As you are using a 276C marine unit, You are probably having problems because you can only enter 3,000 waypoints in the unit. Page 24 of the manual. The 276C marine unit is different from the NUVI series. I don't think POIFriend supports waypoints as used by your marine unit.

Sorry tsilliker, just noticed that you mentioned Garmin Direct. Garmin Direct is only good for poi groups of 50 pois or less as it loads (at least for the Nuvi) into the Favorites folder which holds a limited number of pois. I always use the regular Garmin download option from this site.

All the pois from this group and from all the other groups on this site load up just fine into my Nuvi. However, with the Garmin units (at least with the Nuvi) only the 50 closest to your current location will display on the unit. So if I am at Hwy 401 and Mississauga Rd the unit will display the closest 50 locations to that spot. Then as I travel the pois will change to show the 50 locations closest to my new location. Can't say if this applies to all of the Garmin units or even if this applies to other GPS models.

Garmin Direct works for loading POIs into the GPS, however, they all appear as blue flags. And only the POIs closest to my stated location load (up to 50). Not good if I want to load POIs from other areas. Why is it all the other GPX files on this site will load into Garmin's Trip and Waypoint manager, but this one file will not?

I think the GPX file on this site is more of a standard one. Garmin probably needs something customized for its own software.

Did you download to a directory or did you use Garmin Direct" I have a separate directory for my custom POI csv files and then I load them to my Garmin using POIloader.exe. [fre from Garmin]. It creates a separate GPX file in my Garmin and does not corrupt my "favorites". my 2¢.

tsilliker, I work with "Extra POI Editor" http://turboccc.wikispaces.com/Extra_POI_Editor Extra POI Editor open file .csv Extra POI Editor save as... multiples formats default is .GPX I speek french

tsilliker, I have a Garmin nuvi and this file and any of the others on this site load up just fine when I use POI Loader. Can't comment on Garmin Trip and Waypoint manager though.

Something seems to be wrong with the files I have downloaded for the Garmin. When I choose to download a Garmin File, it sends me the .csv file. This file is not recognized by my Garmin Trip and Waypoint manager software. The .gpx file is also reported as being not a valid format. I tried another poi file to compare. I downloaded a file of my bank locations in both Garmin (.csv) and GPSexchange (.gpx). The Garmin program didn't recognize this .csv file either. This might not be the best file to send to Garmin programs. The .gpx file of the bank locations loaded into Trip and Waypoint manager OK. This leads me to believe the .gpx file of the Timmies locations is somehow corrupt. I know it is recommended to use POIloaded from Garmin. However, it doesn't work with my 276c marine unit. I have confirmed this with Garmin Tech Support. They recommended I use the Trip and Waypoint manager software that came bundled with the GPS. Anyone comment on loading the .gpx files into Garmin Trip and Waypoint manager, or POI-loader for that matter. Thanks for any help.

parrothead, the best way to advise Tim's of a correction to a location is to click on "Show POIs", then go to the location that requires correction and when you have that location up, click on "Tools + Corrections", then click on "Suggest a change". Make the change suggestion and it will generate a message to whomever at Tim's looks after this group. They may not see the comments section as quickly as they will an email.

The POI for the Beaverton location is WAY OFF, it takes you into the middle of town and the Timmies in on Hwy 48 across from the McD

Interesting map based on the poifriend data showing all Tim Hortons locations in North America - http://tr.im/zvlD .

I use a Garmin and I had no problem installing the file as gpx. It works, no problem so far.

Hey dragonfly...did you send a suggestion about the new location in Hammer to Tim's using the "Tools & Corrections" option?

I still can't see the new location at Upper Wellington and Mohawk in the Hammer, unless I'm blind.

If you have trouble with an invalid gpx file try using the CSV instead. I have downloaded numerous copies of this file and never had a functioning gpx file. Does any know why some gpx files are showin invalid?

I've got a Triton 400, and I'm finding that both GSAK and VantagePoint say that the GPX file is invalid too. Anyone know gow to fix it?

Do you both know that you can make suggestions for the ones near you that are off a bit? Just look for the 'Tools + corrections' option for an individual location and you can suggest a change - it is super easy!

The Google Map is still showing the wrong location. It is not on Hemlock Street. It is on Emerald Drive. Coordenance are: N 44 29'424 W 081 22'564 When does Google update maps?

Hmmm. I was so excited to see this listing here as the official Tim Hortons list, since the POI file that I have been using for the past few years is missing some stores. Unfortunately in my quick test today my area of Nova Scotia found that 3 of the 3 I checked were way off. It appears that your software is interpreting the street address, which in rural area's with long roads can be very inaccurate. The 3 I checked today were Elmsdale, Brookfield, Truro (nearest the highway). I can send you the POI file that I have been using if thats of any value to you. Unfortunately I don't know who the author of it was, but it seems to have been mapped by actually going to the store, so is very accurate for what is there.