Welcome / open talk

I found this video that explains how GPS system works.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6300781591212655213...

If the site does not work, you can google this: lab rats tv gps.

Miss POI just informed me that I lost my hard-earned windmill. Now I have to work hard to earn it back.

By the way, I'll be in DC for a week next month. Anybody knows of a good Thai restaurant near DuPont Circle?

I've been using GPS technology for about 3 years, and in that time, I've noticed a couple of addresses entered into the unit don't always send me to the place where the actual place turns out to be. Most of these glitches can be attributed to the GPS reversing the direction of the street numbers.

Does anybody have a POI list for Carl's Jr. Restaurants? I'm setting up a Gamin 60CS for a friend who loves Carls and would like to surprise him with the file.

I just recently bought my Nuvi 660 and looking for any POIs of interest. If there are POIs that are factory loaded, will adding third party POIs overwrite the factory POIs (if the factory CSV files are not present in the same folder as the third party items, when uploading?

anybody have any good poi for gatlinburg tn ? will be taking a vacation there in a month .

Hi, I will be traveling to England in October for a vacation, does any know if I can download sites in England or if I will have to purchase a separate SD card for Europe for my Nuvi 350 to work over there?

Is it possible to make an mp3 file of my own voice to warn myself of red light cameras? If so, how would I get it to work with the file?

Dave

Frys.com has the refurbished Garmin StreetPilot C330 for $199.99 with free shiping.

I would like to create a POI file of all the Bob Evans Restaurants say within MD, PA, and VA. I have a list of all the addresses for each restaurant in the US. Can I enter the address in something like Microsoft TerraServe, then take the Long & Lat and enter this into an Excel spread sheet? Will the Long & Lat from TerraServe be accurate enough?

I have a Street Pilot C340 and recently loaded some POI files (ex IA rest areas). During the installation process I requested a 15 mile alert using the manual settings. These were locations and not traffic or other related traps so no speed info was entered. A few seemed to work just fine but most gave no alert at all unless I was actually at the location.

Has anyone used their windows defrag program to defrag your GPSr?

Just curious, what other forums/sites do ya'll visit to support your GPS habit?

http://www.gpspassion.com/
http://www.geocaching.com/
http://www.gpscity.com/

~Rob

i've managed to create and use all the different attributes available at the moment! - From linking MP3 voice files, jpeg, Bitmaps to a combination of .bmp icons with voice or jpg!! (This is said just to bring you up to speed with my knowledge and capabilities at the moment!) - Maybe my terminology does not reflect my competence, but that's useful sometimes!(LOL)

I looked at some of the state attractions lists that Bobkz did, he did a nice job of the ones I looked at. I have a suggestion, a list of diners, he has a lot of them in his lists now. Diners are returning to the great status they were long ago.

Can anyone recommend where I can download mp3 music files. Napster, Walmart, etc. no not download mp3 files that are compatable with my Garmin Nuvi 350. Jake

From my home near Dallas to KSC in Florida it was 1214 miles according to my automobile. My 660 indicated the mileage was 1190 miles. No big difference, but why would there be any at all?

http://www.apple.com/safari/

Being a bleeding edge tech nut, I downloaded it. Installed it. Runs great. Seems to be faster rendering pages than IE or Firefox. Posting this message with it even.

This week we are recognizing justaguy4321, Rick5266 and Bobkz

Justaguy4321 got us stated with the idea of a sound library by sending us a mp3 copy of a red light camera alert. We are still working on building a sound library.

I would like permission to grap some of the POI files here and incorporate them in State files that I am making. I am breaking out my "USAPOI Tourist Guide for " and creating States for them.. I am tring to make this into a "Book" of places to go in each state.