They are coming in the new version 5 of the g p s software. > -----Original Message----- > 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 > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.173 / Virus Database: 270.8.0/1724 - Release Date: > 10/14/2008 > 2:02 AM