User Guide
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Points of Interest (POI)
The Magellan eXplorist has preloaded points of interest waypoints that provide a wide array of locations that you
may seek. These POIs are waypoints for many commonly needed destinations. The POIs are installed along
with the maps used in the eXplorist. The basemap contains some basic POIs and turning on a detailed map will
provide a robust source of POIs.
Accessing POIs
Finding a POI by Category
1. Tap the Map screen to bring up the Four
Corner Menu screen.
2. Tap the Main Menu icon in the lower left
corner.
3. Tap the POI icon.
4. Scroll though the list of categories and tap on
a category that denes the POI you are looking
for.
This example describes looking for the nearest
hospital emergency room. Scroll down to nd
the category “Emergency Services”.
5. Some POI categories have a subcategory. If
the category chosen does, scroll to nd the
subcategory for the POI you are searching.
Select the “Hospital” subcategory.
6. A list of the nearest hospitals are displayed.
The default sorting criteria is by distance. If
you want to sort the list by name, tap the
Options Menu button and select “Sort by
Name”.
You can also search by name for waypoints
in the list displayed. Tap the Options Menu
button and select “Search by Name”. Enter
the rst few characters of the name and tap
the green checkmark.