Garmin talk

On a trip to Northern Spain 10 days ago, the route downloaded from Mapsource to the 660 amongst other weird directions it said take exit from autoroute, u turn at bottom of slip road (off ramp) go back up the off ramp obviously against the flow of traffic!!!!!!! and rejoin the autoroute where it just told me to exit. how crazy is that!!

That's odd. Yesterday I submitted a FAQ on how to report map errors. Today, a FAQ showed up on the Recent Posts by someone else from 5 years ago.

Wonder what happened?

Just bought a garmin 1490. have had a lorance gps, navigon gps, and magellan gps.
of all 4 brands only the magellan gps when asked "Where is the closes police to my home location" came back with correct location.

all other brands come back with the same answer wich is 17 miles and further.
none of the local police depts. come up.
does anyone have an answer to this and who can correct it.

I'm a confused newbie here after owning 5 previous Garmin products. I'm now the unhappy owner of a nuvi 50. I just used POILoader for the first time and downloaded 1 file. After completing the download I've lost all of the factory installed POIs! I must have done something wrong.

In the map mode, Garmin shows the name of the street you're driving on by not in the destination mode like TomTom does. Why doesn't Garmin do that as well and has Garmin addressed this in the past and decided it was too expensive to revise their maps?

I purchased the POI Factory's Speed Alert Camera csv file last week and while driving this morning in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, I noticed quite a few 7 km/h speed alerts on my Nuvi 1490LMT screen. Yes, 7 km/h! I opened the csv file and I was unable to locate which lines say 7 km/h.

The speedometer on my 1350 has been getting stuck. It will display the speed for a while and it becomes stuck at one speed for a while.

When I push on the "speed xxmph" it briefly displays the current speed and switches to full screen dashboard view.

In dashboard view, speedometer works.

Go back to the main map view and speedometer is stuck until I power cycle.

Hello,

I know that GPX files use XML schemas to generate. I have been trying to generate GPX files from google maps directions for more than two destinations/waypoints. I want to develop a gpx file that uses the extensions just like the POI files in this POI factory website.

Can someone please give me an explanation? or point me in the right direction to get started?

Thank you.

Just got a nuvi 50LM and was able to download the lifetime map tool (I think), and was definitely able to add all the POIs (including the camera files) from my old nuvi 205 to the 50LM.

I downloaded the POI for walmart and Sams Club on my Garmin 2350LMT. When I got about .4 tenths of a mile or .2 tenths of a mile an alert comes up on the screen showing speed alert. Is this the alert for Walmart. I noticed this at different Walmarts in different towns.

Any way to create a log file suitable for tracking mileage so I can use it for business use on my Federal Tax return?

Thanks

I read a bunch of FAQs and visited "Tricks, Tips, Work Arounds, Hints, Secrets and Ideas" and can generate csv and bmp files that work, but I cannot seem to get a sound file to work.

My POI Loader rejects wav files and mp3 don't play.
I suspect this model does not support mp3. True?

I've tried SOX etc and all the sound I get is the Proximity Alart beep.

I am new to Garmin GPS. This morning I was driving to a programmed Destination when the male voice instructed me to make a left hand turn and then immediately a right hand turn. If I had done that, I would have driven into the grassy area of a local school. The right turn I should really be taking was 75 m away! This had happened to me with TomToms also.

In the Destination mode, there's a magenta stripe and an orange stripe to the left of it. The magenta stripe hides almost the entire POI icons such that it's quite difficult to make out what they are, however the POI icons appear above the orange stripe which is fantastic. Why didn't Garmin place the POI icons just to the right of the magenta bar? Is there a POI Factory fix to this? Thanks.

Hello. I just purchased a refurbished Nuvi 1490LMT unit and POI Factory's latest Red Light and Speed Alert csv file and I installed it. I tried the simulator mode and I noticed the little car icon was traveling at 70 kph and I know that this Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada main avenue's speed limit is 60 kph. What gives with the simulated speed of 70 kph?

Thank you.

Garmin has recently introduced yet another motorcycle friendly GPS called the all-new Zumo 350LM. Has anyone purchased or have experience w/ this new unit? I need a GPS for my Harley, but I'm torn between the new Zumo 350LM OR the HD Road Tech Zumo 660 also made by Garmin. Thanks in advance for any input.

I kind-of remember a post a couple years ago on how to add a Sound file to HOME, but now that I want to add it, of course I can't find it.... !

I want to add a short Audio file to the "Home" flag indicator on my 660....

I know it wants to be an MP3 file, just need to know where to put it, and what to name it!!

Thanks....

Jan

My wife and like to travel. We go to many different states but only like to camp in State or County parks. Is there a POI that lists just State and County parks? We have a teardrop camper and prefer to camp in more woodsy type areas than an RV park.

I have about 1 day of experience with the 3590. In my opinion, all the features are easy to use and locate. However, I cannot find how to set a security code, nor can I find it referenced in the manual. Can you set a PIN on this device?

Thanks!

Since I've started using the latest map update, CTNANT 2013.1, for the Zummo 550, I'm noticing that as I'm traveling, the map is not keeping up with my actual current position as quickly as it did before this map udpate. Is anyone else experiencing this problem with their Nuvi or Zumo? What is the solution, besides going back to the previous map 2012.4?