Welcome / open talk

Thanksgiving and Black Friday are this week, so it's high time we get the yearly deals thread started for the holiday season!

Any great deals you find interesting and want to share are fair game. It's okay to go beyond GPS and to chat about items you hope to find.

~Angela

I wish only the best and safest travels this Holiday, I for one am very thankful for my family and life, as I truly believe I am rich to have both, and to be able to meet some of the most wonderful people along my travels, truly diverse and interesting, and to all here on this site, I am very grateful and thankful for your help, support and friendship, you are an amazing group..Thank you
Fran

This week we’re recognizing, Mahoney!

Mahoney is one of our POI file maintaining powerhouses!
I’ve lost track of how many files he maintains, but I do know he’s updated at least ten just in the last week!

Last year at this time we were trying to work on some glitches with the Rest Areas files and Mahoney stepped up to help straighten things out and maintain the files.

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 Ralph6410 and Chickenhawks!

Both are Canadian members who’ve created school zone alert files for their cities. This is a lot of work, as each school usually requiring several different alert areas to cover their affected streets.

Ralph6410 - School Zones In Edmonton AB
http://www.poi-factory.com/node/46734

Chickenhawks - School Zones Winnipeg

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

Happy Veterans Day to all of my fellow vets. I will take some time today and think about my fellow Army buddies. I will especially think about the ones that I lost in Vietnam. Enjoy our day. (All gave some; some gave all.)

Is there an option to get notifications when d/l POI's are updated?

I found out today that if you have a house in Florida and another state and if you have a car registered in Florida and your handicap placard is from your home state. As long as it has Florida plates on it you must have a Florida placard in the window.
It costs $15.00 and is only good for three months.
You can download the forms on line but must go to a Florida doctor to have it filled out.

This week we’re recognizing CraigW!

Not only was CraigW our top poster last week (in quantity) but this thread Another POI Problem (Wav Files With 3597) shows the quality of his posts.

Thanks for continuing to be an excellent example of the kind of helpful and knowledgeable community members we have here at POI Factory.

~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.

I have a question. I have a 2430 that I like very much. However, ever so often the Voice Command screen pops up with the kind lady telling me to "Say a Command". I do not call up this screen since I do not use it at all. I dismiss it with the command "Exit". It comes up maybe once a month although last week it appeared twice in one day. It is really not a problem, just a curiosity.

As per:

https://shop.delorme.com/OA_HTML/DELibeCCtdItemDetail.jsp?it...

Street Altas USA will not be updated for 2016. Street Atlas 2015 will be the final version offered and will be discontinued when current inventory is depleted.

Discussion here:

http://forum.delorme.com/index.php?/topic/22425-sa-2016/

lots of speculation on the Delorme/Garmin merger

This is the official POI Factory Joke thread.

It will be closed on the last day of the month and a new one will be opened.

Please read the forum rules before posting.

"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."

~Angela

In danger of losing your windmill?

Maybe you can share the last place your GPS took you and if you encountered any problems, or if you used it to seek out special places to go (like Thai Food, ice cream shoppes, etc.).

Anything to keep your windmill alive.

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, Canadarideforclimate!

Canadarideforclimate has been with POI Factory for nearly 9 years.

Recently he’s been uploading POI files specifically geared towards self-supporting bicycling trips across Canada. We appreciate his sharing these files with our community!

~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.

- Jonathan

Travelers of the Massachusetts Turnpike should be aware the toll road has gone Ezpass only as of 10/28/16

http://www.wcvb.com/news/state-to-offer-details-on-new-elect...

Was curious what would subsequently happen.

Conspiracy theory says, user error, pay twice. Not the system's fault.

What ended up happening was the regular charges appeared immediately.

6 days later, the 2nd tag appeared on the statement (online).

This morning I get an update notification for my Win 7 system.

After doing the research for

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3192403

with particular interest in this section of the page:

More information