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I live right outside DC very close to the C&O Canal near the Billy Goat Trail.

Would anyone have any suggestions or lists for some good day hiking trails around me? I really like the Billy Goat Trail A section because of the view and all the rock hoping that one has to do. It's also just a little less than 2 miles so it doesn't take very long to get through.

I have a Garmin c550 so i can load some good starting points. I also have simple Magellan 100 which could help me find the exact start of the trail but i don't think i can load any trails because there is no base map.

Not sure if this is the right forum but I was wondering if anyone is aware of suggestions for routes. I am planning a motorcycle trip from Bend, Or to San Diego, Ca and thought someone might have experience creating a route.

Thanks,

Darren

I found these links to be very handy, thank you. I get lists of addresses for work and they do not have the Long/Lat info, I run them through these programs and then I am ready to load them up.

http://www.poi-factory.com/node/821

Looking behind the scenes --

Today I created some scripts to automatically setup a test environment from a web site backup. In the past this was a tedious process that required quite a bit of hands-on effort.

With fresh data in the test environment, I can now turn my attention to fixing the "unread posts" bug and making other improvements in the development queue.

JM

Hi
New to POI factory.Have downloaded csv file of National trust POI and converted it to ov2.Don't I need a BMP file for the screen icons?Don't seem to be there.Any help appreciated.

Brian

I know c330 and install Chinese voice, buy how about c320
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if u know can send me the link to downlaod it.

thankx

Why can't I reply to a thread? No reply buttons show on my screen????

My wife doesn't know much about my 360. She had to go to a meeting in a suburb of Dallas (Arlington). She wanted to use the GPS. I set it up for her and told her how to get home. I have mine set with a female voice from Austrailia. She and a friend went to the meeting and it worked fine. She set it to come home. However, her friend wanted to be dropped off at her Dentist's office. Once they got off the route home, it started recalculating.

This week we are giving trophies to Sir Cadfael and Dfred1.

Sir Cadfael has spent a huge amount of time and energy starting our new US Weigh Stations file, I know that that was not an easy task .

Dfred1 has just been chugging along making database after database and shows no signs of slowing down.

Great job everyone, we had another fantastic week here at the POI Factory.

Miss Poi

Hi I just got the Garmin Nuvi660 and seem to having problems with it. When I select a business name such as target or a gas station or what ever location you want it never takes me to that place. Instead it will take me to a house! Not even in the correct area of where the store would be. Does anyone else seem to have this problem?

Just curious, anyone figure out how much of a delay there is from satellite(s) to gps unit? I know for example, between broadcast tv and satellite tv, there is about 7-8 seconds delay. Also, could the delay as well as the processing speed of a particular unit be the reason that some people complain that their units are not "alerting" soon enough? (Considering speed of travel plus signal delay and processing speed). You can notice this yourself, while coming to a turn for example, the distance gets shorter, then you stop, and the distance still gets shorter, then you turn and the distance says turn in 50 feet. Then the map is redrawing.

This amy be a silly question but how will I know when I become an active user?

Bill

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