Please note that this site is under development at this time.
The process for modifying your POI database is currently being written and will be posted very soon,
so please check back frequently.
I'm going to try and make the process as easy as possible, but no matter what, it looks
worse than it really is. Once you've done these steps a couple of time you'll see that
creating custom POI's is much easier than you would think.
In this section I'm going to discuss how to pull the file from your Mio that stores your
custom POI's, how to update and modify that file, and how to put it back into your Mio,
but for now I won't be going into details on how to create a POI list itself. There are
many many POI editor programs out there to assist in the creation of a POI list, and my
examples here are using Google Earth to create a POI list.
So, to get started, you'll need to download a copy of
Google Earth and have it set up on your computer. You need to be somewhat familiar with it to be able to properly create a POI list.
STEP 1
Create a POI list in Google Earth, then save that list in KML format (KMZ also works,
but is just a zipped version of KML, so might as well go with KML. In this example I've
created a file "Ford Proving Grounds.kml"
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Create your POI List Via Google Earth and save as KML file type
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STEP 2
Save the iGO.db file from your Mio device to your computer. You can do this via MioTransfer
if you have the Mio Transfer Hack.exe program, or you can do this via MS ActiveSync and
unlocking your Mio to access the file system. In our example here we've used the Mio Transfer
hack to access the file system directly from the PC. How to load and use the Mio Transfer hack
will be discussed in upcoming releases.
To find the iGO.db file, you need to follow this path: My Flash Disk/MioMap/MioMap/ . Now you
can see the iGO.db. I highly suggest that you not delete this file, simply rename it to indicate
that it is the original iGO.db file, something like "iGO_orig.db". Now you can copy the renamed
iGO database file to your PC using the Mio Transfer program.
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Rename iGO.db to save it as your original POI file
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STEP 3
Open the iGO POI Explorer program. Import the iGO.db file into iGO POI Explorer. This is
done by selecting File, Import, Import database from file...(offline) and selecting the
iGO.db that you saved to your hard drive (iGO.db in this example).
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Standard icons upon boot up
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STEP 4
Now Import the POI file into iGO POI Explorer. This is done by selecting File, Import,
POIs from file... and selecting the Ford Proving Grounds.kml file that you saved to
your hard drive in step 1.
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Unlock by holding down Vol+ and Menu bottons, then hit soft reset
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