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POIplaza is one of the world's largest GPS databases, from where you can download free of charge POIs selected by countries and categories - for PNA, PDA or mobile phone based navigation applications.

The POIplaza database contains 2,697,143 POIs from 171 countries in 1,643 categories, 17 formats. POIplaza has 40,680 registered users.

Our visitors are downloading on average 43,799 files per week.

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You can share you POIs with other members of the POIplaza community uploading POIs by address (geocoding), by coordinates, or by uploading a complete POI collection (file). Upon free registration you will be able to search in details by region, to plan your route, to download iGO icons and skins and to report errors.

If you have questions, do not hesitate to visit faq (frequently asked questions) or help sections, or share your thoughts in our forum.

What is a POI?

A POI (Point of Interest) is a dataset containing GPS coordinates that represents interesting and important locations in navigation applications. The most popular POI categories are for example speedcams, accommodation locations, restaurants, petrol stations, parking lots, wifi hotspots, attractions, etc. POIplaza portal – similar to navigation applications – is able to plan routes to POIs, or to warn of their presence when passing by.

POI contains the name and address of the Point of Interest, phone number in international format (that can be dialed from an appropriate navigation device), and of course geographic coordinates: latitude and longitude. Ultimate applications may handle other data, like detailed description, working hours, other contacts, and even photos (rich POI).

Download free POIs to any GPS navigation system

Downloading POI data to your GPS navigation system or PDA couldn't be simpler. You simply choose a country and list of services then download the .zip file that corresponds to the navigation software you use to your computer. Once you have connected your device, unpack the data into the relevant POI folder on your device following easy, step-by-step guide, and you are ready to go.

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For simple instructions on how to install POI data on your device, choose one of the following software packages:

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