Welcome / open talk

Ms. Poi or Jim:
I have a suggestion: Would it be possible to list the most recent posting first? With some forums or discussions, posting can span days and pages. It would be more convenient to list the most recent posting first and then chronologically backwards. Just a humble suggestion.

I received my free upgrade today from Garmin.....

Hi All,

I have a question about the voice prompts while driving a route, specifically on a long stretch of highway, when no turns (or exits) are to be taken for many miles.

When approaching an upcoming exit on the highway, for example, my unit will announce "In .9 miles stay left" even though I won't be exiting the highway for another, let's say, 20 miles.

Is there a file (1) which contains ALL poi that I can download and install into my Nuvi? Thanks.

I have a Fodors SD card and was wondering if anyone had the language card and wanted to swap them or email the info as an attachment?

Can someone from Chicago please help me out. I traveled to Chicago this weekend. My Garmin 660 told me to exit Lake Shore Drive at lower Wacker Dr. My hotel was on upper Wacker. Once I got on lower Wacker (under upper Wacker) the gpsr lost satellite lock. Before losing lock it said exit on upper Wacker but I didn't have a clue as to how to get from lower Wacker to upper Wacker.

Hi All,

I have a Nuvi 670 with a bean bag mount (I live in
California).

My question is:
The ball joint that fits into the back of the mounting
bracket snaps into place but the swiveling is loose, to the
point that the unit won't stay in the position I set.

Does anyone know a way to tighten or restrict the movement
of the ball joint "after" it snaps into place? I tried

Well, this hasn't been a typical week at POI Factory. Miss poi celebrated her birthday and then had to make an unplanned trip to Portland for a family emergency.

Normally she is the person who reviews the nominations, looks at participation over the last week and decides who to recognize, but today she is on the road and it's up to me.

It's in the workings for Texas to set up speed cameras at three different highway locations. "not to issue tickets, but to see if the highway speed needs adjusting". Also they propose to send letters to those caught speeding advising them they should slow down..........what's this leading too?

I just got the nuvi 350 and don't know what mapoutlines are

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