Welcome / open talk

Hi all,

This what I want to accomplish:
In a POI-file find the waypoints that are within a certain distance away from a central point (most of the time that would my home). This would be a way to find destinations suitable for a daytrip, so the distance would be in the order of 100-150 miles. I would also like to extract those entries to a new file.

This week we are recognizing, pb46!

Pb46 has been a member of POI Factory for over three years. He doesn’t maintain a lot of files and isn’t always the first to solve a new issue in the forums.
However, he is consistently on my radar as one of the people who spends a great deal of time on our site. I won’t say he reads every new post, but it might be pretty close.

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 are recognizing charlesd45!

Link to story on 9to5mac:

http://9to5mac.com/2016/03/14/tomtom-go-mobile-app-free/

/JCA

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

Can anyone suggest a simple Text to Speech program? I used to use the AT & T lab demo program, but it is no longer available for free.

I want to create periodic .wav files to announce things like "Rest Area Ahead", "Toll Booth Ahead" etc. The AT&T demo had a number of male and female voices, was and had a spot to type some simple text. You could save as MP3 or .wav.

http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/03/09/new-gps-satellite-begin...

do you have unlimited data? How much data does your navigation usually use in the course of a month. My girlfriend and I share 3gb of data per month. That is more than enough for her to use the Square and post items for sale online for her business. I rarely need to use data. I cannot imagine using the smartphone to navigate would be data friendly but have no personal knowledge.

TIA

Ted

This week we are recognizing, mahoney!

With nine plus years as an active general maintainer and two COY’s, it’s difficult to find something to say about Mahoney that has not been said.
I stopped counting the number of files he maintains because it was making me dizzy, not to mention the colossal task he took on at the start of this year, maintaining the Rest Areas Combined file.

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

(John steps up on his soapbox)
Last night I watched a segment on the ABC News about "Ransomware" - where malicious code gets on your computer and encrypts files and then informs you that you can only gets these files back by paying a ransom.

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, GPSGeek!

GPSGeek is coming up on 8 years with POI Factory.

Last week he was one of the top posters to our discussion forums. We appreciate his willingness to share his experience with other members and participate in problem solving.

Please join me in congratulating GPSGeek, POI Factory’s Contributor of the Week!

~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

Side note: I was out all of last week with an awful sinus infection, complete with two full days of vertigo!
I'm on the mend now, but still not working to full capacity, so if you have sent in information, please be patient as I catch up.

HI all

I have question and I've been searching this site and everywhere else on t'interweb and can't seem to find the exact info I need. So this seemed like the perfect place to ask.

I need a very specific function when I'm working. I need my gps or phone or whatever to alert me when I'm in the proximity of a poi. Easy, right?

How do I get my favorite POI's from the list in the POI factory to load onto my PC?

hello one just started driving solo for millis transfer got me a garmin dezel loveing the poi's here

This week we're recognizing a new user who's been working on POI projects for the local area around Lake Havasu, Arizona.