How did you find the POI factory?

Google and now I tell all my friends about it.

looking for red light cam poi's and found a site that helps out a lot more

nuvi 5000 & nuvi 200w

Having a Denny Crane moment, I can't remember

Google search.

I was browsing the Garmin site and found a link to this site. I just bought a Garmin 200 for myself and I'm giving my son a Garmin 255W for Xmas. I'm impressed with what I see here. I look forward to learning more and hopefully will have something to add to help others.

I stumbled here from Garmin.com My nav is through my ken wood head unit in my car and I LOVE IT. I don't know what I would do without it. This site is really nice. I plan to use it when I buy my mom her GPS and set it up for her.

google search "garmin nuvi hacks"

I see mention here of those who found it through the Garmin site, but I spent a lot of time there and never saw the link.

Looking for a way to edit/modify the POI's in my Roadmate 1200.
No luck yet, but this is one of the better sites I've found!

Garmin web site.

I was just surfing about locations in the us. I found poi before I had a gps. Which came first the gps or poi. In my case it was poi.

The Garmin site lists the POI Factory on this page:

http://www8.garmin.com/products/poiloader/POISource/

Very "WELL DONE", sometimes a little on the dry side.

I was surfing trying to learn more about my 255w and found this site. I have been reading all these posts and learning more than I ever thought. I will be coming back and posting more too

I was sent here by a friend who visits the site regularly.

I found it at the Harley web site under "LINKS".
Glad I found it, very informative, thanks.

bought my first nuvi 350 and was googling POI. POI-Factory was listed. I'm enjoying this site ever since. Thanks miss POI!

When I first got my Nuvi 660 a year ago, I remember seeing a link to the POI Factory, but at the time I didn't want to pay a fee for downloads. I changed my mind after cameras started going up every 2 feet in Phoenix. I'm really glad I did - this is a great service and worth every cent!

found it on garmin website

I did a search for POI`s, and Garmin GPS and I found this sight
David

Wanted to learn about GPS and POI.....Signed up for over a dozen sites....

Now I only log in to one site....This. Everyone here is awesome!

found here from Google and Garmin website

My first GPS was a Mio C220 and it doesn't (at least as far as I know) accept any other POIs other than what came with it.

Since Mio hasn't done anything since I've owned it, I wanted a Garmin and received one for Christmas.

I found a recommendation of the Factory while reading a review of the 765t on Terry White's technology blog, http://terrywhite.com/techblog/?p=1388, prior to my purchase. I've spent way too much of the last three weeks learning from this great site.

Thanks, & keep up the good work.

Whenever I get a new gadget (toy) I always try to find out as much as I can about it. I stumbled on poifactory on the internet in my searches.

Found this site while checking out garmin.com website. Glad I did find The POI Factory!
Being new to gps there is alot of things to learn and understand that I was clueless to until I found this site.
To be able to learn from everyones comments,discussions and the faq is very entertaining.
Love my Garmin 760 I received for x-mass

Searching google.

By searching Google for GPS POI's. It has been a great find. totally enhanced my appreciation for my Garmin nuvi.

It found me!

Having been on the receiving end of a Red Light Camera ticket , I was looking for a good 'Red Light-POI' source.

Garmin's excellent website alluded to one and even had a link, but it was for Australia only. Not much good here on the West side of North America!

So I GOOGLED "Red Light Camera" and "GPS" and came up with POI-Factory... now I'm a fan!

Garmin's website

I can't remember how I found this site, but certainly glad that I did.

You made an immediate impression on all of us with your pink super hero costume sweetie, you are unforgettable.

Miss POI

Google

random search for POI
I like that finally they're showing updated dates on teh content as a lot of places go out of business in seconds

POI files.

This is pretty eerie. I saw Randys reply above. It was the same exact answer that I was about to type. Then I looked at his location. I am located in Bethesda, MD also. Rod Serling, we are ready to enter the Twilight Zone please.

Look out you window, see if the car in the next driveway has a GPSs. It could be your neighbor

I searched Google and this site was one of the top, if not top sites. It is easily the best of any sites I've looked at for POI's.

Looking for Hawaiian food... Cracks me up every time I think about it..

How did I find the POI factory?
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I was in Honolulu, Hawaii last summer. I had just bought my Nuvi750 from Best Buy. I had decided to take it on my trip to Hawaii.

I had been visiting and old friend at the Kapalama Military Reservation in Honolulu. We talked about old times in the Navy here in the late 50s and early 60s.

We started to reminisce about the old Hotel Street with all the sailor bars, and just how much fun it had been.

So I decided I needed to retrace my steps here from an earlier time. I programmed a route into my Nuvi, to get from where I was at to get me to my old stomping grounds on Hotel Street.

To make a long story short I was routed up Libby St. then left on Nimitz Hwy then right to Smith St them left to Hotel St.

Just after I started northeast on Libby St. I noticed a sign saying HPC Foods, Ltd and as I got closer I saw smaller letters POI Factory. Well I was surprised and amazed at the same time. Here was my first POI Factory I ever had found.

Well as it turns out later I found more.

I guess it is like when you buy a new car, you never pay much attention to that model until you have your first, then you start noticing them all over the place.

I guess I probably saw at least 15 large and small, mom and pop, POI factories in the next week.

I know it meant a lot to me. I was surprised at just how much it must mean to others to find their first POI Factory. Here on this sight a lot of people were giving their answer to the question: How Did I Find The POI Factory.

I'm very grateful for you to let me tell my story here.

Thanks to you all, you've made me very happy.

Garmin's website

PU Nice post! (-;

When I asked this question last June, I was interested on how we all got here. With out a doubt H.Hannah answer, "On How He Found the POI Factory" is by far the most orignal, in almost 300 posts. My only question was Sparky there for this discovery? By the way were has he been? I miss him.

Sparky is on a sabbatical. I am thinkg about starting reruns of his adventure very soon.

My favorite hotdog... or wiener or... poi? I love poi, it looks like ice cream but it's not...

I was just trying to get my nuvi 780 set up and as I was surfing the various web sites, POI came up and since I travel a bit and one of the main reasons for my GPS was POI's, I logged in. Glad I did. There is a great bunch of information here.

Google

Poi always reminds of that song by Junior Brown. I found POI Factory while trying how to make a useful device out of my Magellan 3100. Ended up just moving to Garmin to get a customizable device.

Google and now I'm hooked - great site!

I found POI factory thanks to the proliferation of speed cameras and red light camers around here. I wanted to use my GPS to warn me.

Thanks go Google "POI red light cameras" I found this place!