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I never gave it any thought, have never had any hesitation for over 13 years. That is, to keep "all" my money in an internet bank.

Flash forward to 2025, when I actually wanted my money, to buy a car.

How much money, $60,000.

This week we're recognizing, Bob.Sedona!

Bob.Sedona has been a member of POI Factory for nearly 16 years!

We appreciate his recent updates to a couple of pizza POI files he maintains. I love me some pizza!

Thanks for all your contributions to our POI Factory community, Bob.Sedona!

~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

https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/08/04/americas-gps-system-...

The entire U.S. economy rests on a single point of failure — 12,500 miles above us. It’s called GPS, and its loss would be catastrophic. Fortunately, the Trump administration is uniquely positioned to prevent this looming threat.

I totally get it, here in 2025, being into cars isn't a thing. But for older folks, it was.

Yesterday, a '57 Buick Roadmaster was caught by my dash cam. I posted it and a bunch of folks on the forum loved the car.

There was a thread a few weeks back about misplaced gift cards. http://www.poi-factory.com/node/54566

This week we're recognizing, John from PA!

John from PA has been a member of POI Factory for over 11 years!

This week we're appreciating his help and resolving a question Ajasaro had regarding his TomTom devices.

TomTom & My Drive connect

Thanks for all your contributions to our POI Factory community, John from PA!

~Angela

Discusses a lot of “gadgets” that some find useful. https://www.slashgear.com/1925926/useful-car-gadgets-make-ro...

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

This is the official POI Factory Joke thread.

Please read all the forum rules before posting, and keep in mind...

"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."

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

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 week we're recognizing, Minke and Jim1348!

Minke has been a member of POI Factory for over 10.5 years !

Jim1348 has been a member of POI Factory for over 18 years!

We're recognizing them this week for the help they offered in OSM and OMC maps

Thanks for all your contributions to our POI Factory community!

~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

Surprisingly, I do. And I consider myself careful.

Part of me says they are not good gifts, people may lose them.

I was looking at old pics to delete because my phone is always full, and I saw a pic of a Home Depot receipt showing I had $31.48 left. I said here we go again, now where would that have gone?

This week we're recognizing, Ajasaro!

Ajasaro has been a member of POI Factory for nearly 18 years!

This week we're appreciating his POI file updating work. In the last week he updated 20 of the files he maintains. We appreciate the time and dedication he puts in to maintaining files for our POI Factory community!

Thanks, Ajasaro!

~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 find it to be remarkably bad nowadays, as if the internet is like driving in Phila--the wild wild west.

Yesterday, as my son and I were leaving the ice rink, a yellow symbol illuminates on my dash. I know I've seen this before but forget what it means (German cars are like hieroglyphics at times).

I have noticed that some databases I use seem to offer potential street addresses when I start to fill in an address. For example, on the AT&T site, when I enter the 5 digits from my street address and then the first three letters, it shows my precise address. I have noticed this on other websites, too.

Are they using the National Address Database (NAD) or something else?

This week we're recognizing , HarryAR!

HarryAR has been a member of POI Factory for over 7 years!

We appreciate his efforts in making the large JVC files available to members of our community!
http://www.poi-factory.com/node/54529?page=1#new

Thanks for your contributions, HarryAR!

~Angela

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