Welcome / open talk

This week we're recognizing, Ajasaro!

Ajasaro has been a member of POI Factory for over 17 years!

He's one of our more prolific POI file maintainers and that's what we're recognizing this week! We appreciate the consistent file maintenance updates.

Thanks for all you do for our community, Ajasaro!

~Angela

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

Pet peeve. Since moving to PA about 26 years ago, I've dealt with shops here refusing to accept used motor oil for recycling. A stark contract to NYS where I moved from, where shops have to accept 5 gallons per day--20 quarts! By law (Article 23, Title 23).

Here in PA, one has to drive around and around like that NC barge with the garbage, only to have it refused one place after another.

It will be interesting to see what happens with this.

https://cordcuttersnews.com/fcc-announces-plans-to-find-alte...

https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-410025A1.pdf

Yesterday, I added numerous Garmin (Latin 1) maps. I did not use Basecamp because it wasn't needed.

Garmin OSM

Garmin Cycle

Garmin Leisure

Garmin Onroad

Garmin Ontrail

Garmin BBBike

Garmin Openfietsmap Full

Garmin OpenSeaMap

Garmin OpenTopoMap

I have been poking around trying to find out the differences in these maps.

On BBBike I see this:

File Size

This week we're recognizing, Canoe-NC!

Canoe-NC has been a member of POI Factory for nearly 4 years.

Last week he updated many of his National Park POI's.

Thanks for your continued contributions, Canoe-NC!

~Angela

POI Factory has been experiencing outages recently due to technical troubles at our hosting provider.

During these outages, web browsers visiting the site are shown an error message "Unable to connect to database server" or "Temporarily unavailable" instead of the regular web page content.

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

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.

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

This week we're recognizing, Strephon_Alkhalikoi!

Strephon_Alkhalikoi has been a member of POI Factory for over 15 years!

A frequent contributor to the forum discussions, he was particularly helpful last week in answering questions regarding the newest Garmin Map update.

Thanks for all your contributions, Strephon_Alkhalikoi!

~Angela

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

This week we're recognizing, Old_Geezer!

Old_Geezer has been a member of POI Factory for over a year.

This week directed our attention to Garmin Map Update 2026.10

Thanks for your contribution, Old_Geezer!

~Angela

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

This week we're recognizing CraigW!

CraigW has been a member of POI Factory for nearly 17 years!

This week we're appreciating his helpfulness in the discussion forums and how he's always happy to shine the light on other helpful members in our community!

Nuvi 885

Thanks for all your contributions, CraigW!

~Angela

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

My latest hospital stay.

Lasted 9 excruciatingly painful days. Bottom line, severe Cellulitis of my lower right leg and a bad E coli infection in my bloodstream.

This week we're recognizing, Metricman!

Metricman has been a member of the POI Factory community for over 16 years!

Recently he completed a significant update to his Bank Of America file which was appreciated by many members.

Thanks for your contributions, Metricman!

~Angela

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

Not sure if anyone would know, but how exactly does it get verified when someone pays by an app, that they have paid?

I understand the concept--a person will go around maybe with a Zebra handheld that has cellular, and scan the plate. Maybe they have a wireless hip printer that can generate a summons.

That's in theory, is it even true or is it really the honor system?