Garmin talk

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.

I had an incident involving my RV890 on a recent trip to Vermont that I've never encountered before with any of my GPSr's. I navigated to the hotel where I was staying and turned the unit off for the night. When I fired it up the next morning, the GPS booted normally but couldn't acquire any satellites.

I just returned from a Spain trip. I loaded OSM European maps onto my Garmin 3597 (US version) and it worked very well. I did have to fight with it a few times to make it go on the rural routes I wanted to go on. But the route it chose was accurate, just not my preference. In the cities, it was right on. Driving in Spain is another issue.

My wife and I are ATVers. We typically ride in Minnesota and Wisconsin, but occasionally into Michigan and South Dakota. I have a Garmin Zumo XT. I do have VV Maps, which work great in MN, SD and WI. I am looking for ATV trail maps that will work on my Garmin Zumo XT.

Got an email that said due to no acitivity on my Garmin account they would cancel my account it not reactivated withing 60 days. Is his a normal procedure by Garmin?

Noticed New Timezone map was available.....

I'll wait until MAP UPDATE IS AVAILABLE!!! (WHICH IS NOT NOW --Darn it!)

My Garmin DriveSmart 5 has picked up the bad habit of frequently rebooting while I am driving. Also, the battery which was replaced one year ago, is not holding much charge. I decided to replace it with a Nuvi 2455LMT. I hate the popup messages on the Drive Series warning me about upcoming curves, and driving the wrong way.

I see with the various lists for businesses, and icon file is included. How do I add this to my BaseCamp?

TIA

OK.. as I've been wandering around the country, in several heographies I've encountered "Variable" speed limits.

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/let-me-help/let-me-help-ho...

I've found them in the:

• Quantico area on I-95 in Virginia

• El Paso area on I-10 in Texas

• the boarder area of I-5 going into Oregon

I happened to notice that in my Win10 Task Scheduler I have a defined task named GarminUpdaterTask. The description is "Keeps your Garmin Software up to date".

Garmin Express 7.17.3.0 now ready to install.

Indiana rest areas are being torn down and replaced.
Because of this we changed to using love’s Truck Stops as rest areas until the rebuilding is completed.

Have yet to look. If there is a Loves POI, and if so what is your suggestions? Anything better?

Do I need to have "Here WeGo" Map app running on my phone, if I'm using Live Traffic?

My Nuvi 1490 picks up the INRIX(UK) fm signal, but the subscription list still insists that Trafficmaster is the provider, so i don't get any information. I can see from garmin's site that the traffic list should have been updated, but it hasn't been. Is there any way of forcing the list to do so?
The garmin site has a page for downloading the file, but the file isn't there.