Welcome / open talk

I just found this site while looking up new map software on Garmin's site. It looks like it will be very helpful and fun. Looking forward to learning more about it and contributing to it.

I'm new here and have been checking it out for a couple days. I've already downloaded a few POI's and have been reading and reading and reading. I'm going on a couple long motorcycle trips in Jun/Jul and there is so much useful things on here that I didn't even know a GPS could do.

THANKS and I hope to become a helpful user of this site (once I learn what the heck I'm doing
Guns

I have a colleague who has a son serving in the military, stationed in Bangkok.

He asked me if it were possible to buy a GPS unit that his son could use to get around Bangkok and elsewhere in Thailand. I really didn't have an answer for him.

Does anyone know the answer to his question and is there any particular brand that would have good/better maps of Bangkok?

Many thanks,

Sorry ... newbie here...

I just read CharlieG's most wonderful explaination of Custom POIs.... it will save me much time....

http://www.poi-factory.com/node/8536

One thing ....

He says "I use POI's since POI's can be categorized and Favorites can’t. "

Maybe this is a new feature, but Mapsource and the Nuvi 500 seem to support 16 categories that can be named as desired.

As an online-only retailer. The below says they were purchased by Systemax, which is the parent company of Tiger Direct.
http://www.circuitcity.com/sectors/opt-outv2.asp

After I download the POI and upload it to my GPS, then what?

sorry to seem dumb but when I'm driving, say I downloaded starbucks poi and it seemed to have a sound file...is my garmin going to make a sound when I am near a starbucks? don't laugh, please, I don't understand how this works, does it only work if I'm searching my points of interest for a starbucks?

We are considering getting a GPS for our boat and it would be good to have one that could be used both on land and water. By water I am referring to inland lakes and rivers of the USA. Thank you in advance for your information.

This week we are recognizing MarcelRentech.

MarcelRentech spent hours this last week making a KML file of all the new red light and speed camera locations that are being installed in Montreal Canada.

I usually expect to spend hours geocoding a huge installment like this and he did all the work for me.

I really appreciate it when members like this make my job easier.

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

To all those who served or are serving...Thank you so much ...ENJOY YOUR DAY

Hi all i am new to this site and also new to the nav systems. I just purchased my very first one yesterday. Garmin Nuvi 255. My question is about downloading the poi's. Do i have to download all of the icons and/or sounds seperatly or are the bundled together? Thank you.

Jeff

I currently have a Nuvi 650 and I have also borrowed my neighbor's TomTom One (I believe it was) before buying my Garmin.

I went with the Garmin because I understood that the Garmin's maps were better for the US, whereas the TomTom had better maps for Europe.

I've been noticing lately how much less often I have to take my eyes off the road and look down at the speedometer to check my speed with the GPSR on my windshield, compared to vehicles where it's built-in and you have to look way down to see your speed and where you are on the map.

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No long stories here just a model and how long
(on avererage) does it take your GPS to give you a satelite fix. I'm talking about in your car on or near your dash.

Garmin C330 2 Minutes
Garmin Mobile xt on blackjack Phone 4-6 Minutes

Just wondering!

Anybody have coordinate info for the Smith River, MT boat camps? I'm about to "float" the Smith River and would love to have some data on the camp sites before getting there. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Steve Byars

With the download to the 2010 maps it seems that my estimated time of arrival is predicated on driving slightly over the limit. With the 2008 maps, I usually picked up some time over the long haul as I generally travel 5-10% over limit. Now I seem to lose time over the long haul.

It would be great to be able to adjust the system to allow for my driving habits.

I saw something really unusual this morning on my Nuvi 760. I drive a school bus part time. This morning, while making a turn-around at a dead end, I started back up the road and with the stock blue vehicle, the map started backing up with the map moving up the screen away from me. The car was actually backing up. I've never seen this before.

We're going to the Indy 500 for the first time this year and are driving down there from the Chicago area Sunday morning. We know we have to start early, but what I want to know is: just how badly does I-65 clog up and how badly do the Speedway neighborhoods gridlock before and after this race?