Welcome / open talk

I was wondering if anyone has had any issues with leaving their GPS in the car during the Summer and Winter months.
I would never leave it in the window for the sun to hit and thieves to see, I'm just wondering about being in the car in general such as the glove box.

I would hate for it to stop operating correctly because of heat or cold weather.

Go Patriots!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

but, they only appear if I'm zoomed in close enough. Even with the Map Detail setting of "Least" under Map in the settings menu the flags appear. So, I'm convinced people just aren't zoomed in close enough for them to show.

I can see my favorite flags under the default zoom setting, but I need to hit the zoom button 2x to see my Custom POI flags.

Can someone verify that this works for y

I have noticed while traveling to my daughter's house and back again that on the main road the voice will tell me continue driving point 6 miles (incorrect distance) and then correct itself within seconds and say continue driving point 3 miles and correct itself again as I get close to my first turn and say prepare to turn left in approxiamtely 360 yards which is correct.
Anyone know why this is happening? Is anyone else experiencing this?

I downloaded the Midwest schools file - it has many references to 'historical' schools - and, if one has speed/proximity alerts set, you get alerts for schools that are not even there anymore. And, only one of four schools I go by frequently had accurate coordinates in the database - I took the original data and plotted it on-line and found them to be several blocks off - entering better data from geocoding the school addresses and updating the csv file made alerts work for those schools.

the unread post feature in the live discussions is great. i did not realize i had missed that many over the months. keep up the good work miss poi "queen of gps" and JM.

Hi there,

I became a member of Red Light Camera Community and downloaded red light camera file 2 weks ago. I saw the file is updated now. How can I download it again? Thanks.

Steven

Hi All! I'm in Dallas and heading back to NC tomorrow, but will only be home a couple of days. I've got to plan a serious road trip and wanted to ask for suggestions from those of you who might be on my routes that I'm looking at.

Here's what I have to do and where I have to go:
Tuesday(16th) - drive to Fairfield, NJ from Charlotte, NC

Thursday(18th) - drive to Indianapolis, IN, from Fairfield, NJ

How would I go about making a donation to the site? I mean I got to d/l the redlight file for free, but this site has saved me so much time and trouble that I'd like to make at least a small donation for the efforts put in by JM and Miss POI. Do you have a link to PayPal where I can use my PayPal account to offer a donation???

When I sign on, in order to read all of the messages since the last time I was on, I need to look at each of the last dates in each of the forums. Is there any way to get a listing that covers all of the forums?

I recently bought my very first GPS, Garmin Street Pilet c530 and love it. I would love it even more if I could find POI to download for especially Ontario parks, conservation areas, walking/bike trails, etc. Just neat, nice places that I could stop at and walk the puppy (she's 13). We love to go for car trips and it would be great if I could put in a town, etc. and find parks and conservation areas, etc.

Is there anyway to tell the Gamin Nuvi 660 to avoid roads with traffic lights. I recently went to King of Prussia ,Pa from Dutchess County in NY & it sent me over a road with 15+ miles of stop & go with light after light, instead of staying on the NJ turnpike then picking up the Pa turnpike. It was terrible. Although my preferred rout is further, it is definitely faster.

someone can help me how to use waypoint ??
what is waypoint ???

Well, two questions, actually:

1. Does a proximity alert sound when you are within a radius of x feet from the POI, where x is the number that you set, or does the alert sound only if that POI is along the route that you are currently traveling?

2. Is there a limit to how far away you can set a proximity alert and still have it work?

Thanks in advance.

I had a garmin c320, I install poi file in my SD memory.
I want to know the poi file will show me display ( red camera location ) when I drive.???

if someone know please send me e-mail
( davidleeusa168@yahoo.com )

thankx

I have proximity alerts set for 23 mph within .25 mile of a school. I haven't once been alerted of the POI. I have the custom Pois checked under Proximity Points and audio set to Continuous - all alerts. Under a POI itself it says

Proximity Alarm
Distance: 1319ft
Speed: 23mph

Is there something else I'm missing?

thanks

racqy

I got the nuvi 350 a month ago and I have been considering purchasing the traffic receiver. I travel locally all day and traffic here in Atlanta can be pretty bad at times. I would definately get the attachment if it is worth while, but I would just use the radio if it works off of the same frequency. Also, does that include construction? any input would be appreciated.

I was just curious if y'all have found a good way to listen to your nuvi mp3 player through your stereo speakers in your vehicle. I have done this only by disconnecting the plug from my XM radio jack and plugging it in to the nuvi head phone jack. it works pretty well and sounds great, but it is a pain and the XM radio has to be on for it to work. I was just curious if someone had any better suggestions.

Can anyone clue me in on an easy way to tell the distance between to lat/long points. the points are in ddd sss.sss format.

Jon and I have decided to have newly Contributed POI Files directed right to the moderation queue so that we can look at them before they are placed in front of everyone. So if you submit a POI File and it does not show up on the front page, have no fear we will get it up once we have a chance to examine it.

Thanks
Miss Poi