Change the format of a POI file with the POI Manager (see Resources). This free online tool will convert CSV, GPI, KML, GPX and OV2 files. To convert a Garmin POI file, upload the file to the POI Manager interface.
. read and write waypoints This format has the following options:,.
The format garmingpi supports the binary POI (.gpi) files that are useable on newer Garmin GPS receivers. See for additional information about Garmin's own Poiloader program.
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Is the standard application that creates GPI files with all possible features. Some of the third party and commercial GPI files are using some kind of encryption or compression that makes the file contents completely unreadable to us. If you get an error 'Unsupported code page NNN. File is likely encrypted.' Means we could basically recognize it as a Garmin GPI file, but it's mangled beyond what we're likely to successfully read. The layout of GPI files isn't documented and our module was created via reverse engineering.
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If you get a problem on reading or writing a GPI file, please provide that file (mailto:[email protected]). At this time we don't support special features as 'Tour-Guide' or links to sounds and pictures.
Bitmap option Use specified bitmap on output. The bitmap (BMP) should be 24x24 (or smaller) and can be in RGB-colors (24- and 32-bit) or 8-bit indexed color format. If you're starting from images in another format, you may need to use another tool like Gimp or ImageMagick's convert to get the imaga into oen of the above formats to avoid errors about 'Unsupported color depth'. Not all devices can support all color depths. GPSBabel (and its developers) have no way of knowing what is supported on any given model so some experimentation may be necessary on your part.
It was reported that a Nuvi 3790, for example, will read the POIs only if they use 8BPP. A color value of 0xFF00FF (blue=255, green=0, red=255), also called 'Magenta', can be used for transparent areas. Gpsbabel -i gpx -f 'My Points.gpx' -o garmingpi,bitmap='tux.bmp' -F 'My Points.gpi'. Sleep option After output job done sleep n second(s).
The Garmin units seem to use the creation timestamp of GPI files for internal purposes. In other words, if you load GPI files with same creation timestamp on your device, strange things will happen, such as having missing or repeated POIs. With the sleep option, GPSBabel waits a given number of seconds after the GPI file was written. In the normal case of using GPSBabel from the command line or from the GUI, the chance of creating files with the same timestamp is in the nearly ZERO.
In scripts or batch files where you are writing multiple files - even from different GPSBabel instances - the odds of this happening is rather good. The sleep option forces GPSBabel to wait after creating a file to ensure the timestamps are unique. Values are specified in seconds and can be 1 or more. Gpsbabel -i gpx -f 'SpeedCameras.gpx' -o garmingpi,sleep=1 -F 'SpeedCameras.gpi'.