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still hopeful

The last 5 days I've encountered various random acts of people being nice.

That makes me hopeful society will always go on despite struggles and disagreements.

Some of the things were quite ordinary, Shop Rite and Costco.

Another was interesting.

interesting to see employer grow

Our co. has grown to 6X the revenue it had when I started....it's a co where it takes a lot of employees to generate revenue, maybe 15,000 for 4 bil.

What's interesting are two things.

One, how much each individual knows--those are the small co. roots. We have people with 50, 40, 30, 20 year tenures.

But, as medium co. standards are deployed, the Dave factor kicks in.

Happy Independence Day USA !

Hope everyone has a safe holiday.

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. 2 Garmin DriveSmart 61 LMT-S, Nuvi 2689, 2 Nuvi 2460, Zumo 550, Zumo 450, Uniden R3 radar detector with GPS built in, includes RLC info. Uconnect 430N Garmin based, built into my Jeep. .

Contributors Of The Week 2023-07-03

This week we're recognizing almostbob.

Over the past few weeks, almostbob made substantial updates to the collection of POI Files he maintains, which includes Ikea, Edo Japan, and UBREAKIFIX.

And in the discussion spaces, almostbob also posted updates on the status of the TomTom "Community Content" bug, seeing it through from beginning to end.

Wait, what?!?... Boston's Sumner Tunnel

If you thought Philly's I-95 bridge collapse was bad (okay, they patched that one relatively quickly), check out this planned two-month shutdown of Boston's Sumner Tunnel, the main artery between downtown Boston and Logan Airport:
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/sumner-tunnel-shutdown-t...

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"141 could draw faster than he, but Irving was looking for 143..."

Chit Chat Thread For The Week Of July 3, 2023

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.

July 3rd is a Full Moon!

-- Jonathan (aka JM)

Keeping The Windmill Alive – July 2023

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.

--Jonathan (aka JM)

Factory Joke Thread – July 2023

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.

Garmin Vs. Google Vs. Open Street Maps (OSM)

I was playing around with online maps today. I was of the opinion that Google Maps was usually first with the newest street in my area. A few minutes ago I compared Garmin vs. Google vs. Open Street Maps. To my surprise, Open Street Maps had streets in a new development that neither Google nor Garmin had!

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.7356689,-93.1003142,16.5z?en...

Inaccurate POIs

I'm just curious as to how some of these POI files are created. For example a truck stop waypoint will be marked at the major downtown intersection while the actual truck stop is several miles away on the Interstate. Does the person making them just see the location and drop a pin at the center of the nearest locale?

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Garmin GPSMAP64 Garmin Montana 700

Didn't know indoor pools are closed if lightning possible

Just learned it last week and this week, that the YMCAs closed their pools if thunder is heard.

We have Y a which is 1.5 miles from home. They have family swim 2-4 hours per week, 1 or 2 times per week.

We have Y b which is 10.5 miles from home. They have family swim daily.

So this year, we've had to drive to the 10.5 mile one so my kid could have access to family swim.

Contributors Of The Week 2023-06-26

This week we're recognizing TheBeachBum.

If you've read any of the monthly joke threads over the past decade, you're probably familiar with TheBeachBum's posts. He regularly shares a variety of classically themed humor.

Thank you, TheBeachBum, for helping keep the joke thread well stocked!

-- Jonathan (aka JM)

Chit Chat Thread For The Week Of June 26, 2023

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.

Last week of June.

-- Jonathan (aka JM)

Contributors Of The Week 2023-06-19

This week we're recognizing sirkull.

Sirkull mainly contributes through updating POI files.

In recent weeks, sirkull has been undertaking a significant effort to bring the Dollar Tree file up-to-date, posting updates with over 300 location changes.

Sirkull also regularly maintains a POI file for Free Talk Live Radio, a daily broadcast originating from Keene, New Hampshire.

Parking in Philly on the Center Lane

Several times when visiting Philadelphia, I have been shocked to see cars (and tractor trailers) parked on the center lane of busy 2-way streets. For example, on Broad Street in front of the Broad Street Diner. This has a painted center lane with a double yellow line on each side of the parked cars, but on streets with concrete sidewalk center dividers they also park.

Chit Chat Thread For The Week Of June 19, 2023

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.

Wednesday is the Summer Solstice!

-- Jonathan (aka JM)

LEO on LEO is befuddling

I saw this and felt there can only be one right, and one wrong, just like when someone blows a school bus reds. There's not really two sides of the incident.

Cop on cop is interesting.

Contributors Of The Week 2023-06-12

This week we're recognizing minke.

Minke has been actively participating in the forums here at POI Factory for many years, often with special attention to scientific or technical topics.

Does any song/tune spark a memory of your parents?

My dad was an engineer.

So I remember him singing this tune, and taking particular amusement when he got to the part, "Don't know what a slide rule is for." Because he used one.

Then when he was done with the song, he would look at me as a little boy, and say, gosh this guy doesn't seem to know much about anything. Then laugh.

I think this is a particularly good rendition:

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