Garmin talk

Twice recently my Garmin has routed me on surface streets rather than the freeway, with the surface streets running parallel to the freeway from one block to three miles away. My preferences are set for fastest way. A neighbor was telling me Garmin routes travel past their on-screen advertisers, but I have been unable to verify this. Anyone know anything about it?

Did the mp3 formatt replace the wav formatt?

If I am not mistaken, Someone created a list of icons that was large and easy to see. I did a search but nothing shows up. I thought that I saw it here. Does anyone have a recollection of this.

It appears that a number of POI files prompt me regarding "Proximity Alerts" when I am loading them.

I would like to NOT be asked that question for most of these files as that would allow me to load/reload much, much faster.

How can I turn off that switch in the POI file itself so that it does not pause to ask me by defaulting to on?

The city council is debating to outlaw red light cameras in the city limits!

Hi all,

Has anyone got this error message when using Mapsource to retrieve waypoints from your GPS ?

"Data could not be received because I:/Garmin/gpx/Current.GPX is invalid."

How does a GPS react if you are on a split level roadway. Traffic here in Toronto is nuts and I recently heard an idea that someone was suggesting that Hwy 401 would be more efficient if they stacked another level over the existing one and use the entire Hwy for eastbound traffic and route the upper level for westbound.

What is the difference between:
Lane Assist, and
Junction View
?

I see that there are

AH

AG

AK

versions. What is the difference?

Thanks

Downloaded Custom POI from poi factory. I have the Denny's and Chili's. When I reach the location for these restaurant all I see is a dot. Why don't I see the name of the restaurant like I do with the RLC. Without the name it is not much help. I must be doing something wrong, but I don't know what.

I've never used google earth and am a complete neophyte as to what it does and how it works. Can someone tell me, in easy to understand, non-techno language, how can I take a GPS track of some of my foreign travels, and view it on google earth? I've downloaded google earth, and I hooked the GPS up to the computer, but beyond that nothing happened in terms of it showing up somewhere.

I've never used google earth and am a complete neophyte as to what it does and how it works. Can someone tell me, in easy to understand, non-techno language, how can I take a GPS track of some of my foreign travels, and view it on google earth? I've downloaded google earth, and I hooked the GPS up to the computer, but beyond that nothing happened in terms of it showing up somewhere.

I purchased a Garmin 1450 LMT and I am not sure how to check for new maps. Does this happen through the Webupdate program that updates the firmware or is there another program I need to get??

Thank you, I am a GPS newbie.

With the free map updates, can I download the maps to my comupter and my gps unit? I want to set my routes up on my computer and tranfer to my unit.

For those of us on Dial-up, just ordered the 2012.10 Map update on CD. CS guy said it should ship after Aug 17

Hi All,

I have a few custom maps and accessorial maps on my SD card (e.g. lakes).
Usually I turn these off under the MAP INFO area, so my search results excluded these.

My question is, does this impact the memory capacity of the Garmin 7xx at all - it appears that "activating" a mapset makes it immediately accessible, whereas I would expect a certain load time.

This has probably been asked but Ive had a hard time finding any information in the forum using the search function.

I use the "My Favorite Files" function to keep my POIs updated. How come the updated date shown in the My Favorite Files listing is different from that shown on the actual POI download page?

Example: KOA USA & Canada csv

Are there release notes documenting the changes in a software update? If so, where are they?

Thanks.

Hi Everyone,

I own a Garmin Oregon 300. I am trying to find out how to change the waypoint symbols included and to add to them. I've seen numerous ways but they seem to be for other garmin models. If anyone could point me to a tutorial, or better yet, walk me through it, that would be great.

The maps on my Garmin 255W are about a year and a half old. Is it about time to update them or should I wait a little longer? If now, where is the most economical place to get a map update?

Having said all of the above, would I be better just buying a newer GPS with free map updates? I only drive about 8,000 miles a year, but I do take long trips several times a year.

Thanks.