Welcome / open talk

I'm new to this and I'm probably missing something simple but I can't get my coordinates to show up in the right location. I have a Garmin 200W and I was playing with POI's speed files. The 200W will give coordinates if you tap on the car while driving. I saved these and made my POI file for "speed" and entered the info.

There was an article in the local newspaper this week, about GPS thefts from cars. It isn't enough to remove your GPS from sight. If a thief sees the mounting bracket, they break in and look for what was connected to it. The article also said the some police are giving out free microfibre cloths to clean the window after you remove the mount from the windshield.

I just joined because for the first time in my life I have a GPS system. I think it is exciting and fun. I bought it for my wife as a birthday gift, but I have fell in love with it. Well I just posted to introduce my self.

This will absolutely set your head spinning.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.htm...

Click on the link and get an eye full
Just remember IT CAN HAPPEN HERE in the USA

NEVER trust a politician

Is there a speed alert that will tell you to slow down when you are going over the speed you set it for? If I set it for 70mph and I go over that speed I want it to yell at me to slow down. Is there a way to do this? I have a streetpilot 2720.
Thanks

In my palm address book I have a lot of locations from my old garmin iq3600. these have what looks like hexdecimal numbers in the custom 4 category does anyone know how to convert these to a poi I can use in a tom tom 910??

For instance Best Buy store
Garmin 143A2200 C61D2200 B0024

Is there a way of converting this to a Lat & Long to input into the tom tom.

I just got a nuvi200 and the store told me that it can't be hooked up to a computer. Well needless to say he is wrong.
My queston is will a USB cable I have for a card reader work on this unit? It looks the same. And what program do I need to map a rout out and send it to the GPS?
I presently have MapSource Ver 6.11.6.

I can't find any info in this on the Garmin site.

Sorry for the silly question here, BUT, where do I get a sd card, how much are they, and how do you get info from 2008 update to sd card, then to C330.

I was told that the streetpilot C330 does not have enough memory therefore cannot load the 2008 update. Is this true?

1st time post, so bear with me. I just received a Map Update 2008 from Garmin for my NUVI660. Also I am new with computers and the Garmin, my question is?

How many posts per day/week for how long?

Would having a live chat in this forum, (if possible) defeat the purpose of having a forum in the first place?

Just curious to what you guys think.

I thought about bringing my GPS on a plane many times however my wife and i are going on a cruise to the Bahamas. I wondered if the GPS would work on the ship if it could be zoomed out enough to track the land or if it would just appear as a dot in the middle of a blue see. I am going in March so i have time to buy the maps since my Tomtom only has the us and Canada. Any thoughts?

Ok, here in Henrico, I have seen some police have GPSr units. I am assuming that they are personal, not issued. Here is my real question...

How are police directed to a location effectively through dispatch or do they have some other means? If so, why do some have personal commerical units (such as C330)?

I am new to creating custom poi's. When I download the files, where do they reside in, i.e. "attractions", "Food", "fuel", etc.? Also, can I create my own poi folder with its own icon?

Thanks

On a Garmin SP 2720 using Garmins XLMage you can change your Splash Screen which is the first screen that appears when you turn turn the unit on the second screen is call Screen Shot the problem is the Xlmage will highlight both screen shot and splash screen to choose from but when you go to load new custom screens only the splash screen is highlighted does anyone else know about this I Change m

This week we are recognizing Perrdom and Mkahn as our contributors of the week. We are also awarding asianfire with an honorable mention.

Perrdom, I am pretty sure that you broke some productivity records this week here at POI Factory. In one week you submitted 19 POI Files. Great Job, it has been a pleasure to watch your growth in the last week.

Has anyone else had a problem with a disappearing windmill which indicates you are an "Active" member ?

I know I've been posting AT LEAST every week, but my Windmill has disappeared?

Anyone else ?

Thanks, Tim

Oh no: I've lost my Windmill!!!!! I've been busy, I swear! I meant to post; Really!!!!

Well, here's a real interesting article from my favorite blogger, Mr. Unloadingzone, on the latest scheduled "leak" of information by Dash Navigation on the Express. I want my Windmill back!

http://theunloadingzone.blogspot.com/2007/09/dash-navigation...

The gist of this is that with the next generation of GPS satellites, the government is no longer having the ability to degrade accuracy built in.

Pentagon shifts to GPS with no signal reduction

By Kristin Roberts