Garmin talk

I heard that Garmin will release the new updated version of their map sometime in May of this year and the retail price will be around. $70.00

I am curious why do some old established business not appear as a POI in the Garmin database but some business that have been closed for years appear. My friend has had a restaurant for 20 years and is not in their database but a Pizza business that has closed is still can be pulled up when searching for restaurants in our area. Is there any way to have it added to all GPS databases?

Does anyone use invisibleshield for his/her Garmin gps? How does it work? Does it cause overheat problem?
Please advise me before I make investment for it. Thanks

Has anyone else had this problem? I have u-turns set as an avoidance, but the other day I was in Las Vegas and it wanted me to go south on the Vegas Strip, then do a u-turn to come back north. Because of traffic, I knew a u-turn was not feasable at that time of day, so I drove over a block and went past the destination to come back in the correct direction.

ok, is there a way to convert mapsource waypoints to csv? to make it easier to make a poi list?

thanks

I've been having fun adding POI files to my new Garmin but have noticed a discrepancy that I can't figure out. The POI detail screen appears to have three display areas. 1)Top line has POI name in large font, 2)Second line sometimes has first line of the description in a slightly smaller font, and 3)Third, fourth and fifth lines have the entire description in the smallest font.

i just noticed the latest update from garmin
nuvi 750 March 7, 2008
nuvi 760 March 7, 2008
nuvi 770 March 7, 2008

On my Nuvi 250, when you touch the vehicle icion, it shows the elevation. But the problem is the elevation always keeps changing even if I'm not driving. I've tried many times standing somewhere instead of moving, and checked the elevation. Every time, I got a different number, range from -1 meter to 140 meters. I guess something must be wrong here, but don't know why.

I downloaded the gpx file and tried to use the loader to put it on my Nuvi but the loader doesn't recognize it. Any suggestions?

My job entails visiting all colleges in NY/NJ and NC/SC, is there a POI file I can download of all the colleges to my Garmin Nuvi 200?

Thanks again, I don't know what I would do without this board.

As some of you know I am Bus and Limo Driver over the road in the South West USA. I am sorry to say that on some of our buses the cig lighter dose not work. I need a back up for when I get a bus like this. If you are an OTR your rig may not have a working cig lighter. Or your car or pick up may not have a working one in it.

For a brief moment, Costco had the nuvi 360's for $250, but I cant find them on their website anymore.

Anyone know the scoop?

right now through March 30, 2008 for $299.00. Valid for orders placed between February 11th through March 30th while supplies last.

This site has been great for a new GPS user like me. I have now added voices (to the GPS; I already have enough in my head); charged from the computer with a generic USB cable; and added new vehicles. Thanks to all for your help and information.

Hi , this is my first post!
i ve got a nuvi 200 w street pilot , im going to uploud an img of my town on it , got my town's Esri shp files . how can i convert them to an IMG that my unit can work with.
tanx

Are the POI's accurate and thurough as well?

How many POI's are pre-loaded on my Nuvi 200? How do I load more without using a USB or paying a ton of money? I appreciate any answers.

Thanks

The Garmin WebUpdater will update the Nuvi 750 from v2.60 to 2.70. I just performed the upgrade and my unit is working fine.

Recently I had a problem with my Nuvi 660 in that it wouldn't make any sounds out of the internal speaker. It also wouldn't make any sounds via the FM transmitter. I had been using the headphone jack to pipe the audio to my car stereo system, and maybe during one of my connection/disconnections, something got knocked loose inside.

I live in Maryland. I understand that not everything can be pronounced perfectly, but the pronunciation of "Maryland" is terrible. If I can try other voices (British, Australian), I might not have to hear things like, "Turn right on May WILLin 514." There is a very slight pause after "may" and the emphasis is on "Will."