Welcome / open talk

Not sure how often you'd see this but here is a street view picture on Google Maps/Earth showing the Street View vehicle parked in the parking lot of the Shoshome Falls Park in Twin Falls Idaho:

http://tinyurl.com/zczkcha

This week we’re recognizing, VersatileGuy!

VersatileGuy has been a member of POI Factory for over five years.
He’s one of our core TomTom users and he maintains FAQ’s and POI Files, such as the recently updated Starbucks, US & Canada & WiFi "Lite", US & Canada 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

It's pretty interesting, I saw a package go from the airport, to my house.

It may not be that useful in a personal/residential situation, but in a business critical one it could be.

Someone probably knows how it works, but it has to be able to use the GPS of the vehicle, and link it to all the packages it's carrying, then show the truck on a map....

by Lucian Armasu August 11, 2016 at 1:40 PM - Source: Rol

Updated, 9/11/2016, 11:20am PT: Microsoft sent us a statement shortly after we published this article. The statement is below, and we've adjusted the article copy to reflect the new information.

by Lucian Armasu August 9, 2016 at 10:10 AM - Source: Check Point

Security firm Check Point Software Technologies unveiled the second major set of Android vulnerabilities after “Stagefright” to affect the majority of Android devices.

This week we’re recognizing, Mgarledge!

Mary has been a member of the factory for over seven years.
This “gray haired wife and grandmother” from Texas, was our top poster last week and she recently took over the Braum’s Ice Cream & Burger Restaurant file.

"GPS Under Attack as Crooks, Rogue Workers Wage Electronic War"

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

I need help from my POI factory friends. I'm having a no crank no start car problem. It's a year 2000 Honda Accord. Here's the detailed info:

by Lucian Armasu August 4, 2016 at 1:20 PM - Source: Elie Bursztein

http://www.gps.gov/support/user/mapfix/devices-and-maps/

Has anybody here ever done this?

by Lucian Armasu August 2, 2016 at 4:05 PM - Source: Mozilla Blog

Mozilla released Firefox version 48, which includes the long-awaited and much-delayed Electrolysis multi-process and sandboxing architecture. It also includes expanded protection against unwanted and uncommon downloads as well as some user experience improvements.
Electrolysis

For those of you that just can't wait!

by Alexander Quejado August 2, 2016 at 3:20 PM - Source: Microsoft

It’s already been a year since Microsoft launched Windows 10, and we have had a couple of updates since release. The biggest update yet though is the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, which was codenamed Redstone throughout its development. It’s the first major branch from the launch codebase, which was codenamed Threshold.

This week we’re recognizing, jgermann!

John has been a member of POI Factory for over 6 years. He maintains files, helps with troubleshooting in the discussion forums and written a ton of FAQ’s & reference pages (in his own words, so we won’t get dinged for copied text in search engines).

Mozilla, as well as Chrome and Safari, use Google’s “Safe Browsing” service, which warns users about potentially dangerous software on the web. Mozilla announced that starting with the next version of Firefox (48), its browser will be able to block both “potentially unwanted software” and “uncommon downloads.”

Read the entire article here:

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.

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