One Week NUVI Newbie - Some Questions

Usually this scenario can be caused by a couple of things, one, the coordinates are wrong and two, the maps are not 100% correct. I have this sort of error when I am heading South on Pacific Coast Highway and my Nuvi 680 tells me to turn right, well guess what I would end in the ocean. In case of this type of error, it needs to be reported to
NavTec - http://tinyurl.com/y8go3w

When I find a local location in the POI file is incorrect, I go to Google Earth, find the correct coordinates and change it in the POI. Then when I go somewhere the Nuvi knows exactly where it is going.
I have also done this for new stores that have opened in my area. We just got a new Home Depot and Target in town, so I added them to the file.

I assume you are talking about Custom POI files. In addition to correcting your file, I hope you are sending a message to the author to correct and or update the posted file.

I thought that the original post was talking about the built in POIs. In that case you cannot correct them, only let Navteq know and hope it will be in the next update.

I signed up for this and added the information. Thanks again.

If you know the way, then you don't need a GPS, lol. Mistakes are rare but they exist. The biggest GPS weakness is pre-loaded POI's for locations like food. Just too many to keep up to date. GPS's are great when you are in a totally new area or city. What you don't know it doesn't know, doesn't hurt you, lol.