POI stands for Point of Interest. These are useful landmarks, such as hotels, restaurants and petrol stations. You can display, import, export and use POIs as a navigation destination. In this manual you can read what is possible with the POIs in the Routeplanner.


For specific information about exporting POIs to a Garmin or TomTom, read Garmin - Export or TomTom - POIs.

Table of Contents

Search

Under the first tab you can find all the POIs that we have in our database by default. Check a category to make it visible on the map.



Select the desired POI and click on the button circled in red to add it. You can now change the name and indicate how you want to add it to the route. You can choose between a waypoint or a POI.




Manage

The second tab is about managing the added POIs. It is also possible to create and add your own POIs here.


Create POIs

  1. Click on add to create a POI yourself;
  2. Search the location for your POI on the map, you can use the search bar for this;
  3. Click on the correct place on the map;
  4. If necessary, give your POI a name and another icon;
  5. Click on Accept to create the POI.


You will now see the newly created POI in the list under Manage.



Added POIs

When you add a POI from Search or after you have created a POI yourself, you can find it here.


When you click on a POI in the list, it will be shown directly on the map with the following menu:

  1. Change: Click here to change the name and icon
  2. Zoom in: Click here to zoom in further on the selected POI
  3. Delete: Click here to delete the added POI. This can also be done in the list itself by clicking on the small cross.



Library

The third and final tab is for uploading POI files. Click on Add to upload a file. You can choose from an OV2, GPX or CSV file. Click on Import to actually add this POI list to your POI library.


You will then see the file you just added appear in the list. You can now arrange the following from your own library:

  1. Delete: Click here to delete this POI file;
  2. Adjust: Click here to adjust the name and icon of this POI file;
  3. Show in profile: Click here to always show/not show this POI file across your entire profile;
  4. Show in route: Click here to always show/not show this POI file in this specific route;
  5. Name: See the name of this POI file here.