Welcome / open talk

After having a past problem for finding the correct longitude and latitude reading for some custom poi's I decided to ask the Garmin people who were the best to get the coordinates from and this is the answer.

I'm happy to help you with this. I would use the google map as we get our mapping from the same company. Let me know if there is anything else I can do for you.

Though I download the redlight cameras maybe once every 1-2 weeks, I'm kinda lazy when it comes to uploading to GPS. Probably update once every 2-4 weeks.

I have a MapSource DVD that was provided to me from Garmin several months ago, which was previously loaded on my laptop. It worked fine and I've used it many times setting up waypoints etc. Now my dilemma!

My laptop is on the blink, so I'm trying now to download my original MapSource DVD to my new desktop computer.

It loads up, but I can't use it and get the following message.

This is the place to talk about things that are not gps related, you can discuss whatever you would like, as long as it is clean. Remember we have families that have their children involved in the GPS fun and we don't want to make parents feel uncomfortable when their children ask what that word means.

Have fun...

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

This week we are recognizing Alleghany and BentBiker.

Alleghany, when you heard about the red light camera file clean up process you ran right out and visually verified all the cameras in about 3 cities surrounding you. I am still processing all of your reported information to include in this weeks update. Great job

Can anyone clarify why I can sometimes edit my post for an extended period (15 minutes?) and other times, even though the "edit" button is still there, it tells me I am not authorized.

My new RL Cams and School Zones all are in working order, except for one school. It is on a straight of way highway. Going North I don't get the announcement until I am directly in front of the school. Going South, I get my announcement the 1200 feet I ask for, prior to getting to the school. What will cause this? BTW, the school is on the East side of the road if that makes a difference.

From www.northjersey.com. See link below.

http://tinyurl.com/2hkq24

has anybody heard of this gps? im a truck driver and i have a c550 garmin and it sometimes give me routes down where it says no trucks. and yes i have it on truck setting ,fastest just wondering if anyony heard of the WorldNav Truck Routing 3.5 GPS and is it pretty good thanks

I was unable to post a few weeks back and noticed that I lost my active status.

I am at 5wks 4 days as my farthest point of posting, and was wondering if I need to wait another week to regain active status.

Not sure where the start/stop points are for the 3/5 rule.

Thanks.

What is a good alert distance from a school zone? I set mine at 1000 ft........to great or not enough?

I All,

I downloaded the "Hot Dog Shops And Stands" file, in two formats:
GPX - with Garmin extension (phone dial support) and
Garmin CSV - regular line breaks.

The .csv file loads and displays properly (name , address and phone number).

Dumb question here probably but I'll ask anyway......
I've loaded a couple of POI files and the associated .bmp files but when the alert goes off, all that comes up is a little gray dot so its hard to tell what I'm getting close to. What did I miss when I loaded the POI file to make it display the correct .bmp file ?

Anyone !?

Where can I enter addresses and get GPS points? What do you like?

Hi I am having a problem finding poi's for school zones in Canada, any sugestion would be appreciated.

Does anyone know the least expensive way to update the Garmin nuvi 200 to work in Canada?

Thanks

When you have both cameras at the same location, how do you treat them. Both can't go off at the same time. Are they separated in feet, as I propose below? Hear one, then hear the other?

I put a Voice Mp3 (#7) alert on my SD card with the locations. Should I be able to hear it with only the Mp3 player? I look in the Mp3 file and cannot find it, or is it hidden in the .gpi files? I just wanted to see how it was going to sound. I am not doing a hard install of these files on my 660.

When I try to save the poi and select save file, I browse to my blank folder set up to save the file in and it trys to save as a file of all types? any cures?

detection work if the GPS is operating in "View Map" only. I've not tried it, and it's too late to try now. I just wondered if it would work.