Welcome / open talk

This week, we are recognizing Acrown & Orbital.
Great job everyone!!!!
Miss Poi

I would like to introduce myself to the forum.

I purchased a Garmin nuvi 350 approximately a month ago after riding with a friend who has a 340. I do a lot of traveling to various cities throughout the US and the nuvi has already proved itself worth its weight in gold. I absolutely love it.

Only minor complaints so far:
1) When traveling home a week or so ago the nuvi 350 failed to find a restaurant I was looking for that was just 12 miles away and directly on my path (it must have been a new restaurant).

Hi I need to know if any body out there knows how do i set an alert for poi , is it done on the c340 or on your computer ??????

I need a banner of some type to put as an advert for this site on my site. Got a suggestion? I will add you into my weblinks page, but the banners seem to get more attention... I was thinking maybe taking your existing banner and possibly animating the windmill so it looks like it's turning???

It's after midnight GMT, so we've officially started a new week at POI factory.

This week, Acrown1 and chimo79 join our community of active users. To be an active member, all you need is to have made posts in at least 3 of the last 5 weeks (Mon - Sun).

Miss poi and I would like to thank all of the site's active users for their ongoing contributions. People who visit regularly help POI Factory grow and stay strong.

I am a nuvi newbie. I would like POI files for Cracker Barrel, Flying J, Applebee's, Olive Garden, Red Lobster, Hampton Inns, etc for reference as I travel east of the Mississippi. What is are good sources for this type of POI files?

Is anyone working on creating poi files indicating Highway Historic Markers throughout the U.s.

Wonder what file has the highest download count?
Lowes & IKEA have been downloaded over 100 times.

new poi loader released by garmin:
POI Loader at Garmin.com

EDIT: Users should note this is still a Beta version - JM

Pieces for the new POI database module are all starting to come together. I've been working on it for nearly two weeks, and I hope to release some basic functionality by the end of this week.

The first release won't be especially impressive, but it will provide a solid foundation for future enhancements.

Key features in the first release:

* manage a list of POI TYPES and associated POI locations

Here's a suggestion for way down your wish list - a chat box for active users. Something where you can interface with them directly outside of the forums... just a suggestion...

This has more than likely been brought up before but it would be a great addition to the site to be able to link images of installations. For instances you could explain your installation then link an image from imageshack. The radar detector forum I constantly frequent has several threads going of types of mounts along with photos and how the unit was wired. JM Would you like to try this or would you say it would be too much work at the current time.

I see that lots of people are working on building POI Databases, lets make sure that we post what we are working on so that more then one of us is not working on the same project.
Thanks for all the hard work guys
Miss Poi

Which Home Depot state does everyone need next? The state most mentioned gets next.

sounds interesting. Anyone done any extensive research on geocaching?

EasyGPS - the home of EasyGPS and ExpertGPS

http://www.easygps.com/default.asp

Another dumb question I suppose, but.... can you mix POI's on a SD card with Mp3's, and work or use them off the card without loading them into the GPS itself? For instance, Red Light locations, Mp3's, and POI's.

thx all for contribution on the POI, really appreciate the time and help.
Got the C530, really cool. I do need some help.

When i see the regular screen, I don't get to see any POIs. It's only when i go to maps or 'show map' screens, THEN it'll show me the restaurants. anyway i can have a it prompt me on the screen?

thx guys!

The POI Factory discussion forums have RSS feeds available. I haven't used RSS much, but some of you might find this useful. If you decide to give it a try, please share your results.

JM

I just bought a c330 with Mapsource loaded. Will POI's help me in any way? Also, what size SD card would I need in the card slot?