Welcome / open talk

Being new to the GPS World, and having my Nuvi 660 only a couple of weeks, I have a few of questions. My first is: If I use Garmin's POI loader, download POI's, can I transfer them to a SD card and work off that without loading the file into Nuvi? I want to get comfortable playing with files before I screw something up.

I just signed on a few minuets ago. This is a very informative site, I'm really glad to find it. I too, wish you much success in making a fine site as this grow. I learn something each time I visit.

Glad to find this site. I think ya'll are onto something here. Keep up the hard work(and long hours). I'll pass on the word. I live in a remote florida area but travel much for work. Looking forward to watching u grow.

merry hoho!!!!!

Samrh

A lot of people are making great contributions to the site, so we have decided to give special recognition each week to a member or members that stand out as a star contributor.

Recognition is for contributions made over a 7 day period starting Monday though Sunday. Monday will be the day that the trophy is passed.

This week, we are recognizing Acrown1 for his great work at the POI Factory over the last week. Although he's only been registered on the site for a few days, he's already shared several red light camera locations and uploaded new POI files for Lowes, Ikea and Home Depot.

Thank you for sharing!

Miss Poi

The local news here has a Web-Site, and a BLOG area.
The news is doing a feature on GPS being a hot item this year for Christmas gifts, and wants comments on what to buy and why.
I BLOG'd for GARMIN, and one of the reasons I mentioned was because of the ease in loading Waypoints/Points of Interest files that you can easly download from sites like poi-factory.com

HELP SPREAD THE WORD FOLKS.

This week, I'll start work on the POI database module. Key objectives are to provide more flexibility to download POIs by area or category and to make it easier for people to work together on POI projects.

JM

TMK and GlennCahn earned active member icons this week and join others who have been making great contributions to the site. Several more of you are on track to become active members next week.

To be an active member, all you need to do is have made posts in at least 3 of the last 5 weeks (Mon-Sun GMT).

Active members may download red light cameras for free. Eventually we'll add some other perks for people who live in areas without cameras

Jon and I are venturing out into the cold to put up christmas lights this afternoon. Jon says that he will be back to work on programing later today.
Miss Poi & Jon

It was pretty quiet around the site yesterday. I hope everyone had a nice thanksgiving holiday.

After looking over ads in the newspaper, I decided to stay home and avoid the shopping crowds today. I will continue working on adding image capability and merging the POI file lists.

Miss POI has some new red light cams that I'll post later today. I also notice some new user uploads / updates on the home page. Things get a little better each week!

Hey guys, I found this and had to post it.
Call it Miss Poi’s giggle of the week.
Ohio Red Light Camera Sign Creates Sticky Situation

Miss Poi

Thats twice now that I have been afraid to post a question, because I thought it was obviouse or stupid,(Using GOOGLE Earth & Smaller Fonts) and It has sparked some really good information sharing.
I am impressed.
I guess their really is no dumb question here.
(Except maybe the Scuba/Sky diving with GPS line a few of us had going) (LOL)

I for one plan to brave the crowds for some early morning shopping on Friday.

JM and I wanted to wish everyone a happy thanksgiving. We plan to stay close to home for the holiday, so you can expect we'll be active on the site.

For those of you taking a trip with a new gps: good luck, and please let us know how it goes.

Miss Poi

Uploaded files now have a simple download counter. Counts include any downloads that happened after about 5:15 PM Eastern today (11/20/2006).

You can see the download counter for any file that was uploaded with your user account. The counter is located on the download page, right below the file name.

If you use the Edit page to upload a newer file, counts are carried forward from your previous file(s).

This week, I'll be working on download counters and blending the new upload pages with the older free POI files. Running out of room on the front page is a nice problem to have.

JM

I'd welcome any thoughts & suggestions regarding the use of my newest toy!
We travel by motorhome across the counrty...

Just found this on another site: "I have a Garmin NUVI 350 and learned early on not to mount it by sticking it to the windshield. I found a very useful and acceptable solution was to place the mounting base in an open ashtray on my dashboard. Just open the ashtray, place the mounting base in it then close it to make it a snug fit. Reverse the precedure to remove the unit. No muss, no fuss." Mounting any of my units has been a porblem.