Where To? > Extras POI bug

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Plato
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Where To? > Extras POI bug

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On forums.geocaching.com member wwjd7 attended us to a little problem with the listing of extra poi (Where To? > Estras).
Unrelated to routing, I've noticed my first two POIs listed (under the Extras menu) always show the same distance and direction. At first I thought my CSV import contained duplicate coordinates, but CSV file contents are correct. It appears to be a bug in the way POIs are displayed in the list. The good news is that navigation to either POI still result in correct route calculations, so it's not a showstopper, it's just a small annoyance.
I can confirm this bug on my Oregon 700 v3.90. I have many custom POI in different categories and in every category the first two entries show the same distance and direction.
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Thank you for reporting this bug. Posted to the Common Issues page as BUG 24.The Garmin software engineers never cease to disappoint!
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I also notice some additional POI entries in that same list show inaccurate/incorrect distance and bearing information.
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I have determined the entire distance/bearing database has been duplicated and offset by one position in the list, causing each POI to display the actual distance and bearing for the POI directly preceding in the list.
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Thanks for sorting out exactly what's the problem.
It's incredible how many new bugs creap in with almost every firmware update!
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Plato wrote: Fri Jan 12, 2018 5:28 pm Thanks for sorting out exactly what's the problem.
It's incredible how many new bugs creap in with almost every firmware update!
Kinda like Easter Eggs.... I don't think we find them all....
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This bug is solved with the new firmware v4.00 that was released today. I checked it and it looks OK now.
- Fixed issue with the wrong distance and bearing displayed for GPI lists.
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Plato wrote: Fri Feb 23, 2018 6:09 pm This bug is solved with the new firmware v4.00 that was released today. I checked it and iy looks OK now.
- Fixed issue with the wrong distance and bearing displayed for GPI lists.
Thank you for confirming this fix!
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