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March 24, 2011
4:11 pm

Brett Smith

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We have Streets and Trips 2010 and I have been following the tutorial on how to use the tool. The video for the POI megafile says I need to go to Help and then Streets and Trips on the web. Then click on Support and How To and click on the Streets Blog. When I bring up the Streets and Trips on the web I am brought to a different web page that has a listing for Support and Training and when I click on that it brings me to a web page that doesn't appear to have any access to the POI megafile. There is a Laptop GPS World forum and I tried that but was not able to find the one for the megafile. Long story short (actually not so short), I finally went to the website to LaptopGPSWorld and found the megafile but it took me 2.5 hours for something that I thought would only take a few minutes. We are on Microsoft 7. Would that make a difference as far as the website we were brought to going through Streets and Trips 2010?

March 24, 2011
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Brett,

Sorry you had such an ordeal trying to find the file. Chris is in the process of updating the S&T videos to incorporate changes in the new 2011 version of the program.

One of the problems I see is that MS changed the help on the web screens. Another problem is that the location of the file tends to change, so we cannot just give you a link. We do try to post the link on our Facebook page whenever the file is updated. You can get those updates by "liking" us at http://www.facebook.com/geeksontour.

We now recommend searching for "poi megafile" with Google or Bing. That will always return a faster result.

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March 25, 2011
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For others reading this thread, here is the direct link to the megafile:

http://www.laptopgpsworld.com/…..-travelers

But, I agree wholeheartedly with Jim – Google is by far the fastest way to find anything. Just type POI Megafile into a google search and the link above is the first one in the search results.

March 25, 2011
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Brett Smith

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Thanks for the quick response. I never thought to Google it………..duh!

August 5, 2011
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The August POI Megafile is released.

POI Mega File for Microsoft Streets & Trips – August Update

http://www.laptopgpsworld.com

Larry just released his August update. It includes updates to Escapees Days End Campgrounds, Fairgrounds, In'n'Out Burgers, Resort Parks Int'l, Ride to Eat, Truck Stop Guide for ST, Walmart – No RV Parking, and more http://www.laptopgpsworld.com/…..kers-rvers-…

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