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This is now a roundabout. It opened last week. Who updates their maps more often, Google Maps or Open Street Maps?

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.7901871,-93.11960,20.25z?ent...

https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/44.79018/-93.11960&lay...

...along with all your other electronics.

OK, yeah, an unabashed clickbait topic header and more FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) that I don't believe myself, but I swear we get at least one of these stories every year:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/cannibal-coronal-m...

This week we're recognizing bdhsfz6.

Bdhsfz6 recently shared some helpful posts that are informed by his many years of experience hunting USCGS benchmarks & geocaching as hobbies.

In particular, several people really liked his description of a way to check the accuracy of a GPSr by visiting a USCGS Classic Horizontal Control benchmark (http://www.poi-factory.com/node/53280#comment-555141).

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.

-- Jonathan (aka JM)

I'm looking for a tool to add GPS coordinates to photos. I just tried gpsimgr, but you have to use the Pro version, because they can no longer afford to pay Google's exorbitant fees.

It looked like a great little online tool. They restricted to 5 photos a day, to do it for free, and that's perfect for me.

Any ideas?

With so many mature males on this board I was wondering if anyone has/had been diagnosed with: "Epithelioid malignant mesothelioma"

Your experience?
Thx

The security update 16.5.1 (a) came out a few days ago and was pulled by Apple. 16.5.1 (c) is now available.

I have been using Open Street Maps (OSM) lately and in some areas it shows the actual house/building number on a diagram of the house.

Standard and CyclOSM OSM maps have that. What other maps have that?

https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/44.75766/-93.12514&lay...

There recently was a nearby theft of a late model Dodge Hellcat. It came out that the 700+ HP Hellcat and maybe some Challengers since 2021 may have a rather innovative security system that has won some design engineering awards. It is called the Enhanced Security Mode and replaces the standard Valet Mode.

This week we're recognizing Jim1348, BobHy, and ruggb.

Over the last month, they shared their experiences using Open Street Map (OSM) on Garmin devices. I'm happy to see projects like OSM adding new life and capabilities to electronic devices that might otherwise end up as "e-waste" in a landfill.

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.

-- Jonathan (aka JM)

A video of the Aston Twp. PA fireworks display for Independence Day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6K1MJEltsM

I just reviewed the insurance coverage for my Subaru Forester and had a discussion with the insurance agent. The question was whether I have enough of the needed coverage for an accident with an e-bike or scooter. None of these people have insurance.

In the last six months I have watched all these situations on the road, again and again:

The last 5 days I've encountered various random acts of people being nice.

That makes me hopeful society will always go on despite struggles and disagreements.

Some of the things were quite ordinary, Shop Rite and Costco.

Another was interesting.

Our co. has grown to 6X the revenue it had when I started....it's a co where it takes a lot of employees to generate revenue, maybe 15,000 for 4 bil.

What's interesting are two things.

One, how much each individual knows--those are the small co. roots. We have people with 50, 40, 30, 20 year tenures.

But, as medium co. standards are deployed, the Dave factor kicks in.

Hope everyone has a safe holiday.

This week we're recognizing almostbob.

Over the past few weeks, almostbob made substantial updates to the collection of POI Files he maintains, which includes Ikea, Edo Japan, and UBREAKIFIX.

And in the discussion spaces, almostbob also posted updates on the status of the TomTom "Community Content" bug, seeing it through from beginning to end.

If you thought Philly's I-95 bridge collapse was bad (okay, they patched that one relatively quickly), check out this planned two-month shutdown of Boston's Sumner Tunnel, the main artery between downtown Boston and Logan Airport:
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/sumner-tunnel-shutdown-t...

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.

July 3rd is a Full Moon!

-- Jonathan (aka JM)

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.

--Jonathan (aka JM)