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Seeing Different Versions

In some places for the New Garmin maps, I'm seeing Version 2008, and other places seeing Version 8. Which one is the newest? Garmin's web site showing maps still refers to ver.8.

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Garmin 660

Slow redraw, POI lookup

Just updated my nuvi 680 with a bunch more POIs and added in speed/location alerts.

Since I did that, it's VERY slow. Slow to look up a POI, slow to redraw. Not sure if I have too much stuff in there or if there's a problem with the unit.

So... going to try and load less stuff and see if it improves. There were something like 100k+ POIs loaded.

Thoughts? Comments?

stolen MSN Receiver

can someone tell me how can I get a new MSN traffic Receiver my old one was stolen from the car
do you think I can get one back from garmin using the waranty do you have a better advised

Is a highway speed alert possible?

Hi All,

I'd like to know if it's possible to set-up a speed alert, that will function whenever driving on a specific road, highway or freeway (eg. US101, SR35, Howard Ave, First Street, etc.).

Something like US101@65.csv or First Stret@25.csv., so whenever the GPSr recognizes you're driving on "that" road, the speed alert will function.

Thanks for your time.

Regards,

tailspin

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Sullivan's Law: Murphy was an optimist!

Service Outage 10/20/07

We had some troubles with our web hosting service this evening. The outage started about 8PM Eastern and lasted about 30 minutes.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

JM

Viewing poi's after downloading

After downloading the new "RestAreasCombined" on my c340 I only find a limited number when reviewing (scrolling through the poi's)the list. Is it normal for these larger files to have limited viewing? Of the 1700+ files I am only able to see maybe 50 on my gps. Anybody else notice this?

Cow Nominations for the week of October 15th

Here ya go folks, have at it.

Miss Poi

TomTom One + TTS

Just saw this about the NEWEST TomTom One, it comes with Text-To-Speech (TTS). You can read about it here: article

ML

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Freedom isn't free...thank you veterans! Heard about the tests to detect PANCREATIC CANCER? There aren't any! In Memoriam: #77 NYPD-SCA/Seattle Mike/Joe S./Vinny D./RTC!

How to get incorrect street names changed on MapSource

I have a main road in my community that is improperly named on MapSource. I have spoken with longtime residents whose families go back generations and they say the road never had the name MapSource gave it. Does anyone know of a way to contact MapSource to recommend they change the name?

Thanks!

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Nuvi 350 - North Carolina - I'm not a native Southerner but I got here as fast as I could!

Nuvi 7XX Users Manual

For anybody that has pre-ordered a Nuvi 7XX - the users manual is now available for download at Garmin.com. Pull up the Nuvi 750 or 760 or 770 and a menu will show up on the right hand side of the screen. Click on Manuals, and download the users guide. Note: The manual covers all of the 7XX series.

Enjoy...... Joel

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"Sometimes, when I look at my children, I wish I had remained a virgin". Lillian Carter (Mother of Jimmy Carter)

waypoint locating

I was just curious about something and maybe you guys can help...... say if I owned the Nuvi 360 and I programmed a waypoint that was located out in the middle of a field with no road leading directly to it.... would my Nuvi take me to the best route nearest to the waypoint (the closest road/street) and then just point to the right direction?

GPS and Radar detector

hey this might be a stupid question but I'll ask anyways smile.. I currently have a Radar detector in my car, I will hopefully be purchasing a GPS unit for my car soon, will these 2 interfere with each other? Thanks

Platform Updates 10/18

I'll be taking the site down for a few minutes to install security updates for our web platform.

There are no changes in functionality, and I expect downtime will last 10 - 15 minutes.

JM

great websit!

Today I found this POI Factory website,it is great!

POI Download that has extension .cvs.txt

Can someone explain how these .cvs.text files show up on my c340 after they are loaded in by using POI loader. I have this one file which is the location of all Dunkin Donuts locations in the US. it is a 836KB file . Before I load it I would like to know how it shows up on the GPS screen --Al

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Al Start

Microsoft Maps

I have lost the web site of the free download of Microsoft Maps that are comparable to Google Earth. Am I dreaming, or is there such a site?

Help would be appreciated.

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Garmin 660

Associating bmps w. POIs

So yesterday, I downloaded two files to my Nuvi 650. Both had exactly the same name except for the extension. One was a csv, the other a bmp. They downloaded succesfully.

I then went out to the car, and chose one of the POIs as my destination. It brought me there fine, but the bmp didnt show on the map. Just the checkered flag. What gives?

Miss POI, can we add numbering?

Miss POI, I have an inquiry. I am wondering if it is possible to add numbering to individual posts similar to what they do at Delphi forums.

http://www.delphiforums.com/

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Garmin Nuvi 750 & c530 with RT's vol. mod., Vulcan Nomad

How to find my posts

Hello,

I would like to be able to go back to posts I have made on the forum but don't know which discussion group I made the posts in.

Is there way I can find posts that I have done?

Thanks

Growing Up

Asianfire:
It looks like that kid grew up awfully fast!