Garmin talk

Has anyoner tried to connect their Nuvi to Google Earth Plus? I was wondering if it was worth the $10?

I'd be specifically interested in track import. I have a mount on my mountain bike for my nuvi, and i would like to download the tracks i ride to google earth just for fun.

anyone have any experience with mounting the Nuvi via a vent mount? any recommendations?

WOW, I can't believe what happened today going through the Detroit tunnel. I live across the river from Detroit and have made this trip many times with my Nuvi 350 . All other times after entering the tunnel, within a few seconds I get a warning that the Nuvi has lost sat.

I bought the c550. Understand POIs and how to upload.

I'm not sure what "Mapsource" is on the Garmin Product and what is it used for. Also what is difference is Waypoints to POIs?

thanks if anyone can explain what Mapsource is (and do i need it?

I was wondering if anyone can comment on the usefulness of the gas price information from the Nuvi 680. I subscribe to 3 gas price services on the internet, MSN, Motor Trend, and Gas Buddy. It seems to me that the information on the MSN seems the most out of date-meaning that the prices posted for the stations hasn't been updated in 2-3 days. Can the 680 users please comment on this feature?

I'd love to hear feedback from Nuvi 660 users concerning their opinions of the 660's integrated FM TMC traffic receiver info vs. the Nuvi 680's Traffic Information from MSN Direct. I'd love to save $200 by buying the 660 if its traffic reporting capabilities are as good as or even better than the 680's, though the price of the 680 suggests otherwise.

Does the i5 support this?

I recently bought the Garmin 680 and am in the Washington D.C. metro area. According to to traffic.com this is a well covered area.

However several times I have found myself in major traffic jams during rush hour than my unit knew nothing about. And this wasn't on some back side street but rather major D.C. roads.

Sorry if this has already been discussed, I can't find it.

I want to enter information about a waypoint that will be displayed on my GPS. Example: I have a waypoint called "Bluebridge Ferry Terminal, Wellington" - the GPS cuts off the name and it appears as: "Bluebridge Ferry Terminal, Wel" and NO other info appears.

On those days (which is most) when I don't need to be navigated, I wish the c530 would eventually default to the "view map" screen. I hate having to always press the button for either "Where to" or "View map".

The disclaimer screen eventually goes away without a key press, I wish the other one would as well.

-Tom

For some reason I cannot get rid of my old POI's that I have loaded on my c550. If I delete everything out of the poi directory and RESET my device, I can still go to Custom POI and select a location without any issues. I’ve even tried overlaying the file with a single location using POI Loader… the old ones are still there. Any ideas on how I can clear all my custom POI's?

Does anyone else have the problem finding the Windows version of POI Loader on Garmin's website?

I only see POI Loader Multiple versions and POI for Mac. Not matter which link I choose, they both take me to the place to download the Mac version.

Is there a way to create subdirectorys for pois? Example

--Shell
---Petrocan
FUEL ----Ufa
-----Esso

Does anyone if it is possible to replace the housing of a 660?

Is it just me or is the mapsource program extremely counter intuitive? I have been playing around with it for a few weeks now and, for the life of me, cannot get it to create a route that I tell it to create. Is there an EASY set of directions somewhere because the manual is of little use to me.

TIA, Ted

I Would like to get my computer to recognise my 2720 as a usb storage device, (extra hard drive), like the Nuvi and other, newer units. Is there any way to do this? Anyone?

Hi, I just got my C320 today so I'm a little new at this still. I got all of the maps loaded up and I've also loaded the Walmart POI files. I would like them to show up when I use the WHERE TO Shopping GENERAL MERCHANDISE category feature. Is there anyway to make this happen?

Thanks
Ryan

Did anybody try using a GPS antenna in Manhattan NY? Because Im planning to buy one because the reception is not that good everytime i go to manhattan.

I have a Garmin StreetPilot 2730 and I have several questions:

-how many favorites can I store (one place listed 500, another place listed 2000 does anyone know for certain)

-how many Cutom POIs can I store

-is there a way to see how much memory I have left

Just bought the Garmin Nuvi 360 for $399 + tax (free shipping) from Frys.com(also Outpost.com). Next cheapest I seen it for $449 on few websites including Samsclub.com. I also have the Streetpilot i3 which I bought a couple of months ago and used about a half a dozen times. I will be selling the i3 for $175 plus shipping. So if anybody is in the market for good gps, let me know.