[gps-talkusers] Re: New feature of the day October 14

  • From: "George B" <gbmagoo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:10:49 -0700

They are coming in the new version 5 of the g p s software.

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> From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gps-talkusers-
> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tina B.
> Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 09:50
> To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: New feature of the day October 14
> 
> Are these new Chris? How do we get them? I've not heard of them but the
> advanced poi search sounds really nice.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Grabowski" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "gps-talkusers" <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 4:31 AM
> Subject: [gps-talkusers] New feature of the day October 14
> 
> 
> > The new feature I would like to introduce is the way we do POI
> > searching.   There are four ways to find POIs.
> >
> > 1. nearby POIS, Press F this works as it always has.
> >
> > 2.  simple find, Press SPACE with F or READ with F, you are only
> > presented with the category sub category, and search string.
> >
> > 3.  advanced find, this is the most powerful find Press BACKSPACE
> with
> > F or CONTROL with F.  You are presented witht the following:
> category,
> > subcategory, starting distance  If you don't enter a starting
> distance
> > an ending distance is not offered.  Search direction,  you are
> > presented with a list of 9 items, full circle, ahead, behind, left,
> > right, north, south, east, and west.  You can search for POI in a
> > desired direction.  Then you are prompted for the field type, you can
> > search on name, city, phone number, street name etc.  the field items
> > are presented to you in a list.  Once you select the field you are
> > interested in searching, you are finally offered the search string.
> > When you type in the search string and press enter the search
> executes
> > with the peramitors defined. IE all shops ahead of you.  Or all POIs
> > along a certain street.
> >
> > 4.  The final search is user defined.  There is a hot key, BACKSPACE
> > with Dot 3 or CONTROL with U, this will perform a search using the
> > category and subcategory of your choice.  By default the keystroke is
> > defined to look at all user private POIs.
> >
> > Another note about POI searches,  LookAround has a new item called
> POI
> > search direction.  This allows you to be notified of all POI in a
> > desired direction, ahead of you, or a full circle around you.  The
> > choice is yours.
> >
> > Chris Grabowski
> > - Customer Support and Product testing
> > Sendero Group
> > "The GPS company." Also, distributors of the mPower, PK, Victor
> > Stream, Voice Sense, Braille Sense, KNFB Mobile Reader, Talks,
> Miniguide
> > and ID Mate
> >
> > Phone: 888-757-6810 EXT. 113
> > Email: chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> 
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