Thread: Extra_POI_Editor up to v5.97 (.gpi file creation discussion - like POI Loader and more)

Mate just fiddling again and I noticed that when on route in simulation mode if I tap the screen again it will take me to an overhead view. This has a circle around the car which I presume triggers the alerts as they go off when it hits the sweet spot. If in simulation mode and trying to set location if you zoom in on the car a couple of times you will find this same circle around the car. Its also possible that alerts will become dependent on accuracy of gps at time of passing alert
Paul

Hi Paul2,

Thank you for your feedback. You are on the right way with the circles. A few important things:

1- Bearing and angle alerts are not working on any GPS. Garmin never implemented them although GPI Creator and EPE supports them. EPE will even write them to the .gpi file. In any cases, the GPS will ignore them.

2- Circles and Proximity: yes, the circles needs to be inside the proximity distance or it will not trigger an alert. The alert appears when the car crosses one of the circles. They are not directional, so make sure to put them on the right side of the road is needed. Do not make them too small otherwise the accuracy of the gps may not trigger an alert. Yes, adding small circles back to back is the way to go.

3- No, EPE does not support WAV files yet, but it is coming. I have an extra effort to make it happen and I have been delaying this for a while.

Excellent work Vestenfjell,
Using method 2 is the preferred option as its a lot simpler and easier. Problems with method one resolve around the accuracy issue both of the gps and the google plugin.
Cant get the bmp to work and noticed that there aren't any camera pics there to choose from. Looking forward to when we can use wav and bmp.

Yes, Vestenfjell, thanks again for the explanation.You explained that to me elsewhere, but now I get it.

For the wav files, here's why I am delaying the support for that feature. The short version is "I'm just a bit lazy these days". The long version is:
1- As opposed to other parameters that are specific to a POI, the audio files may be common to more than one POIs. In each category, you need to make a list of al wav and assign a unique number for each. So, I need to sort everything and make a different wav list for each category. Once a category is written, I need to write all audio files in the proper format.
2- Some wav files need to be converted with SOX.exe into a valid wav format. I think I already did the link between SOX and EPE. I just need to make sure I called SOX properly with the right parameter set. MP3 can be used "as is" if your GPS supports them.
3- Then, there are all the possible cases for Tourguide with audio and bmp Links. I need to find out what to do with global icons and audio alerts compared to audio/bmp links.

Yes. Yes. Not that difficult. You have to understand that there are lots of cases to cover and lots of .gpi to analyze. I guess I should simply do it bit by bit. A little bit would be much better than nothing at all. Please be patient. Just know that those missing features are probably bugging me more than you... So, I am not going to forget. It is good to know people are waiting for them. At least, I will not do this for nothing.

Again Awesome Work Mate,
.wav definately saved to the .gpi but will not play on gps. After saving to .gpi I noticed that the file I used (Testing 2.wav) was now accompanied by a new file called Testing 2_epe.wav in the same folder. Its a duplicate file with a different name. I got the bmp working. Not sure if it will help or not but whilst playing with GPI_Viewer I noticed that in the garmin poi's they are marked as .wav format with .tmp extension
Thanks for all the work

EPE v5.18 with fixed audio. Please test!

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Added sound file worked a treat. I then tried to add bmp and got sox.exe error. a quick look around and I found that the .wav was renamed automatically on computer from test.wav to test_epe.wav. Manually renamed the file and it ran both .wav and .bmp. Working a treat. More testing later gotta run.