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This is a free telephone directory for the entire United States that will give you residental, government or business listings. You will be forced to listen to a few short commercials but with the cost of directory assistance now $1.50 for US cellular, Verizon now @ $1.49 per call, & some mobile phone carriers even higher, I think we can all listen for a few seconds to save a few bucks.

While on a road trip from South Carolina to Colorado Springs I encountered a problem on several occasions of lost satellite signal on my nuvi 660. It happened twice in Route 24 from Colorado Springs and Limon Colorado. Both times I was on flat high plains and there was not a cloud in the sky.

Miss poi asked me to put up this week's nominations post. Please post suggestions for who you'd like to see recognized for their participation on the site this week.

Thanks,
JM

just got back from a trip to minneapolis from tulsa.
the route for the trip up on my c530 was different than the return trip. the setting were the same. does anyone have a idea why and how u can control this.

If you have 2 Nuvi's, what is preventing you from loading the software update on one then doing the same on the other?

I am not suggesting not paying for 2 DVD updates, but I was just curious.

New yesterday from Garmin. Swedish?

http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=927

Per Garmin,

This version of the installer fixes a Swedish language install problem with the previous version of the 2.3.2 installer. You do not need to download this version if you are not using the Swedish version of POI Loader for Windows.

I hope this question is in the right forum. I downloaded the sheetz.csv POI to pot into my zumo 550. Previously I found Harley dealers in gpx format which I downloaded and used first. Must say too that I do know how to load multipule custom POI into the Zumo. Thats not the problem.

Just wondering how many people know of Google Earth. It's a great program that's free (do a search for google earth). You can enter any address and get the lat/log coordinates. Seems easy if you want to create your own POI files. If someone knows of a better one, please let me know.

I like going to certain worldwide locations and seeting a satellite image of that place.

We're getting ready to head out west on a motorhome trip and I'm wondering if US Forest Service and Nation Parks roads are on my Garmin nuvi 650? We tow a 4X4 and plan on doing some exploring in Colorado, Utah, and New Mexico. We were at a Corp Of Engineers park recently and part of their campground roads were there, but not all of them.

Hi Everyone,

Wouldn't it be great if companies and franchises, who have multiple locations in the US, started providing downloadable POI .csv's of their locations on their websites, for the growing multitude of GPS users. This seems, to me, to be not only good for business, but also a no-brainer.

Waddya think?

Regards,

Tailspin

Miss poi is on her way to Portland this evening. Her grandmother suffered a stroke yesterday, and the outlook is not very hopeful.

Miss poi's forum visits and file posts will probably not be as frequent for a little while. We appreciate your patience and understanding.

JM

Ok I have had my Garmin 550C for awhile but really dont get alot of time to play w/it .My question is being my garmin came w/preload maps how do I upgrade is it a download from Garmin or Dvd .And if it is a download if it get screwed up do I have to pay for it again hows does this all work..

Joe

Contacted Garmin via eamil on Monday regarding 2008 map update. Received reply from Cody on Wed who asked for a copy of my receipt. Emailed it and Cody said the update will be sent free of charge by the end of July.

Protect your GPS unit...

I saw on the news last night, there are increasing thefts of GPSr from cars in the Baltimore City area.

The thieves are even looking for the mounts and rings left on the windshield.

Check out the article:
http://www.wbaltv.com/news/13764360/detail.html

I just joined the forum - anyone thought about how POI could be applied in Real estate . My wife and I are considering a move to kentucky from California. Wouldn't it be slick if I could load a list of houses for sale in an area? I could do drive bys views of all the houses for sale.

All together....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MISS POI -
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!

AND MANY MORE......

We all hope you have a great day, a great birthday, and many more healthy and happy years to come!

I got a really funny file that came through yesterday and I sat there staring at it for a few minutes trying to decide what to do with it. Jon and I talked about it and he suggested that we make a special file that the location could fit into.

So, you are admiting you are having a birthday? What a refreshing change for a person (male or female) to admit it's their birthday!

I hope you have a wonderful birthday, and I hope you get the GPS of your choice for your special day!

I bought my 350 a few weeks ago, thinking this is a great 'toy' for me (yeah, I'm a tech junky). It was recently fried in an electrical storm and I cannot believe how much I miss having it in my car!

I have 3 meetings at client's houses tomorrow and I'm searching the 'map' right now. I feel so... ancient?? Or something.

This is just swell. I ordered my GTM 20 receiver 2 days ago!

http://www.realtimetraffic.net/TTN-HD.pdf

I hope Garmin will replace my "new" antenna with a HD model.