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Sat, 01/01/2011 - 3:10pm

I just bought a new Garmin 1450 and a stumbled across this site and found out I can install or build my own PIO files.

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Sat, 01/01/2011 - 3:25pm

Custom pois

sportscoupe wrote:

I just bought a new Garmin 1450 and a stumbled across this site and found out I can install or build my own PIO files.

Welcome to the site sportscoupe.See for custom pois http://www.poi-factory.com/node/25730 .Need any help just let us know.

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Charlie. Nuvi 265 WT and Nuvi 2597 LMT. MapFactor Navigator - Offline Maps & GPS.
Sat, 01/01/2011 - 5:15pm

Welcome aboard

This is a great site. You will find virtually any custom poi you want. All the members are eager to assist.

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Nuvi 2460LMT.
Sat, 01/01/2011 - 5:29pm

I have found this to be an

I have found this to be an invaluable site. I am on a FL>VA>MD>DC>PA>FL roadtrip right now and am utilizing at least 15-20 custom POIs downloaded from this site. I think your model GPS uses .wav not .mp3 alert sounds, so keep that in mind when downloading alerts (which can be found at the top of the page under sounds). Good luck!

Sat, 01/01/2011 - 5:55pm

Newbie also

I am new to the POI factory. I would like to know how to report an error. I downloaded a POI and it has an error.

Sat, 01/01/2011 - 6:10pm

Let the maintainer

Frankee2011 wrote:

I am new to the POI factory. I would like to know how to report an error. I downloaded a POI and it has an error.

Let the maintainer of the file know by clicking on their name then contact tab or lel miss poi know through the about/contact tab.

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All the worlds indeed a stage and we are merely players. Rush
Sat, 01/01/2011 - 8:14pm

Welcome

Congratulations on your purchase. You will find a lot of great POIs and helps here. You can also share what you create here for others to enjoy.

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JRoz -- DriveSmart 55 & Traffic
Sat, 01/01/2011 - 8:25pm

welcome aboard

Welcome to the site.

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Illiterate? Write for free help.
Sat, 01/01/2011 - 8:29pm

Welcome aboard!

Welcome aboard!

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Hawk - Nuvi 1450
Sun, 01/02/2011 - 8:46pm

Welcome

sportscoupe wrote:

I just bought a new Garmin 1450 and a stumbled across this site and found out I can install or build my own PIO files.

To get the most out of your 1450, you will soon be downloading POI files and such.

But before you do that, please go to
http://www.poi-factory.com/node/30393
and
http://www.poi-factory.com/node/30394
and follow the instructions in these tutorials.

Sun, 01/02/2011 - 9:21pm

Backup Reminder

I installed a 4GB SD card and have been placing all the POIs and photos on the card so I completely forgot to backup the main Garmin Drive.

Thanks for the reminder. Backup in progress now.

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Harley BOOM GTS, Zumo 665, (2) Nuvi 765Ts, 1450LMT, 1350LM & others | 2019 Harley Ultra Limited Shrine - Peace Officer Dark Blue
Sun, 01/02/2011 - 9:33pm

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Welcome to POI Factory!

This is a wonderful site for any GPS owners.

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Michael (Nuvi 2639LMT)
Sun, 01/02/2011 - 10:16pm

new to GPS... do you need a

new to GPS... do you need a SD card to load custom POI's? or can you load it into the GPS itself? I got a garmin nuvi 255w

Sun, 01/02/2011 - 10:24pm

You can do it either way.

Welcome to the site zafzaf123.

You can do it either way.See http://www.poi-factory.com/node/25721 for custom pois.If you decide you wnt voice alerts instead of the standard bong see http://www.poi-factory.com/node/25730 .The 255 will not play mp3.

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Charlie. Nuvi 265 WT and Nuvi 2597 LMT. MapFactor Navigator - Offline Maps & GPS.
Tue, 01/04/2011 - 10:26pm

Thanks charlesd45 it really

Thanks charlesd45

it really helped me, clear instruction, Thanks

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 7:35pm

Responding to an alert

I'm curious. When an alert comes on my zumo 660 screen is there a quick way of telling the GPS to go to it other than hitting Where To/Extras/Custom POIs/ and so on ...?

I have some custom TourGuide alert POIs that are 1 or 2 miles. When I'm driving and 1 pops on the screen sometimes I'd like to change destination to it.

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Harley BOOM GTS, Zumo 665, (2) Nuvi 765Ts, 1450LMT, 1350LM & others | 2019 Harley Ultra Limited Shrine - Peace Officer Dark Blue
Wed, 01/05/2011 - 7:57pm

No.I put that suggestion to

No.I put that suggestion to Garmin a while back and they said they were passing it on to the correct department.It would be a nice feature.

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Charlie. Nuvi 265 WT and Nuvi 2597 LMT. MapFactor Navigator - Offline Maps & GPS.
Wed, 01/05/2011 - 8:04pm

Welcome

And you'll learn a lot more.

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Bob: My toys: Nüvi 1390T, Droid X2, Nook Color (rooted), Motorola Xoom, Kindle 2, a Yo-Yo and a Slinky. Gotta have toys.
Wed, 01/05/2011 - 8:22pm

Newbie

Welcome to the fun site. happy New Year.

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Alan-Garmin c340
Wed, 01/05/2011 - 8:22pm

Welcome

Welcome to the best GPS site on the web.

