Module: P.O.I.s

Customize your maps with numerous Points Of Interests from cities, airport, air navigation to custom ones.

On PDA device, create your own POIs books: request addresses location from web servers, capture locations while traveling, get locations through maps display,…

POIs are specific locations marked by the user. Each point is identified by a name, category, position, elevation, description and even can be linked to a file or a web page.

The category of POI is represented by an icon that will be displayed on the map at the POI position location.

POI screen

The POI screen allows consulting, editing or creating POIs.

The six first fields on the left side regroup the POI name as well as its Latitude, Longitude, Altitude, Date and Time of creation.

Place the cursor inside any of these textual fields, and enter a new data through the virtual keyboard to modify the characteristic of this point.

For easy creation, the name of a new POI is initializing by default to the “POI” string, geographic data, such as Latitude, Longitude, and Altitude to the value of the map's center point and Date and time to the date of creation.

Left to the POI name, you find the POI category. The category is represented by an icon. You can associate any category to a point by selecting an existing category in the dropdown list available next to the Category name.

The default category is named “Default” and is associated to a pin icon.

You can create new categories by selecting the “new type” item in the category dropdown list.
In this case, enter a new category name in the label field and select the icon representing this type.
If you wish to add custom icon, load under a bitmap file .bmp under …. For best view rendering the file icon must be 10x10 pixel size.

 Right to the POI name, you also find the Tracks Point check box. Because POIs can be divided into 2 types: general locations useful at anytime on any maps and local locations specific to a single track.

By checking this box, you can define if the POI is a local POI only belonging to the current track. In this last case, this POI will appear only when the track is visualized, and will be store in the track file.

On the right hand side of the screen, the POI comments text box allows textual comments to be input. Place the cursor inside this text box, and enter through the virtual keyboard the description or comments you wish to add to this POI.

On the bottom half of the screen, the link field allows associating any external information to this POI. This reference can linked to an internal xml file store on the PDA device or on the Web. Select the cross icon to define a new link and the referred information will be uploaded from disk space or through internet. Click on the minus icon to remove this link from the POI details information.

The raw button at the end of this screen allows saving the modification and exiting the screen POI, deleting the POI, or centering this POI on the map.

Creating a new POI

You can capture POI on the map and mark them by pressing a specific location on the map and selecting the “New POI” item from the map context sensitive popup menu.

The POI screen is displayed and you enter information about this point such as its name, description, icon, position and elevation. Position will be already entered because the point has a location on the map. If you were actually tracking using a GPS, the true position and elevation would be entered.

Press the save button, to validate the POI creation.

Listing POIs

Visual POI scanning 

POIs in close proximity are graphically listed by superimposition on maps: each point is marked by an icon positioned on its location.

You can choose what category of POI you want to display via the Display Option in the preferences screen (available via the main menu option Preferences). Check the box associated to POI type to allow these types to be superimposed on maps.

Selecting a POI icon on the map will bring up the context sensitive popup menu that displays in the last raw its name. Selecting this POI's label allows accessing in consultation or modification, the POI information via the POI screen.

The Center option moves the POI to the center of the screen and re-centers the map around it. Where as the Set to option sets the POI as the destination point in the Routing information panel.

List of all POIs

The list of POIs is also available on textual list form via the List of POI option available via the main menu option Center→POIs List.

The list allows browsing among all POIs stored on your device. When a POI name is selected, its category and associated comments are displayed in the right part of the screen.

To narrow the POI search, a find tool is available:

You can narrow the list to a specific POI category. Click on the upper left dropdown list and select a category

You can also narrow the list to part of the POI name or label

Then click on the Find button to run the searching process

All the POI responding to the criteria of the search will be shown in the bottom scroll list. Select one of the POI item to access in consultation or modification, the POI information via the POI screen.

By single clicking on any items of list, you can access to a pop up menu allowing the following functions:

• Center: allows focusing the current map around the selected POI.
• Set to: allows setting the selected POI as the destination point in the Routing information panel.
• Details: allows loading the Details screen of the selected POI
• Delete: allows deleting the selected POI
• And close: allows exiting the POIs LIST.

Consulting or editing a POI

To consult or edit a POI, either select its icon on the map then press its name on the last raw of the context sensitive popup menu, or select its name in the List of POI dialog box.

These two actions, will display the POI screen where you can read or modify any information concerning this POI. Validate your new entries by pressing the Save button.

Deleting a POI

To delete POI, you can both select its name in the List of POI dialog box and apply the pop up menu Delete option or you can first display it through the POI screen, and then select the Delete bottom located at the bottom of the screen to definitively erase the POI.

Centering a POI on the map

To center a map around a specific POI, click on a POI icon on the map and apply the “Center” option from the context sensitive popup menu. This function moves the POI to the center of the screen and re-centers the map around it.

Alternatively, you can select its name in the List of POI dialog box and apply the pop up menu Center option or you can also in the POI screen, center it by pressing the Center button,

A first-aid tutorial that answers to most common questions is available via the menu Option-Help.
 

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