Welcome / open talk

Nearly died of pneumonia a while back (2 years) still not back to "normal". Doc says I will not be while cigaretts are around. Laws are in place to prohibit smoking, not enforced, too busy handing out tickets for speeding, both can cause death, of course, but let all smokers to fight pneumonia and see how many continue afterwards. Cigs in England are approw &30 still not enough.

This week we are recognizing nats50!

Nats50 has been a member of POI Factory for over five and a half years.
This last week he’s created 8 new POI files. While the camera files are what keep this site financial afloat, our general POI files are what keep our diverse user community interested.

Thank you for your continued contributions and dedication to POI Factory!

~Angela

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

http://goo.gl/hlOCF2

Can a proximity alert be increased?

When we are traveling 65-70 miles an hour the proximity alerts do not activate far enough in advance.

Most of the times I have found that they active when the exit has passed or I am right at the exit which makes a safe exit impossible.

As a result most proxity alerts are use less.

Can the distance from an exit or the establiment be increased?

Magellan RoadMate 2136T-LM, 4.3" Portable GPS w/ Touch Screen, Lifetime Maps & Traffic Updates(Refurbished) for for $49.99 at:
1saleaday.com! Only 11 hours left on this deal.

This week we would like to recognize the people who sent in new camera info in the last week.

Abin
telserv_ca
Sarge595
jhunter421
adcusnret
Filster15
Rockville Stan

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

Doesn’t need Lifetime Traffic. When he heads down a road traffic parts before him, just to see him pass.

Doesn’t dl POIs. Wherever he goes that becomes the most interesting place to be.

When he calls Garmin, Garmin picks up the phone. After all he just might launch his own GPS Satellite system.

Rather than having multiple threads, like these:

http://www.poi-factory.com/node/39232
http://www.monstercable.com/screenclean/monster_screenclean....

We thought we would merge the monthly GPS Deals/ Bargains and add recommendations.

Please feel free to share any legitimate recommendations for products that might be helpful to our user community.

Remember, sharing is caring!

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

In danger of losing your windmill?

Maybe you can share with us the last place your GPS took you and if you encountered any problems, or if you use 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

Looks like threats to GPS navigation are more susceptible to spoofing than from jamming the signals. Drones and vessels at sea are certainly targets, as the article describes, but of more immediate potential impact IMO might be Google's driverless mapping vehicles roaming our streets and highways.

This week we are recognizing, Juggernaut!

Juggernaut has been a member of POI Factory for over five years.
He’s a frequent contributor to a variety of forum discussions and, as I’ve mentioned before, I just love his bouncing elephant avatar.

Hope the elephant doesn’t get jealous of your COW.

~Angela

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

I will very shortly be using Alandb cloning method because of the lack of space on my unit’s internal memory. My computer unfortunately doesn’t have an SD card reader so I started looking for an external / portable model.

POI Factory was running slowly and sometimes unreachable for a little while this evening due to network troubles at our web hosting company.

The problem lasted about a half hour and was resolved around 9:15pm Eastern (6:15pm Pacific).

For those of you who had troubles reaching the site, I appreciate your patience.

Thanks,

Jonathan (aka JM)

... a car is not a simple machine of glass and steel but a hackable network of computers, is what Miller and Valasek have spent the last year trying to demonstrate.

This week we are recognizing, t923347!

t923347 had been a member of POI Factory for over 6 years and is a forum regular.
As his signature indicates, he has experience with Nuvi’s 350, 760, 1695LM, 3790LMT, 2460LMT, 3597LMTHD and TomTom XXL540s.
We appreciate his frequent comments in the forums sharing his experience with the rest of our community!

Thank you, t923347!

~Angela