[gps-talkusers] POI's that are not there
- From: "alice dampman Humel" <alicedh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 18:54:17 -0400
Hi, all
I went today to the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem. I know I don't have the
latest version of Sendero or the latest maps, but the PEM has been there almost
forever.
It is not in the POI list. I searched with the whole name, part of the name
and in just the category of entertainment/museum, and it's not there.
Here's the web site so you all can see for yourselves that the place really
does exist (and BTW, I could not find East India Square, either) As an aside,
will there ever be a way to search for street names that is more forgiving than
the present: that is, if it's in the map data as E. India Sq, and one types
East India Square, would it ever be possible for the search to recognize that?
But again, I tried whole name, partial name, and no dice.
http://www.pem.org/
So I created a user POI using the 161 Essex Street address given, because the
lady at the museum said that in the sightling GPS, that is the address to put
in.
So should I submit that POI to Sendero?
Also, the Colonial Theater is listed at a totally wrong address, and the
theater has lso been there almost forever. Luckily, I knew where the theater
was, having been there numerous times, so I ignored the gps directions. (This
was way back on one of my first test drives of the gps.) I asked at the theater
about a name change, whether "colonial" was spelled with a K or something, but,
no, it's Colonial Theater, plain and simple.
Should I create a user POI there, too, and submit that?
On the way home, I encountered another one of these convaluted directions
that involved numerous turns when all you are really doing is driving straight
across an admittedly large intersection. I tried to create a replay (for the
first time in my Sendero life!), but before I could figure out the answers to
all the questions it was asking me, the light turned green, and it was too
late.
So, is it best to put these replays on the CF card, and should I perhaps
create a folder called "replays?" Are there any more questions after that that
I'm likely not to know the answers to?
I hope to do this route again on Tuesday, so I will try again with your
help!
Thanks.
Alice
alicedh@xxxxxxxxxxx
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