Welcome / open talk
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Chit Chat Thread For The Week Of March 18, 2024
This is the place to talk about things that are not GPS related.
This thread will be closed on Monday and a new one will be opened.
~Angela
12 years
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Keeping The Windmill Alive – March 2024
Perhaps you can post on a new book you're reading, a new hobby you're taking up or about random finds as you finally get around to cleaning out the..., or your most recent adventure?
Anything to keep your windmill alive.
Please keep comments polite.
This thread will be closed on the last day of the month and a new one will be opened.
--Angela
17 years
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Before Posting Questions
Please use the search function and check our FAQs before posting questions.
A lot of topics have been discussed at POI Factory, and someone may have already answered your question.
17 years
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Automobile Navigation With A Windows 11 Laptop Computer And A USB GPS Receiver
A friend called my a while ago. He is using a USB GPS receiver amd is looking for navigation software with maps for it. Does anybody here have any thoughts on what to use?
Is there a way to make Google Maps on the laptop get data from the GPS receiver and do navigation?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073P3Y48Q?starsLeft=1&ref_=cm_sw_...
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Contributors Of The Week 2024-03-11
This week we're recognizing, John from PA!
John from PA has been a member of POI Factory for almost 10 years!
Last week he posted about GE Version 1.20.1 for Windows and several members expressed their appreciation for his post.
Thanks, John from PA!
~Angela
12 years
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Chit Chat Thread For The Week Of March 11, 2024
This is the place to talk about things that are not GPS related.
This thread will be closed on Monday and a new one will be opened.
~Angela
15 years
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Are You Getting Offers to Buy Your Property?
I own some rural undeveloped acreage, and I'm constantly getting purchase offers. I get 2 or 3 per month, always from a different company. They always offer cash, but only a quarter to a third the assessed value. I questioned one caller who simply hung up abruptly when I said I wasn't interested.
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Contributors Of The Week 2024-03-04
This week we're recognizing, Maddperson!
Maddperson has been a member of POI Factory for nearly 6 years!
This week we're recognizing him for his POI file maintenance work and his help in creating bmp's for many, many files.
Thanks for all your contributions to our community, Maddperson!
~Angela
12 years
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Chit Chat Thread For The Week Of March 04, 2024
This is the place to talk about things that are not GPS related.
This thread will be closed on Monday and a new one will be opened.
~Angela
12 years
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Factory Joke Thread – March 2024
This is the official POI Factory Joke thread.
Please read all the forum rules before posting, and keep in mind...
"POI Factory is not a forum for politically charged debate.
Let's avoid topics that already have a long list of Democrat or Republican talking points or that name specific politicians."
This thread will be closed on the last day of the month and a new one will be opened.
13 years
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March is ...
As some of you know, I have stage 4 colon cancer, BUT, it's currently in remission, after a bunch of chemo, thanks to having had a colonoscopy.
It doesn't matter how you feel, or how old you are, a colon screening can save your life. It saved me and put me on the path of recovery for sure.
60% of colon cancer deaths could be prevented with regular screenings.
12 years
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Contributors Of The Week 2024-02-26
This week we're recognizing, Alandb!
Alandb has been a member of POI Factory for over 15 years!
This week he posted a really polite and helpful comment responding to another person's inquiry regarding a JCV file for a specific device.
We appreciate the consideration he took in crafting his helpful response.
Thanks for all your contributions to our community, Alan!
~Angela
12 years
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Chit Chat Thread For The Week of February 26, 2024
This is the place to talk about things that are not GPS related.
This thread will be closed on Monday and a new one will be opened.
~Angela
17 years
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Tens Of Thousands Report AT&T Service Outage; Company 'Working Urgently' To Restore Service
Perhaps some people dug their Garmin GPS out of the bottom desk drawer today if they could use Google Maps on their smartphone.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2024/02/22/att-outage-se...
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Contributors Of The Week 2024-02-19
This week we're recognizing Ajasaro!
Ajasaro has been a member of POI Factory for over 16 years!
We're recognizing him this week for his POI file maintenance. He's one of our more prolific maintainers, with 142 files (I think), and all of them updated within the last year!
Thanks for all you do for our community, Anthony!
~Angela
12 years
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Chit Chat Thread For The Week Of February 19, 2024
This is the place to talk about things that are not GPS related.
This thread will be closed on Monday and a new one will be opened.
~Angela
Windows 11 24H2
Windows 11 version 24H2 will be the first build to no longer boot on CPUs that do not comply with the POPCNT (population count) instruction.
POPCNT was added in SSE4.2 on Intel CPUs and SSE4a on AMD CPUs.
This will effect anyone that did a work around Win 11 install on pre 2007/2008 CPUs.
17 years
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Satellite Phone Networks Can Democratize Global Communication
Is anybody else here looking forward to being able to connect their cell phone to a satellite?
https://spacenews.com/satellite-phone-networks-democratize-g...
12 years
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Contributors Of The Week 2024-02-12
This week we're recognizing, Dh5379!
Dh5379 has been a member of POI Factory for over 13 years!
Last week he posted a question regarding his Garmin 390LM.
Several members of the community responded with information and suggestions. David followed the suggestions and posted his results. We really appreciate that!
Contributors Of The Week 2024-03-18
This week we're recognizing, Sirkull!
Sirkull has been a member of POI Factory for over 15 years!
This week we're recognizing him for the recent updates to the POI Files he maintains!
Thanks for all your contributions to our community, Sirkull!
~Angela