POI Questions

[Brett Bartick]

Hello!

1. Is there any reason why you don't have an option to "sort" the POIs in the
   "Points of Interest --> Manage" list? If one has many entries in that list, it makes it difficult managing the list if the entries can't be sorted. Also, by not having a sorted list, it's easy to accidentally add duplicates to the list.

2. I see the number of entries allowed in the "Points of Interest --> Library" is 50. Is there any particular reason why this limit is set to 50?

[Con Hennekens]

1. My (wild) guess is that the list is in the order in which it is presented by the HERE platform. If you import your own POI, you will see that (in the "library tab") your personal list is alphabetically sorted indeed.

2. Is it? Gladly I do not maintain such a large list...

[Martin Wilcke]

@Con-Hennekens said in POI Questions:

My (wild) guess is that the list is in the order in which it is presented by the HERE platform.

Hmmm... Can you please clarify what you mean by "presented by the HERE platform" since we are talking about POIs manually added to the "manage" list?

And I'd also like to have a sort option here, or at least change it to "name" to have a comprehensible sort order.

@Brett-Bartick said in POI Questions:

I see the number of entries allowed in the "Points of Interest --> Library" is 50. Is there any particular reason why this limit is set to 50?

Where did you get this information?

[Con Hennekens]

@Martin-Wilcke said in POI Questions:

Can you please clarify what you mean by "presented by the HERE platform"

I missed the part that said "Manage list", so I was talking about the default HERE POI categories. Sorry.

Remember that a completely new web planner (assumably with better POI handling) is in the make. Not much will be done on the current web planner anymore.

[Brett Bartick]

@Con-Hennekens said in POI Questions:

1. My (wild) guess is that the list is in the order in which it is presented by the HERE platform. If you import your own POI, you will see that (in the "library tab") your personal list is alphabetically sorted indeed.

The list is in the order the POI was added.

2. Is it? Gladly I do not maintain such a large list...

It's really not that difficult. I'd like to see this value increased to at least 100.
Some background.
I've previously been a Garmin Basecamp user. The feature I really liked in Basecamp was the database hierarchy. I could click on any map area, and see my saved waypoints/POIs and routes. Everything seemed linked together to me. In MRA, it's "folder" based.
When adding POIs to a "Library" in MRA, one needs to be zoomed to 5 miles (10 km) to see them. At that zoom level, I find it difficult to plan a long trip. But if the POIs are added to the route, I can see them at any "zoom" level. That is a huge difference.
So, I've tried to mimic the behavior of Garmin Basecamp in MRA using lots of different libraries under the "Points of Interest".
For instance, I have different libraries for:

1. Campgrounds in different USA states, ie Campgrounds-AK, Campgrounds-VA, Campgrounds-MT, etc
2. Events, ie Events-Sturgis SD, Events-Kentucky Bike Rally, etc
3. Restaurants
4. Lodging
5. Rest Areas
6. Places, ie, Places-Bath NY, Places-Bennington VT, Places-Woodstock NH, etc

So, I'm just trying to implement a system where it's easy for me to keep a record of favorite items using the tools available to me in the MRA application.

[Brett Bartick]

@Martin-Wilcke said in POI Questions:

@Brett-Bartick said in POI Questions:

I see the number of entries allowed in the "Points of Interest --> Library" is 50. Is there any particular reason why this limit is set to 50?

Where did you get this information?

I hit the limit. The MRA application said I couldn't create anymore.
"It is not allowed to have more than 50 POI groups. Delete a group and you may add a new one."