Adding POI Lists to Garmin Streetpilot 2720 and NUVI 650

Courtesy of Tessa Hill

1. In Toad Hall's left menu select “Camping Info”, then “GPS/POI Info”.  Scroll down the page a ways to where it says download WxToad’s campground POI lists.

2. Saved all three of WxToad’s CG files to my computer hard drive- they're Excel files – didn't even need to open them first, just right-click each link and"Save As" and kept them as Excel files

3. Returned to that file folder (I put these CSV files in a separate folder called “CSV”on my computer) and opened each of the 3 Excel files one at a time and saved them as file type .CSV - I had to scroll down to see that file type option.

4. Went to the POI Loader website and downloaded that little program starter to my desktop http://tinyurl.com/POI-Loader

5. Double-clicked on POI Loader program starter on my computer desktop to begin the little program wizard

6. Turn on GPS.

7. Connect GPS to computer.

8. Went to the computer and clicked thru the little program's questions. It found my GPS automatically, then I browsed to find my CSV folder (that I made in step #3)

9. Clicked "next" and one second later, it said I had done it!

10. I picked up the GPS, clicked on Find > Extras > Custom POI's and there are the 3 files! I clicked on Central and it says that Brazos Bend State Park is the closest! Whoo-hoo!

11. Then I unhooked the micro-USB from the Streetpilot and hooked it into the Nuvi 650. It has a battery, so doesn't even need an A/C cord. (The GPS wouldn't really come on all the way until we finished with the computer cord, but thats ok)

12. Went to my computer's Programs file > POI Loader and doubleclicked – it started the POI Loader program wizard and 1 second later, 5502 campgrounds are loaded onto the Nuvi!

13. Unplugged the micro-USB from the Nuvi so Nuvi would come on all the way on battery power, clicked Where To > Extras > Custom POI's and there they are! Amazing!

Tessa in TX