Is it realy  the end for the older garmin models when it comes to map updates?

A partial YES, garmin only wants to sell new models and they stopped the support for the older models. I said a partial YES,  because there is something happening in the world of  the mapmakers.

In the year 2004 Steve Coast started with a project to make mapdata available for the public. This project is called Openstreetmap. A huge team of volunteers is working on the database to get is as complete as possible. Thansk to donations of Automotive Navigation Data, US Census TIGER and others, the database made a big leap forward.

This databse motivated a lot of other people to generate maps based on this database. One of the biggest collections of maps I’ve found on the internet is the Cloudmade collection.

Beside the last download link, you will find a lot of other download links here

If you want to read more about this project or you think that you can contribute then check out de Wiki and the openstreetmaps forum.

Release options.

Campsite label changed to actual campsite name

Poidatabase updated

The Maps maybe freely copiëd, but our support is only for registrated users.

You wil find the download section at this server inside the members only section

Due to the transparancy of the PoiMaps the original Garmin maps will remain completely visible.

The maps have been tested with success on the next garmin modells:

• Streetpilot III
• Streetpilot 2610
• Quest 1
• Quest 2

Because the concept that we use, we think that you will not have legal issue in Germany and Swisterland because there is no active warning and there are no pois inside the Poi memory. (This statement is NOT done on any legal refference and Poi Maps will not accept responsibility for driving with Poi Maps)

A limitation of Poi Maps in regard to modern GPS devices that support large amounts of Pois is the audio warming possibility. This will be always be a limitation, because the older garmin gps devices just dont support this option.

total overview

Hier een beeld van de data zoals hij weergegeven wordt als je maximaal uitzoomt.Dat zijn campings, flitspalen en betaalautomaten.

Here you see an image of the data as you would see with maximum zoom. You can see campings, radartraps and ATM’s

cn view

ws view

spiii

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A. First things first.

Recieve maps from the gps. By doing this youre sure that all your already installed maps will be in the gps after the upload of the Poi Maps.

Now You can select Poi Maps.

Draw a line with the track tool around the area you want to send to the gps.
switch to the Poi Maps and selected the maps inside the previous drawn area.
Send the maps to the gps.
Note: dont select tracks for downloading

The “flitspaalkaarten” filled a gap in the original garmin information but the structure of the maps became obsolete. It was a hell of a job to add new parts or new information. For that reason, we did a total remake of the Poimap structure and database.

A new structure, a new website, the possebility to have worldwide coverage and direct user interaction. The Poi Maps are suitable for every type of garmin GPS that can handle CityNavigator maps. However the primairy design goal are the “older” models with no ore partial Poi support. Poi Maps is not using the small Poi memory, but the bigger map memory to store the information. This makes it possible that the “older” garmin models can store thousands of Pois.

Still users can’t directly add big amounts of Pois, but by sending there own Poi database to Poi Maps Europe it will be added to the Maps in the next update.

Next to the Radartraps you’ll find ATM’s and campsites all over europe. We are working on a database with motorcycle dealers and more.

You also find a forum for direct user support and a seperate F.A.Q. voor almost all your questions.

As of 12 juli version 3.0 is released.

The Poi Maps Europe team.

Just run the installer again and choose uninstall.

For debugging We need as much information as you can provide about your specific system. Write them down so you can answer our questions, if needed.

A. There is still a registry entry

for the old “flitspaalkaarten”. Just remove the entry’s because the “flitspaalkaarten” are obsolete.