Welcome / open talk

This is the official POI Factory Joke thread.

Please read all the forum rules before posting, and keep in mind...

"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."

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

Perhaps you can post on a new book you're reading, a new hobby you're taking up or about random finds as you finally get around to cleaning out the..., or your most recent adventure?

Anything to keep your windmill alive.

Please keep comments polite.

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

--Angela

There may be updates for other products as well.

This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users.
For information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit this website:
https://support.apple.com/100100

It’s a quick update, took me about 5 minutes.

This week we're recognizing both Bsp131 and Sirkull!

Both Bsp131 and Sirkull, have been members of POI Factory for over 17 years!

We appreciate the discussion participation by Bsp131 and the file maintenance of Sirkull!

Thank you both for your contributions to 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.

~Angela

Hi All,

I am a new user in Pa. I wanted to introduce myself. Interests are oddball and offbeat locations and roadside attractions, think roadside america and atlas obscura and the like.

Thanks,
Chris

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

For those of us that get off the grid, this will add the ability to use AllTrails and OnX. I am looking forward to this.

https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/t-mobiles-t-satellite-servi...

This week we're recognizing, Box Car,

Box Car has been a member of POI Factory for over 15 years!

This week we're appreciating his short succinct answer to a question con custom POI creation in the discussion forums.

Thanks for all your contributions, Box Car!

~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

Version 26 (iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS Tahoe, watchOS 26, visionOS 26, and tvOS 26) for various Apple products is due to be released on 09/15/2025. Typically this occurs around 1 PM Eastern time. An overview of the new features can be found at https://www.apple.com/in/os/. Note that along the top you can select specific device types and see the features specific to the device.

As posted above, has anybody here overlaid one map on another? The reason I ask is because I have been using two maps that I download from BBBike.org. They are:

Garmin Cycle (Latin 1)

Garmin Ontrail (Latin 1)

I doubt that I will replace my smartphone with something like this any time soon, but it is still interesting to read about.

https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/elon-musk-says-starlink-c...

As posted above, I am seeing Garmin ads comparing their features to cell phone satellite features. It is interesting to me to see what the sales numbers are like on the Garmin inReach and the subscriber numbers on the Iridium satellite network.

This is what AI shows.

This week we're recognizing, CraigW!

CraigW has been a member of POI Factory for over 17 years!

This week we appreciate his help in the discussion forums, particularly his info regarding Sox.

Thanks for all your contributions, CraigW!

~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

This week we're recognizing, Maddperson!

Maddperson has been a member of POI Factory for over 7 years!

We're recognizing him this week for his POI file maintaining work.  Not only does he maintain many of his own files but he also helps other file maintainers with pic and bmp creation.

Thanks for all your contributions, Maddperson!

~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

This is the official POI Factory Joke thread.

Please read all the forum rules before posting, and keep in mind...

"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."

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

Perhaps you can post on a new book you're reading, a new hobby you're taking up or about random finds as you finally get around to cleaning out the..., or your most recent adventure?

Anything to keep your windmill alive.

Please keep comments polite.

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

--Angela