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S350d AMG Line Premium Plus

SatNav / NAVI - POI format

Hi,

When importing POI files to your car (e.g. Safety cameras, favourite Restaurants, etc) it may not work, if the format is not exactly what your version of the Satnav is expecting. Problems like this hit me when I was downloading paid-for POI files from reputable sources for modern Mercedes (2013-) but they were not recognised or viewable on my car, so began an often frustrating, multiple-hour journey of research and testing to get POI import working properly.

To help others both create or adapt POI files you'd like to import or to debug POI issues with POI files, I'm sharing the standard POI format created by my* W222, which I believe is NTG 5*2.

I also have quite a bit of experience now with POI importing, capabilities and limitations with POI icons, etc, so if you have any questions I'll be happy to try my best to answer them.

Date: 2017-04-14
Comment: This file was created by the car.
File path on SD card: /PersonalPOI/SavedPOIs.gpx

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><gpx  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1 GPX_Schema_Topografix.xsd http://www.daimler.com/DaimlerGPXExtensions/V2.7.4 Daimler_GPX_Extension_V2_7_4.xsd"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:Gpx="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1" xmlns:Gpxd="http://www.daimler.com/DaimlerGPXExtensions/V2.7.4" xmlns="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1" creator="www.harman.com" version="1.1">
 <Gpx:wpt lat="50.482659" lon="3.838070">
  <time>2017-04-14T21:35:07</time>
  <name>LE FAITOUT, SAINT-GHISLAIN, RUE LOUIS CATY</name>
  <Gpx:link href="HTTP://WWW.LEFAITOUT-FERNEZ.COM/">
   <type>URL</type>
  </Gpx:link>
  <Gpx:extensions>
   <Gpxd:WptExtension>
    <Gpxd:WptIconId IconId="1">
    </Gpxd:WptIconId>
    <Gpxd:POICategory Cat="Unclassified">
    </Gpxd:POICategory>
    <Gpxd:Activity Active="false" Level="warning" Unit="second" Value="9.000000">
    </Gpxd:Activity>
    <Gpxd:Presentation ShowOnMap="true">
    </Gpxd:Presentation>
    <Gpxd:Address City="SAINT-GHISLAIN" Country="BELGIUM" ISO="BE" Street="RUE LOUIS CATY" ZIP="7331">
    </Gpxd:Address>
    <Gpxd:Phone Default="+3265644857">
    </Gpxd:Phone>
   </Gpxd:WptExtension>
  </Gpx:extensions>
 </Gpx:wpt>
 <Gpx:wpt lat="50.483253" lon="3.837945">
  <time>2017-04-14T21:39:04</time>
  <name>D&apos;EUGENIE À EMILIE, SAINT-GHISLAIN, RUE LOUIS CATY</name>
  <Gpx:link href="HTTP://WWW.EUGENIE-EMILIE.COM/">
   <type>URL</type>
  </Gpx:link>
  <Gpx:extensions>
   <Gpxd:WptExtension>
    <Gpxd:WptIconId IconId="11">
    </Gpxd:WptIconId>
    <Gpxd:POICategory Cat="Restaurants">
    </Gpxd:POICategory>
    <Gpxd:Activity Active="true" Level="warning" Unit="second" Value="9.000000">
    </Gpxd:Activity>
    <Gpxd:Presentation ShowOnMap="true">
    </Gpxd:Presentation>
    <Gpxd:Address City="SAINT-GHISLAIN" Country="BELGIUM" ISO="BE" Street="RUE LOUIS CATY" ZIP="7331">
    </Gpxd:Address>
    <Gpxd:Phone Default="+3265613170">
    </Gpxd:Phone>
   </Gpxd:WptExtension>
  </Gpx:extensions>
 </Gpx:wpt></gpx>

*UK model, S350d AMG Line Premium Plus, MY17 ordered Oct 2016, delivered March 2017

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