Welcome / open talk

http://www.azcentral.com/community/surprise/articles/2011/08...

Trying to sell them for $15...wow how prices have fallen.

Hey all, i know this isn't very gps related but i need advice on travelling as im sure many of you have differing opinion. I'm going from Southern NJ to Las Vegas in a mini van. Yes i know it is a long ride...Ive traveled cross continental before and am very familiar with the interstates my 3 options for getting to Vegas are I-40, 70, and 80.

Here's a story about "LocataLites" or GPS units that are accurate to a few centimeters even in places where satellite signals are blocked. This could be the next generation of GPS.

http://www.technologyreview.com/communications/38163/page1/

This week we are recognizing JFCTexas. Thank you so much for doing such a great job managing your projects.

You are truly appreciated here.

Miss POI

This thread is to wish everyone with birthdays in Aug, " Happy Birthday and Many More"

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.

MaryAnn Melby AKA Miss POI

This is the new official POI Factory Joke thread. It will be closed on the last day of the month and a new one will be opened.

Have fun....

Miss POI

Well, I never thought that our small local paper would publish an article on GPSs, let alone Geocaching.

But there it was yesterday, on the front page no less.

See:

http://www.vagazette.com/articles/2011/07/30/slide_show/doc4...

It looks like Los Angeles will be getting rid of it`s red light cameras .

Gas went up 9 cents a liter here in 8 hours in 'celebration' (kak!) of the August 1st holiday. It's 1.339 per liter from 1.249.

How do these people get away with this year after year? I can only say GOOD as it keeps the Alberta tourists away!

Prior to leaving on a 1500 mile trip with our RV, I updated my Rest Area POI. Prior to doing this, I was receiving a notification of a Rest Area two miles out. After downloading the updated version I received no alerts. When I went to "Extras" the Rest Area POI file was there and if I went to a specific RA, it did show that the POI did have an alert setting.

What did I do wrong?

This week we are recognizing ShenanigansNZ.

Thank you so much for all of your humor and tech support in the forums this week. You rock!!!

Miss POI

This topic has probably been discussed before.

If it has I apologize, if it has not, I hope someone finds it useful.

I've been on a quest...

The quest was on how to enhance the contents of POI csv files so the POI's descriptions would, in addition to name, address, phone etc, it would also have things like coordinates and distance between my house and each location.

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.

MaryAnn Melby AKA Miss POI

Picked up the Android Toshiba Thrive Tablet a few days ago.Only has wifi.Been playing around with the navagation.It seems to work as long as you don't leave the route.Once you do you have to re-set from another wifi connection. See http://www.nothingbuttablets.com/2921 .Wondering if anyone else has any feed back on navagation on other tablets with wifi.Or using something other then Google.

Seems that another map error is causing grief.

See:

http://www.dailypress.com/news/york-county/dp-nws-yorktown-p...

When an obvious error is causing problems, then why can't the map supplier give that a high priority?

Then you have the folks that don't have a clue that the maps can and should be updated every now and then.

Which navigation system seems to be the best one? Has anyone tried the Escort IQ Navigation/Radar detector device?

If you think your Nav is really good please share what type you have, how long you've had it and what is good and bad about it.

I am a volunteer fireman and have created a POI file with all the hydrants in our fire district. We have installed Garmin GPS's in each fire truck which displays the location of the hydrant on the map. I would like to display not only the hydrant but also the street address where the hydrant is located on the map. Is there a way for me to add this info to the map?

This is the new official POI Factory Joke thread. It will be closed on the last day of the month and a new one will be opened.

Have fun....

Miss POI

So it is getting pretty darn hot here in Arizona, close to 110F or so. I usually park my car in the shade or garage, but there have been more than a few times where I had to leave my GPS in the glove box, trunk, etc., as I run errands.

Have not had issues yet, but I can't help but think that kind of heat must be bad for the GPS, right?