Convert gpi file

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    Hi all
    I hope someone can help me I have michalin green guide on my garmin 3490 but am unable to see it on device to navigate to a poi but when satnav connected to PC I can find it in poi folder but I am sure it was not in custom poi folder before last update so I would like to convert the michalin gpi file back to csv to reinstall it but I am not having any luck, the michalin file is large 277 mb.
    Any help to either suggest what the problem is or how I can convert would be much appreciated.
    Thanks in advance Dell
     
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    GPS Babel will convert GPI files to CSV, see link here :-
    https://www.gpsbabel.org/
    I'm not sure if there is a file size limit to GPSBabel
     
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    Hi Nuvi-Nebie
    Thanks for reply I have tried that but it was not able to convert it.
    I just can't understand why it would change and not show up on device after map update.
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    Are you sure that POIs are turned on on your Nuvi?, look in Settings >> Proximity Alerts >> Alerts >>Coustom POIs selected. It may be that POIs were turned off when you updated the map
     
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    yes i have checked all that and found the original gpi file and put that in poi folder but still i can't see it very odd.
    the only thing i can think is Garmin must of changer something in the update.
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    Dell, May 29, 2017
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    Nuvi-Nebie, May 30, 2017
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    The POI loader will not recognise gpi files.
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    Dell, May 30, 2017
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