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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.

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--Angela

This update provides support for Air Tags (2nd gen) and general bug fixes.

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

New member checking in! Quick question for the regulars: what POI files do you find most useful other than the traffic cameras? Anything interesting that is not widely available on google maps?

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~Angela

With a new version of GE some clean up comments have been posted. Along those lines you might review the thread at http://www.poi-factory.com/node/50977 for guidance in cleaning up old map files, each of which can be around 6 to 8 GB..

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This thread will be closed on Monday and a new one will be opened.

~Angela

Garmin Express 7.28.0.0 is now available

I use IPadOS 18.7.3 which was released around December 12th 2025. I just went into Settings to check for a possible update and the only thing presented is version 26.2. It doesn’t even inform the user what version is being used, just immediately goes to downloading 26.2 unless you have auto updates OFF.

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This thread will be closed on Monday and a new one will be opened.

~Angela

My wife and I are RVing right now and we have been in Gulf Shores the past week. For internet, I have been using an Inseego MiFi X Pro 5G M3000. I noticed that when I bring up Google maps, my location was not shown. I found out that the M3000 has an internal GPS, but it was turned off. I enabled it and Google maps once again shows my current location.

And it felt good.

I found a wallet on the sidewalk.

I was going to turn it into the police, but my wife said just knock on the door, and leave it (the address was the street behind us and a ways up the road).

It was a 20 yo kid's wallet--no money, DL,bank card, debit card, health care.

Well folks, looks like we have a repeat of last year!
The top two vote getters are Mahoney and John from PA! 

John From PA had been a POI Factory member now for over 11 years!

The Consumer Electronics Show 2026 is next week. Garmin is listed as an exhibitor.

https://www.ces.tech

https://exhibitors.ces.tech/8_0/exhibitor/exhibitor-details....

Content at https://www.slashgear.com/2064639/bmw-new-screw-patent-make-....

Crazy that you may need some form of special tool to replace a license plate and that device can be used elsewhere in the vehicle.

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 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.

One would think that in life, there is no free lunch.

There usually is some sort of inverse relationship, or compromise.

For the sleuths out there, we are used to our Vantrue. No complaints, true 4K, older Starvis sensor, have a front/rear setup in my daily driver that is off the road right now.

Flash forward when our vehicle was destroyed in May 2025, another Vantrue was destroyed.