI folder inside Garmin.
Also the .gpi file doesn't need any .UNL file. If that file has correct POI from safety cameras they should show up where they are...if you downloaded just the *.gpi file, it might be a wrong file or have no POI or whatever... The *.gpi is made by POI Loader from Garmin.

If I can help you more, ask!

Originally Posted by plmrito

For that you need to get the location of those cameras as POI coordinates.
For garmin, these files are in the Garmin Comma Separated ( *.csv) format.. if they are in other format (for example TomTom uses *.ov2, Google Earth uses *.kml) you can convert them very easily using this freeware: PoiEdit 2007 (poiedit.com).
Once you have the files in Garmin format (*.csv, *.bmp the last with the same name as the csv in case you want an icon, for example a transit signal), you need to use Garmin software you can download for free from their site called Garmin POI Loader.
Is this software that takes all your *.csv files together with images (if you have them for each POI) and that makes that *gpi file you have in the POI folder..
Whenever you add a POI you have to add them all at the same time...if you already have a certain *.gpi and you want to add more POI's (for example Restaurants), the previous POI's you had...you no longer have! Remember: add all at the same time!
Now having already a *.gpi file...you probably dunno what POI's are inside of it and i don't think you can use a program to find out but i might be mistaken...
The way to do it is having the *.csv files first then move them with POI Loader to the unit, or directly to the POI folder inside Garmin.
Also the .gpi file doesn't need any .UNL file. If that file has correct POI from safety cameras they should show up where they are...if you downloaded just the *.gpi file, it might be a wrong file or have no POI or whatever... The *.gpi is made by POI Loader from Garmin.

If I can help you more, ask!

Hi Plmrito, many thanks for the information you have suggested. I will give it a try and see how it goes. Off to garmin site now to download the software.
In my POI folder there is a file that contains many POI's that work a treat when out and about. Also in the same folder there is the speed camera .gpi file.
I can only assume that, like you suggest, the gpi file is the wrong one.
Thanks again..... John.

Originally Posted by Mnia786

I just goto settings, garmin online and download the speed cameras from the "safety camera" option. For the UK, they are 0.54MB I believe.

Thanks Mnia786 i will try that and hopefully this will be a quick fix to my problem

Originally Posted by Mnia786

I just goto settings, garmin online and download the speed cameras from the "safety camera" option. For the UK, they are 0.54MB I believe.

Did as you said and just thought i would let you know it worked a treat
Thanks again..... John

but i need to know how to get garmin egypt map urgently