Garmin talk

I need a poi file that has all the lowclearance locations . I found a huge list @ http://www.discoveryowners.com/cginfolinks.htm
you can download the zip file and in it is a txt file .

maps.google uses navteq maps - I would have expected similar results. I recently drove from Oxford, Ohio to cornelius, NC with the nuvi 350 and the route chosen was 20 minutes longer than the route from maps.google. I have the 2008 mapset in the Nuvi, and have done the software upgrade. Where should I start to get the Nuvi to use the faster route and shorter route?

I've looked for this and wasn't able to find anything about it. I have a nuvi680 with preloaded Ford dealer POIs on it which I would like to add the Ford.bmp icon. Is there a way to do this?

Hi everyone,

First off, I'd like to say hello - new GPS user after getting on during the Boxing Week sales here in Canada. I bought the Nuvi 250W, which I really do like.

However, I'm curious as to the age of the maps I have. I'm not sure how often City Navigator NT gets updated, but it doesn't have some new (and major) highways that opened up in October this year in my city.

Hi Everyone,

I loaded a few new POI files, and none are appearing when I search for them. i.e. New Target location is on POI file but does not appear when I search for it (it located about 5 miles away from my home).

I loaded my state parks onto my 650, however the unit only displays those w/i 50 mi of my current location. I can change locations and get more, but that seems like extra work. I did not have any problems getting the unit to show all the National Parks. Is there a limit to the number of POI the unit will retrieve? Can that be changed?

Hi everyone.

Should downloaded .bmp icons display on the Nuvi 260? I made sure the file names match and they do not display.

Question for the almighty out there. Is gpsonsale.com a creditable place to buy a gps? does anybody have experience with them?

I got the idea of extra icons for different POI lists, but what about the built in (Nuvi, for me) icons? Any way to change them?

TIA

OK, maybe I am asking too much of this nifty machine. Is it possible for a custom POI alert to be activated depending on the direction you are headed ?

I have set some speed zones for my route to the office. For some, I want them when headed south but not when encountered heading north (i.e. leaving the zone rather than entering it)

I finally received my 2008 city navigator north america NT map upgrade. Now I know that my C330 doesn't have the memory capacity to take the whole upgrade, so I've loaded in Canada and the upper states portion. I've heard that you can install the other half of the upgrade to an SD card, but I can't figure out how to do it.

I have filled the Quest2 memory with custom POIs so to create more memory I have gone thru each .csv file and edited out entries, line by line, so that I am left with only those POIs in the region where I travel, the western U.S. There are gaps in the excel files where I have deleted line I don't need but this seems to be no problem.

Can the 660 show current long/lat position? If so, please explain.

nuvi650 - 4GB SDHC Card

What is the best way to add files to the SD Card for MP3s and custom POIs in order to fully maximize the card's capacity.

What is the best directory structure?

ex: all mp3's in 1 directory - or sub-directories etc

ex: all POIs in 1 directory or sub-directories as well

Recently acquired a Nuvi350 for Xmas and initially have (2) questions.
#1. Can you download POI files, then put them on a SD disk and insert into your GPS for use without actually installing? If so, will they show up on tour favorites menu?
#2. What is the internal storage capacity of the Nuvi350 for POI's etc?

I get an error when using the poi loader to load custom poi into my Nuvi 350. The error says that there is a problem with (for example) line 217, which is the first blank line after the list ends. It also says any data after this point will not be loaded. It does not seem to effect anything. I still have the pois loaded and they all work, since all the points are before the 'bad point'.

I just got my 760 and found it to be off by as much as 4 or 5 house addresses and up to 500 feet. I called Garmin and they told me that the grid might be off in my area. It if frustrating when you put an address in and drive to it and you know you go past it becasue the grid is off. Has anyone else had this problem or know a solution?

I just received a Garmin 650 and would like to know if there is a way to "record" favorite fishing spots and then create custom POI's using Mapsource.