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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

iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4, and macOS Sequoia 15.4 updates that Apple released today include a long list of fixes for security vulnerabilities, though none of the issues addressed were known to have been actively exploited.

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 appreciate his contribution of New version of Garmin Express 7.25.0.0 available 25 March 2025

Thanks for all you do for our POI Factory community, John from PA!

~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

As you know my screenname is soberbyker, well, as of today I guess I should change my name to soberEXbyker.

This week we're recognizing, bwarden!

Bwarden has been a member of POI Factory for over 17 years!

Last week he updated five of the POI file he maintains and we greatly appreciate his continued contributions to our community!

Thanks, Bwarden!

~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

Wow, I was just skimming through my "account" area and saw that I have been a member here for 14 years and 1 hour.

Where has the time gone. I am very grateful for the 'factory', especially 14 years ago when I was just learning about the ability to add POIs to my GPSs.

Thanks to all I've met along the way.

Bill

This week we're recognizing, bdhsfz6!

Bdhsfz6 has been a member of POI Factory for over 16 years!

Sometimes members post questions in our discussion forums regarding issues we may not have the answer to. Bdhsfz posted an excellent response in Transferring files

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

Likely other variants as well.

This update provides important bug fixes, security updates, and addresses an issue that may prevent playback of some streaming content.
For information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit this website:
https://support.apple.com/100100

I received an email today from OnX Maps. They have added a new Cell Coverage Layer.

(See where signal begins and ends across the three main service providers: AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile.)

I emailed OnX to find out which version(s) of their maps has this layer. I suspect that they are getting the date for this map from the FCC, but I am just guessing.

This week we're recognizing, Ajasaro!

Ajasaro has been a member of POI Factory for over 17 years!

He's one of our more prolific POI file maintainers and that's what we're recognizing this week! We appreciate the consistent file maintenance updates.

Thanks for all you do for our community, 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

Pet peeve. Since moving to PA about 26 years ago, I've dealt with shops here refusing to accept used motor oil for recycling. A stark contract to NYS where I moved from, where shops have to accept 5 gallons per day--20 quarts! By law (Article 23, Title 23).

Here in PA, one has to drive around and around like that NC barge with the garbage, only to have it refused one place after another.

It will be interesting to see what happens with this.

https://cordcuttersnews.com/fcc-announces-plans-to-find-alte...

https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-410025A1.pdf

Yesterday, I added numerous Garmin (Latin 1) maps. I did not use Basecamp because it wasn't needed.

Garmin OSM

Garmin Cycle

Garmin Leisure

Garmin Onroad

Garmin Ontrail

Garmin BBBike

Garmin Openfietsmap Full

Garmin OpenSeaMap

Garmin OpenTopoMap

I have been poking around trying to find out the differences in these maps.

On BBBike I see this:

File Size

This week we're recognizing, Canoe-NC!

Canoe-NC has been a member of POI Factory for nearly 4 years.

Last week he updated many of his National Park POI's.

Thanks for your continued contributions, Canoe-NC!

~Angela

POI Factory has been experiencing outages recently due to technical troubles at our hosting provider.

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