Points of interest
A point of interest, or POI, is a special location, such as camping spot or vista along a trail, you can save and navigate to later. You can create POIs in Suunto Movescount or in your watch by saving your current location.
Each POI is defined by:
- POI name
- POI type
- Date and time created
- Latitude
- Longitude
- Elevation
You can store up to 250 POIs in your watch.
Adding and deleting POIs
You can add a POI to your watch either with Suunto Movescount or by saving your current location in the watch.
To add a POI with Suunto Movescount:
- Go to your watch settings on the Suunto Movescount website.
- Expand the Navigation section and then POIs (Points of Interest).
- Click Create new point of interest and fill in your POI details. Use the map to enter latitude and longitude.
- Save the POI and then add it to your watch by selecting Use in watch.
- Sync your watch with Movescount using SuuntoLink (USB cable) or Suunto Movescount App (Bluetooth).
If you are outside with your watch and come across a spot you want to save as a POI, you can add the location directly in your watch. The POI is added to your list of POIs in the watch and will be added to your POI list in Movescount the next time you sync.
To add a POI with your watch:
- Swipe down or press the upper button to open the launcher.
- Scroll to Navigation and tap on the icon or press the middle button.
- Swipe up or press the lower button to scroll down to Your location and press the middle button.
- Wait for the watch to activate GPS and find your location.
- When the watch displays your latitude and longitude, press the upper button to save your location as a POI and select the POI type.
- By default the POI name is the same as the POI type (with a running number after it). You can edit the name later in Movescount.
Deleting POIs
You can remove a POI from you watch either by deactivating the Use in watch setting for the POI in Movescount or by deleting the POI from the POI list in the watch.
To delete a POI in your watch:
- Swipe down or press the upper button to open the launcher.
- Scroll to Navigation and tap on the icon or press the middle button.
- Swipe up or press the lower button to scroll down to POIs and press the middle button.
- Scroll to the POI you want to remove from the watch and press the middle button.
- Scroll to the end of the details and select Delete.
When you delete a POI from your watch, the POI is not permanently deleted. The next time you sync your watch with Movescount, the POI you deleted is deactivated.
To permanently delete a POI, you need to delete the POI in Movescount.
To permanently delete a POI:
- Go to your watch settings in Movescount.
- Expand the Navigation section and then POIs (Points of Interest).
- Scroll to the POI you want to delete and click on the trash bin icon.
- Sync your watch with Movescount using SuuntoLink (USB cable) or Suunto Movescount App (Bluetooth) to also remove the POI from your watch POI list.
Navigating to a POI
You can navigate to any POI that is in your watch POI list.
When navigating to a POI, your watch uses full power GPS.
To navigate to a POI:
- Swipe down or press the upper button to open the launcher.
- Scroll to Navigation and tap on the icon or press the middle button.
- Scroll to POIs and press the middle button to open your list of POIs.
- Scroll to the POI you want to navigate to and press the middle button.
- Press the upper button to start navigating.
- Press the upper button again at any time to stop navigating.
The POI navigation has two views:
- POI view with direction indicator and distance to the POI
- map view showing your current location relative to the POI and your breadcrumb trail (the track you have traveled)
Swipe left or right, or press the middle button, to switch between views.
While in the POI view, tap on the screen to see additional information in the lower row such as altitude difference between current position and POI and estimated time of arrival (ETA) or en route (ETE).
In the map view, other POIs nearby are shown in gray. Tap on the screen to switch between the overview map and a more detailed view. In the detailed view, you adjust the zoom level by pressing the middle button and then zooming in and out with the upper and lower buttons.
While navigating, you can swipe up from the bottom of the screen or press the lower button to open a list of shortcuts. The shortcuts give you quick access to POI details and actions such as saving your current location or selecting another POI to navigate to, as well as ending navigation.
POI types
The following POI types are available in Suunto Spartan Sport Wrist HR:
![]() | generic point of interest |
![]() | Bedding (animal, for hunting) |
![]() | Begin (start of a route or trail) |
![]() | Big game (animal, for hunting) |
![]() | Bird (animal, for hunting) |
![]() | Building, home |
![]() | Cafe, food, restaurant |
![]() | Camp, camping |
![]() | Car, parking |
![]() | Cave |
![]() | Cliff, hill, mountain, valley |
![]() | Coast, lake, river, water |
![]() | Crossroad |
![]() | Emergency |
![]() | End (end of a route or trail) |
![]() | Fish, fishing spot |
![]() | Forest |
![]() | Geogache |
![]() | Hostel, hotel, lodging |
![]() | Info |
![]() | Meadow |
![]() | Peak |
![]() | Prints (animal tracks, for hunting) |
![]() | Road |
![]() | Rock |
![]() | Rub (animal marking, for hunting) |
![]() | Scrape (animal marking, for hunting) |
![]() | Shot (for hunting) |
![]() | Sight |
![]() | Small game (animal, for hunting) |
![]() | Stand (for hunting) |
![]() | Trail |
![]() | Trail cam (for hunting) |
![]() | Waterfall |