Welcome / open talk
    14 years
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Contributors of the Week 2014-01-01
This week we are recognizing Bob.Sedona!
Bob.Sedona has been a member for several years but just recently joined the ranks of the file maintainers. Not only did he take over a couple of abandoned files (Rosati’s & UNO Chicago Grill), but he also submitted the new Heritage Steam Railroads And Scenic Trains file.
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16 years
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Low Clearance POI
Is there a "Low Clearance" available for RVers to load on to my Garmin? If so, how do I find it? Did a search but nothing popped up.
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14 years
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Chit Chat Thread For The Week Of January 6, 2014
This is the place to talk about things that are not gps related.
Have fun...
This thread will be closed on Monday and a new one will be opened.
~Angela
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18 years
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Happy New Year to All
Wishing Everyone a Prosperous and Happy New Year!!
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19 years
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Friday morning service outage - 1/3/2014
POI Factory was unavailable for a little while this morning due to network troubles at our web hosting facility.
The problem lasted about an hour and was resolved just before 1:00 pm Eastern (10:00 am Pacific).
The failure was traced to an electrical problem in the data center, which disabled a network switch and interrupted our connection to the Internet.
Jonathan (aka JM)
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18 years
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Winter Storm Hercules
How much snow are you getting from this storm in your
Area ? New York --> 6 to 10 inches.
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14 years
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Factory Joke Thread – January 2014
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.
Have fun....
~Angela
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14 years
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Keeping the Windmill Alive - Your last trip? – January 2014
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
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14 years
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Contributors Of The Year 2013
Voting has ended, and our general maintainers have selected jgermann as POI Factory's contributor of the year for 2013.
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 13 years
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Happy New Year to all
¡El Feliz Año Nuevo para todo! A Happy New Year to all!
May the best of 2013, be the worst of 2014 for you!
Saludos de Mexico.
 16 years
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Need help from FAQ Authors
An "Index" to all of our FAQs/Pages/Reference has recently been added.
see http://www.poi-factory.com/faq/index
One of the purposes of the Index is to allow a user to find pertinent information regardless of whether or not the "Tag" that might describe the information appears in the title of the FAQ itself.
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14 years
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New Year's Resolutions 2014
Only one day left to vote for Contributor of the Year!
While we await the results…
Please share we us your New Year’s Resolutions, goals, lifestyle betterment plan, etc..
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14 years
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Chit Chat Thread For The Week Of December 30, 2013
This is the place to talk about things that are not gps related.
Have fun...
This thread will be closed on Monday and a new one will be opened.
~Angela
Voting For 2013 Contributors Of The Year
http://www.poi-factory.com/node/41720
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  15 years
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Pennsylvania raises fees
Pennsylvania has raised fees and fines for several traffic offenses.
Fines, fees and penalties
Pennsylvania will levy a surcharge on fines, fees and penalties for driving offenses under the new transportation plan. Increases will touch everything from fines for passing a stopped school bus to fines for driving under the influence of alcohol.
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12 years
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Hello, I'm new here.
Hi everyone. I'm pretty much a new user here, but I happened to come across this site and found it to be very interesting and useful; it's great how people make these files so you don't have to pay for a map upgrade to keep your GPS up-to-date; I was one of the people who didn't want to pay for a map update, so as time went by my Magellan SE4 became way out-of-date.
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13 years
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Personal Navigation Devices (PND's) versus Cell Phone GPS apps
I'm guessing that PND's will always be around for car navigation.
The cons of cell phones for navigation include the smaller size of the screen, less accurate routing, unreliable cell tower service, tying up the phone while the app is running, and the cost for the app.
And as far as I know, you can't save your own POI's in the phone as you pass a location. Maybe I'm wrong about this.
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13 years
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Suggestion for POI Contributors regarding changes
When you update your POI files please remember to update the POI's LOGBOOK so the change history can be noted. OR alternatively, please note the change within the text of the POI file node.
This makes it easy for everyone to decide if the new POI is worthy of a download. If just one minor change was made I often don't download the file.
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18 years
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GPS is new tool to help police crack cases, but critics worry about privacy
I have posted this here just an case anybody here is interested in the non-navigation aspects of GPS. Merry Christmas!
http://www.startribune.com/local/east/237206511.html?page=al...
But critics worry about privacy — when, where and how it’s used by law enforcement officers.
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 16 years
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Monthly Bargains/Recommendations (December 2013)
50$ iTunes card for 39$ at Walmart in Canada. Sale starts at 1pm on boxing day till December 31st but they do state there are limited quantities.
Automakers Track Drivers
If you have an in-car navigation system, your car manufacturer is tracking you--and there's nothing you can do about it. See:
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140107/AUTO01/301070017
Tuckahoe Mike - Nuvi 3490LMT, Nuvi 260W, iPhone X, Mazda MX-5 Nav