Garmin talk

Does anyone have a POi for the USA locations?!

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I posted this in a thread, which was not relevant, so I decided to move it here.

So there seem to be a number of basemaps that come in NUVI series GPSes, with Garmin Mobile XT and now the Colorado series. Has anyone tried mixing and matching basemap files?

I just noticed when passing by a cemetery that all the lanes, or roadways in the cemetery was marked by a dotted line instead of the standard roadway marking. Has anyone else notice this? I wouldn't have thought that a mapping company would have picked those up.

Could someone make a Icon for a zoo, please.

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Has anybody had any problems trying to order the disk for the 09 update?

I have a new 750 and have found trying to use the FM transmitter to be very frustrating. Seems to me it is almost useless. I have a Subaru outback and the antenna is on the back window which may make it more difficult. Anyone else having the same problem or thinks it works wonderful?

Took advantage of the recent REI sale and bought an eTrex Vista HCx

A few things to mention:

The satellite reception is amazing. I get a lock very fast, indoors and in rooms not even close to a window. Amazing!

On several posts it has been stated that before you perform certain actions you should backup all files that are on your GPSr. I have a NUVI 350 loaded with CNNA NT 2009. I have the 2009 disc and MapSource is on my computer with both 2008 and 2009 maps. Would someone please explain why I should do a backup?

I recieved a new refurbished 760 from garmin, i noticed this screen does not look as good, or clear as my original, seems like the sharpness, and contrast is low. It looks a little blurry, fuzzy. I think you can change some settings from holding the screen, are any of these changes changeable? thank you.

I have been using my nüvi 670 for about a year and the weirdest thing started happing with my red light camera voice announcement. These are the file names loaded in:
Redlight-Cameras.csv
Redlight-Cameras.mp3
Redlight-Cameras.BMP

Just wondering if anyone has experienced this problem - traveling thur Mempis this last weekend I was using my traffic reciever - everything showing fine (construcion, congestion etc) however as I approached the I-240/I-55 interchange there was an accident that apparently had just happened with EMS personnel on scene however my traffic reciever did not show this nor indicate such had occurred - tr

Does anyone know whether the routing algorithm for the Garmins' resides in the maps? I was comparing the routing offered by NT 2008 & NT 2009 and notice minor differences in the routing.

I recall reading somewhere that upgrades to 2009 maps has resulted in some changes to routing - not always better though.

I loaded the Sam's Club POI on my Garmin 260W. They seem to be on the maps but when I do a search for them under poi they don't show up. I'm lost on why this is happening.

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I had a TomTom GO920 which allowed me to put the current speed (and other items) on the map page, which I really liked. I cannot figure out if this can be done on the nuvi 760. Can anyone help and let me know if the map page can be customized to include the current speed? I do not like having to go to another screen to see my speed. Thanks!

Why is it that when I use the send to GPS feature online the location is always displayed until I delete the point on my GPS?

I would like for some of my custom POI files to 'act' the same way. So that if I'm driving near a Starbucks it will be displayed (icon, sound, etc)

I have a nuvi 260 and recently updated the maps. I have also added Mandarin to my voices.

After getting the new maps, my recently found addresses came up very odd. They had partial names for some and many had what appeared to be Chinese characters after the name. Some did not appear to have addresses, yet when I pressed these names, they directed me to the correct places.

I want to load Canadian street files to the card on my Nuvi 200, then get directions from my location in Michigan, to a town in Canada. Is this possible if the US street file is in the internal memory, and the Canada street file is on the card? Can I get US to Canada directions, or only US to US, Canada to Canada?

does the red light camera on your gps alert you when you get how close to a red light camera intersection and does it audio beep or warn how far in advance?

how much are the new maps? where will be the best place to get them?