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This week's COW is, Wil01!

Wil01 has been a member of POI Factory for over 11 years!

This week Wil01 was nominated by a fellow POI Factory member:

"I'm nominating Wil01 as COW for his very useful early review of the new Garmin Drive SmartDrive 86, First Take "

Thanks, Wil01, for your contribution to our POI Factory community!

Perhaps you can post on a new book you're reading, a new hobby you're taking up or about random finds as you finally get around to cleaning out the..., or your most recent adventure?

Anything to keep your windmill alive.

Please keep comments polite.

This thread will be closed on the last day of the month and a new one will be opened.

~Angela

This is the official POI Factory Joke thread.

Please read the forum rules before posting.

"POI Factory is not a forum for politically charged debate.
Let's avoid topics that already have a long list of Democrat or Republican talking points or that name specific politicians."

It will be closed on the last day of the month and a new one will be opened.

~Angela

This is the place to talk about things that are not GPS related.

This thread will be closed on Monday and a new one will be opened.

~Angela

I am pretty sure I ran across a site like this in the past, but I can't seem to find it right now. Someone had a site in which you could enter a 9 digit ZIP code and it would bring you to a map of that area. I think it is possible to do right now with a digit ZIP, but I haven't found one to the finer 9 digit ZIP. Does anybody here have a URL for a site that will do that?

The new maps are available. Go get 'em.
The Ogre

iOS and iPadOS 15.1 released today

This week we're recognizing, Bobinot!

Bobinot has been a member of POI Factory for over 12 years!

This week we're recognizing him for his help as a POI file maintainer, particularly his work on the Motel Six file!

Thanks for all your contributions, Bobinot!

~Angela

This is the place to talk about things that are not GPS related.

This thread will be closed on Monday and a new one will be opened.

~Angela

I'm gonna give it a try. We have knives from 2004 that are dull.

I tried running them through the device that has 2 sets of grooves for sharpening, no dice.

I happened to find an old, unused knife, so that being the reference, wow. It's dangerous.

Well the temps have dipped so I felt I need about 2 more psi again, so I was at Costco.

While I was doing my car, I saw something interesting.

A man got out actually on the wrong side of the pump but the hoses do reach, and he was holding a tissue, so that his fingers did not come in contact with the valve cap. Was he avoiding germs or covid or what??!

Alandb has been a member of POI Factory for nearly 13 years!

There's always a good reason to recognize Alandb! This week we're appreciating his help in the Nuvi 855 Advice Wanted (Stuck At "Loading Maps") discussion.

Thanks for all you do, Alan!

~Angela

This is the place to talk about things that are not GPS related.

This thread will be closed on Monday and a new one will be opened.

~Angela

At work, I've seen 100% price increase on a subscription based software, but generally price increases of 5% across the board, which is not good, but tolerable.

I know there are many examples now.

But I was on amazon and came across the Noco battery terminal felt protectors that I paid 97 cents for last year. Amazon is selling them now for $9.89? lol

Will they ever come back to < $1?

IOS 15.0.2 is now out for IPhones. Security and other updates. Took about 5 minutes for the update.

I think unfortunately they went up like 25% at costco.

The one I have is a full 5 years old, no problems, but it doesn't pass a load test.

This week we're recognizing, Melaqueman!

Melaqueman's been a member of POI Factory for over 9 years!

This week we're appreciative of information on new Toronto, ON Red Light Cameras.
The city used to be better about announcing new locations ahead of time, so it's helpful when locals email us new camera locations as they go up.

Thanks, Melaqueman!

~Angela

This is the place to talk about things that are not GPS related.

This thread will be closed on Monday and a new one will be opened.

~Angela

Has anyone gotten the Windows 11 download notification yet? https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2021/08/31/windo...

On Windows 10, Google Maps has always run inside the Chrome browser. That can still be done, but many Google Maps' features are missing. For example, the Saved Places are no longer visible.

A Google Maps app can easily be installed on the PC and all the features are there:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HOhNApXkTY