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Garmin 250W POI's Not Working ..HELP !

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  • 07-01-2008 3:27pm
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    Benolam
    Registered Users Posts: 73 ✭✭


    I have a Garmin 250W. The POI functionality dosen't seem to be enabled. When I press 'Goto' there is no POI icon. (There are 9 icons, but no POI). When I plug into my computer I see a POI folder with a number of Cyclops speed cameras files in it, e.g France, Benelux, UK, etc. but I can't access these from the unit.
    Maps are NT2008. Software is Ver. 2.7
    Anyone know what I need to do?


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    #2
    Benolam
    Registered Users Posts: 73 ✭✭Benolam


    Panic over, I got it working OK.


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    DannyBuoy
    Registered Users Posts: 598 ✭✭✭DannyBuoy


    What was the problem?


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    Benolam
    Registered Users Posts: 73 ✭✭Benolam


    Language settings. If you select 'American English' the icon is labeled 'Points of Interest'. If you select 'British English' the same icon is labeled 'Food, Hotels.......

    Now I have another problem. The Elevation at my home, or any other fixed location, can vary by up to 20m. Sometimes it is 70m while a few minutes later it can show as 50m. Northings and Eastings remain constant.


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    dowtchaboy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,498 ✭✭✭dowtchaboy


    hmm.... sounds like that scene from the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy where Arthur and Ford Prefect were at the seafront in Brighton - the sea was flat calm and the buildings waved up and down. However Normality was soon resumed and "anything else you can't handle is your own problem"......:D

    db.


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    Krusty_Clown
    Registered Users Posts: 19,524 ✭✭✭✭Krusty_Clown


    Benolam wrote: »
    Now I have another problem. The Elevation at my home, or any other fixed location, can vary by up to 20m. Sometimes it is 70m while a few minutes later it can show as 50m. Northings and Eastings remain constant.

    Elevation, when calculated by a GPS receiver, is only an approximation (it's called GPS derived elevation) and is influenced by a number of factors, including:
    How close you are to the center of the earth (the earth isn't perfectly spherical!)
    Elevation margin for error - which is in the region of 20-30 metres. GPS (consumer) technology is designed primarily for horizontal calculation, where the margin of error is closer to 10 metres.

    Failing the above explanations, seek higher ground... Quickly.. :)


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