Although everyone may have their own priorities in terms of creating User POIs at a bus stop, it wouldn't hurt to have some uniformness to the information if you are going to share them with others.
If you download the transit User file, which may already be in your maps folder on your compact flash card, set your position to one of the cities that have comprehensive data like Portland, Charlotte, Madison or Austin. Then see how the information is laid out You will probably not know all the details like they display but you can at least put it in a similar order.
Mike At 06:05 AM 6/4/2009, you wrote:
Hi, Comments below. On Thu, 4 Jun 2009 07:51:45 -0500 "Howard Kaufman" <wa9top@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:> I am making poi for bus stops as I ride. That means I have lots of poi with > the same names. 30 south for example. I figured words like route and bound> were not needed. Up to you, I put bound in bus stop names. > 1. Is their a specific format I should use? Again, up to you. You may wish to put in the description if the bus stop has a shelter. > 2. Would their be any value in me uploading these poi to sendero Why not. they would be included in the collective user poi for other people to use. > 3. Do I move them from user private to transportation bus stops? Yes, if they are in user private and you send them to Sendero for inclusion they will be discarded. > 4. Are categories kept in separate folders? is each poi a separate file? categories are not in separate folders. all of your user pois are in your user.pdb file no matter what category you put them in. > 4. Is their a standard format I should be typing in for each poi? All the > time I have is when the bus isn't moving.? Again, whatever information you include is up to you when creating your POI. and no Once you press the command to create the user POI the program grabs the lat/lon of where you are, you could take 10 minutes to modify the details of the POI if needed. > H T Kaufman MSW LCSW > Adaptive Technology Instructor > Sendero Group - "The GPS company:" Featuring Sendero GPS on the BrailleNote as well as Sense Nav and the new Mobile Geo for Windows Mobile devices. Also distributing Trekker, Victor Stream, KNFB Mobile Reader, Talks, Mobile Speak, Tiger embossers, Miniguide and ID Mate
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