Garmin talk

charlesd45, in your "Extra POI Editor | How To Build Alert Distance In Using Gpx Files" tutorial about how to use Extra POI Editor, you talk about "OPEN"ing the target file, but don't mention that the target file has to be a .csv file. That is right, right? If it is, that becomes a fairly important omission for someone completely unfamiliar with EPE.

Phil

Just received this in my email. I am not aware of having any of those accounts mentioned in this email! Additionally it was sent to an email address Garmin would not even know about !!! I believe it to be a SPAM or PHISHING message. There is a box " Reactivate Account" in this email.

Sender is "alerts at notifications.garmin.com"

Three Days Left to Reactivate Your Account
Garmin

A group of us will be traveling to the Hill City, South Dakota area in October for ATVing. From what I am seeing on-line, Avenza maps are one of the recommended navigation tools. Is there a way to install Avenza maps on my Garmin Zumo XT?

I have been looking at buying a Garmin Montana 700. One of the maps available is the Wikiloc Trails map. Is anybody here using the Wikiloc Trails maps? If so, how well do you like them?

Decided to post the info I've gathered as a separate topic.
I mistakenly received an Enterprise Garmin DriveSmart 51 LMTHD from Amazon. This is a list of the missing features and functions I've found. If others have run across these devices please add to this list.

Is anybody here using maps from BBBike?

The Garmin maps available are:

Garmin OSM (Latin1)

Garmin Cycle (Latin1)

Garmin Leisure (Latin1)

Garmin Onroad (Latin1)

Garmin Ontrail (Latin1)

Garmin BBBike (Latin1)

Garmin OpenFietsMap Lite (Latin1)

Garmin OpenFietsMap Full (Latin1)

Garmin OpenSeaMap (Latin1)

Garmin OpenTopoMap (Latin1)

Garmin Express v7.17.3.0 just downloaded.No problem.

Has anybody here tried the mkgmaps, yet.

https://www.mkgmap.org.uk

I just found Topographic OpenStreetMap maps for Garmin devices yesterday. I am just curious is anybody else is using them and what your experiences have been with them.

https://garmin.opentopomap.org/#north_america

Is this worth picking up as a backup to my 3597?
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VRD7YYM
Am I missing anything? Currently I use a second 3597 & my iQue as backups but 3597 has a problem with the SD slot and iQue mostly is for overseas travel. It handles NZ maps real well.

On my older Garmin Nuvi's I was able to enter and display owner info (name, address, telephone etc) and was able to add a custom startup splashscreen with contact info in case of loss (or theft!).

I cannot find any way to do this on the DriveSmart 66.

Back in September of 2022, I reported that my Nuvi 2689LMT was stuck in a continous boot loop and unusable.

I let a buddy try fixing it using "Cure", but no luck.

On this forum, it was suggested that I send the GPS in to Short Tronics (aka The Palm Doctor) in Minnesota. I finally decided to get the device fixed, so I got it back from my buddy and sent it in.

I have never owned a handheld GPS. I have only used automobile navigators. I started reading up on the Garmin Montana 700. It seems to have mostly positive reviews.

Does anybody here happen to have a Garmin Montana 700? I would likely use it for ATVing and e-bike rides.

While I intended to update to 2024.10 I used an Undelete program to remove N.A 2022.2. After that I found that my BaseCamp and MapSource programs had dissappeared. I had to download BaseCamp and MapSource to re-install them.

Hello everyone,

I finally updated my collection of Garmins today (I know, way late, I've been gone a while) using the clone method on a few of them including the zumo 665. They are all working fine but the zumo 665 still shows 2023.20. It has shown the previous version ever since I started using the clone update.

This was in my incoming emails today, ignore this garbage and delete it !

30 day notice, your account is going to be deleted!
The phony sender is "alerts at notifications.garmin.com"

I removed the @ symbol from the email address!

I checked the accuracy of some of my Garmin GPSs a couple of days ago and got these results. I haven't read much lately on the newest GPS receiver chipsets, though.

Garmin Accuracy:

Nuvi 500: 62 Foot Accuracy

Nuvi 3597: 18 Foot Accuracy

DriveLuxe 51: 10 Foot Accuracy

DriveSmart 65 with Amazon Alexa: 10 Foot Accuracy

Does anybody here get accuracy of better than 10 feet?

I have been doing some testing of other maps recently and have even done a couple of posts about it here on POI Factory. For whatever reason I was having a challenge getting OpenStreetMaps (OSM) onto my Garmin Zumo XT. Someone suggested OpenMapChest and worked for me.

Hi there.
I haven't been here in a while.
I have a Nuvi 2589, and I am looking at installing the speed camera file.
Can I just put it on a MicroSD Card?
This unit has school zones already.
Traffic works somewhat.