Welcome / open talk

I gotta say, the traffic info, at least in the KC area is pretty sketchy, BUT I would really LOVE to see them use that capability to interface with National Weather Service weather data. All weather watches/warnings include GPS coordinates.

Sorry guys.

If you just downloaded the BofA POI file - Try again.

I forgot to delete the extra column I use for sorting by Zip Code. It came up short a couple of hundred places.

It's complete now and uploads to my Garmin with no error and 10109 locations.

Hope all of our POI Factory "workers" are safe, sound, and undamaged after today's tornado events.

Watching WRAL-TV via their web site - awesome coverage.

What was the price of regular gasoline when you started driving?

My first vehicle was a used 1950 Chevy that cost me $50 of which I had to borrow from a friend and the gallon of gas was 25¢

Can you guess the year? 1963

Taking a vacation soon, heading toward south Florida from Tennessee. Have does the fuel cost in south Florida compare to TN?

We love to speed in Tx. 70 mph going to 75 and 80 mph going to 85 and even night time speed difference going to day time limit.

http://www.myfoxlubbock.com/news/local/story/highway-speed-l...

Is there a batch utility that is still available to update poi files? I could not find the old one online anymore.

Smarter traffic:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/13/ibm-shows-off-smarter-tra...

what they ride and if they have a GPS onboard:

To start off, I have an '05 Road Star with a TT340S XL in a Ram Mount and a 1982 GS1100E bare bones.

Anyone else care to share their ride and rig?

I have a 2006 Odyssey and I received a letter asking if I wanted to buy the GPS DVD update for $149. The car navi is not as easy to use as my handheld but I know I always have it in that car if I do need it. Any pros and cons would be helpful. Thanks.

For the techies in the group.

Bell Labs was the birthplace of many technologies and scientific discoveries that virtually define our understanding of the modern world and The Bell System Technical Journal (BSTJ) was the record of those achievements.

The entire archives of the BSTJ were placed online by Alcatel-Lucent and can now be accessed here.

http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/bstj/

I think I will start using a little more my Garmin when driving locally and running errands. So far I just used it when making long trips or driving to unfamiliar areas. I have the feature for making routes so I will start planning a little more before leaving the house to make sure I'm using the best shorter or faster route depending on the destination.

This week we are recognizing Rath.

You came into our community with spunk and lots of positive personality.

It has been a pleasure to watch you master all the tricks and fun features of the site.

Congrats!!!

Miss POI

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

Hi Miss Poi,

I'm wondering if we could get an enhancement of the search function for sites's forums, etc. Right now, the search results seem pretty random.
I'd like to be able to sort the results by date and/or relevance, for example (mostly by date.)

Thanks!
Danny

A 500GB external hard drive purchased in China for an unbelievably low price doesn't work as it is supposed to. I LOL when I saw the internal parts.

more here:
Chinese Magical Hard Disk
http://blog.jitbit.com/2011/04/chinese-magic-drive.html

Hello, are there POI's for Canada and the USA for the info centers along the highways and in cities? thank you

I'm sure many folks on here played with one of these in the 70's like I did. It's back !

http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_C64.aspx

I am curious as to why you need to include a new subject title for each post here at the factory. If you are following along on a particular thread about the same subject why the need to add a new subject for each post?

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas House approved a bill that would allow the speed limit on some highways to be raised to 85 mph, which would be the highest in the nation.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/7511083.html