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Nuvi2797LMT (2) Nuvi260,Ford Sync3 Navigation. Captain Cook was a Yorkshire man too.
Wed, 01/05/2011 - 8:25pm

Tap an icon?

I guess it was just crazy of me to think you could just tap an icon and go to it. Thanks for confirming that I am not stupid and I do have to tap multiple times if I change my mind.

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Harley BOOM GTS, Zumo 665, (2) Nuvi 765Ts, 1450LMT, 1350LM & others | 2019 Harley Ultra Limited Shrine - Peace Officer Dark Blue
Wed, 01/05/2011 - 10:24pm

It works that way

bear007 wrote:

I'm curious. When an alert comes on my zumo 660 screen is there a quick way of telling the GPS to go to it other than hitting Where To/Extras/Custom POIs/ and so on ...?

I have some custom TourGuide alert POIs that are 1 or 2 miles. When I'm driving and 1 pops on the screen sometimes I'd like to change destination to it.

My 885 gives me the ability to navigate to the alert location. Just tap the alert box and it pops up with a GO screen.

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Illiterate? Write for free help.
Wed, 01/05/2011 - 10:31pm

775T

bear007 wrote:

I guess it was just crazy of me to think you could just tap an icon and go to it.

On my unit, I can tap on an icon, then hit Go. It routes me to it with no problem.

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nüvi 3790T | Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, will make violent revolution inevitable ~ JFK
Wed, 01/05/2011 - 10:43pm

Welcome to

the Factory! smile

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Not doing anything worth a darn.
Wed, 01/05/2011 - 10:53pm

Alert

Juggernaut wrote:
bear007 wrote:

I guess it was just crazy of me to think you could just tap an icon and go to it.

On my unit, I can tap on an icon, then hit Go. It routes me to it with no problem.

I can touch a icon too on the 265 and go to it but not from tapping the alert bar .Nice that the 855 has that feature.

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Charlie. Nuvi 265 WT and Nuvi 2597 LMT. MapFactor Navigator - Offline Maps & GPS.
Wed, 01/05/2011 - 11:16pm

I see...

I haven't tried that one yet! smile

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nüvi 3790T | Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, will make violent revolution inevitable ~ JFK
Thu, 01/06/2011 - 8:55am

enjoy

enjoy

Thu, 01/06/2011 - 3:18pm

Welcome

Welcome, you will likely find that custom loaded POI files are far more useful than those that come preloaded on the device.

Thu, 01/06/2011 - 3:48pm

Welcome

Glad you found us.

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Garmin nuvi 855, nuvi 1450, and DriveDeluxe 50
Thu, 01/06/2011 - 9:02pm

Tap the right place

EI was trying to tap the alert since the icon wasn't on the screen yet. I went to the icon and tapped it and did get the GO button.

Thanks. I guess I'll find new features for a while with my new toy.

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Harley BOOM GTS, Zumo 665, (2) Nuvi 765Ts, 1450LMT, 1350LM & others | 2019 Harley Ultra Limited Shrine - Peace Officer Dark Blue
Fri, 01/07/2011 - 1:53am

I just found this site too!

I'm excited to try this out and look forward to trying my hand at the creation process, although it seems really confusing at first look.

Do the icons only work with a POI or can it be used as a favorites map symbol?? This question is how I stumbled upon this site, yet I have not found the answer... I really want to find custom map symbols and would love to create my own!!

Fri, 01/07/2011 - 9:59am

welcome

made-in-KY wrote:

I'm excited to try this out and look forward to trying my hand at the creation process, although it seems really confusing at first look.

Do the icons only work with a POI or can it be used as a favorites map symbol?? This question is how I stumbled upon this site, yet I have not found the answer... I really want to find custom map symbols and would love to create my own!!

Welcome to the site. As to the icons, my experience is the favorites only use the symbols built into the system so the custom icons won't display.

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Illiterate? Write for free help.
Fri, 01/07/2011 - 11:13am

Icons

made-in-KY wrote:

I'm excited to try this out and look forward to trying my hand at the creation process, although it seems really confusing at first look.

Do the icons only work with a POI or can it be used as a favorites map symbol?? This question is how I stumbled upon this site, yet I have not found the answer... I really want to find custom map symbols and would love to create my own!!

Wecome to the site made-in-KY.

See http://www.poi-factory.com/node/4359 .You can make your own for custom pois.See http://www.poi-factory.com/node/25721.

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Charlie. Nuvi 265 WT and Nuvi 2597 LMT. MapFactor Navigator - Offline Maps & GPS.
Sat, 01/08/2011 - 12:57pm

custom icons

charlesd45 wrote:
made-in-KY wrote:

I'm excited to try this out and look forward to trying my hand at the creation process, although it seems really confusing at first look.

Do the icons only work with a POI or can it be used as a favorites map symbol?? This question is how I stumbled upon this site, yet I have not found the answer... I really want to find custom map symbols and would love to create my own!!

Wecome to the site made-in-KY.

See http://www.poi-factory.com/node/4359 .You can make your own for custom pois.See http://www.poi-factory.com/node/25721.

I made my own icons for my custom POI's.
It was easy:
Make the bitmap file 22x22 pixels, 256 color.
Name the bitmap file name the same as the POI file.
The file name is case specific, example:
If I had a POI file named Wifi.csv
I would name the bitmap file Wifi.bmp