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Mon, 10/31/2011 - 10:37am

JM

19 years

Chit Chat Thread for the week of October 31st, 2011

This is the place to talk about things that are not gps related.

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THANKSGIVING / BLACK FRIDAY ARE ONLY ABOUT 3 WEEKS AWAY

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Have fun...

This thread will be closed on Monday and a new one will be opened.

Jonathan

170 comments

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 1:14am

gibiphone

14 years

Here are 159 minor things D.C. officers can arrest you for

We heard recently about the Naval Officer getting arrested for having expired tags in DC, well:

Here are 159 minor things D.C. officers can arrest you for
By Mike DeBonis

Fri, 10/28/2011 - 11:46pm

sky173d

14 years

How do I stay a member?

I can not seem to stay current. I periodically post comments and replys.
But I invaribly have to request a reset to log back in.
What do I need to do to correct this?

7 comments

Fri, 10/28/2011 - 10:29am

gwapaval

17 years

Is Your Community Profiting by Installing Traffic Cams to Monitor You?

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/is-your-community-profiting-...

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Val - Nuvi 785t and Streetpilot C340

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Thu, 10/27/2011 - 8:55pm

nats50

18 years

Comparing GPSRs

I found this website which could be handy: http://www.gpsdemoreviews.com/

3 comments

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 7:15pm

Martin77429

19 years

Billy Connolly - GPS and asking directions

YouTube of Billy Connolly in London ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZROPL3YM2A&feature=related

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Thu, 10/27/2011 - 2:59pm

charlesd45

18 years

How many active 3 yrs or more

Just noticed today I have been a member for 4 years 4 weeks.Guess I must be a old timer.

Any one with 3 years or more please post.Just to see how many are still hanging around and for how long?

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Charlie. Nuvi 265 WT and Nuvi 2597 LMT. MapFactor Navigator - Offline Maps & GPS.

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Tue, 10/25/2011 - 5:09pm

TMK

19 years

Just hit 4 years and 52 weeks >>>

Pretty soon I will be at 5 years smile Thanks JM and MM for all the hard work; it's been informative and fun smile

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"You can't get there from here"

11 comments

Tue, 10/25/2011 - 2:09pm

jgermann

16 years

Engineering Study

This was an interesting article in thenewspaper.com

http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/36/3621.asp#source

6 comments

Mon, 10/24/2011 - 1:51pm

JM

19 years

Contributors of the Week 2011-10-17

This week we are recognizing ralphy1 for his ongoing work maintaining the North American Breweries file.

The brewries file is a regular fixture on POI Factory's list of most popular files. This year ralphy1 has added hundreds of new locations, bringing the current file to over 3150 locations.

Thanks ralphy1 !

Jonathan (aka JM)

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Mon, 10/24/2011 - 10:40am

JM

19 years

Chit Chat Thread for the week of October 24th, 2011

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.

Jonathan

153 comments

Sun, 10/23/2011 - 7:06pm

Martin77429

19 years

GPS shoes for Alzheimer's patients

http://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/GPS-shoes-for-Alzheimers-...

Quote:

2011-10-23 21:54

Washington - The first shoes with built-in GPS devices - to help track down dementia-suffering seniors who wander off and get lost - are set to hit the US market this month, the manufacturer says.

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Fri, 10/21/2011 - 5:32pm

Martin77429

19 years

first two satellites for the European Union's Galileo global positioning system launched

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15398980

Quote:

The European Commission has invested billions of euros in its own version of the American GPS system.

7 comments

Fri, 10/21/2011 - 7:01am

dwanb1

16 years

Locations of Verizon Wireless Stores

Seems odd but with cell phones multiplying faster than rabbits and everyone either needs service or is looking for a Verizon Wireless Store there is now POI for them. Reason I'd like one is when I'm traveling and possible having a cell phone emergency (Service) I sure can't call them on it and without a POI on my Garmin I'm lost. Anyone have an answer to this one?

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Thu, 10/20/2011 - 8:16pm

Martin77429

19 years

GPS in cameras and phones creates privacy issue

re Geo Tagging of online pictures.

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/video?id=7621105

20 comments

Thu, 10/20/2011 - 1:58pm

Box Car

15 years

Now we have a reason...

LONDON (Reuters) - One in five British women believe that the debilitating "man-flu" disease which temporarily leaves sufferers prostrate on the sofa watching televised sports is real, according to a new study.

http://news.yahoo.com/man-flu-real-fifth-british-women-15245...

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Illiterate? Write for free help.

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Wed, 10/19/2011 - 4:22pm

johnm405

18 years

Does anyone use Clearwire.

I have qwest for my internet provider now and am going to try Clearwire for a month. Has anyone uses them and if so how did you like it. (Good or Bad)

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johnm405 660 & MSS&T

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Tue, 10/18/2011 - 9:18am

dagarmin

17 years

Car electronics increasingly hackable

As if we don't have enough to worry about with enforcement cameras and our cars ratting us out to insurance companies and the government, all those electronics built into your car these days also can be used to give someone who wants to hurt you a way to do so. It doesn't have to be anyone who knows you.

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JMoo On

Mon, 10/17/2011 - 7:13pm

Martin77429

19 years

US government link about GPS and related topics

http://www.gps.gov/

Quote:

Official U.S. Government information about the Global Positioning System (GPS) and related topics

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Mon, 10/17/2011 - 1:54pm

JM

19 years

Contributors of the Week 2011-10-10

This week we are recognizing Camerabob for his work on the IHOP file.

Camerabob took over the IHOP file a few weeks ago and has been busy bringing it up-to-date. The new file carries forward many corrected coordinates from the old file and also has other nice features, like notations for the restaurants that are open 24 hours.