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Stop/POI Closeby
I was intrigued when I noted in the update notes under New Features, the item "Duration for 'Stop/POI Close By' message now configurable".
I've wanted a system for years now that can store every place I deem to be a "point of interest" around the country, and to alert me when I'm within a short range of the place. I'm certain that there are places claiming to have the "world's largest ball of twine" that I haven't seen yet, and it would be good to know when one is close. <grin>
So, this feature seems like exactly what I'd want, but it's not clear how I use it or how it works. I might surmise that if I have a collection of Custom POIs, that a message will appear when I'm some distance away, and that message will display for the amount of time I configure in Navi Nerd Details within Scenic.
If the above is true, how might I specify how close I need to be to a Custom POI to receive this alert?
And while I'm in Custom POIs, is there a way to edit the collection of Custom POIs outside of Scenic in addition to the controls provided in the app?
Thanks very much for producing such a great app.
Pete
Hi Pete,
Yes, you need to define custom pois for that. At this moment it is still a bit cumbersome to add them as custom POIs were designed with speed cams in mind. So, unless you can find a file online somewhere with all the 'large balls of twine' locations in the world 😉 you're stuck with entering latitude and longitude manually.
Take a look at the tutorial video on the support page (below you'll find the timestamp for Custom POI import).
In the future I also want to add a feature to (1) adding locations to a POI group by searching for it and (2) marking POIs during riding through the tap of a button...but this will take a little time.
Cheers,
Guido