[gps-talkusers] Re: Question about Addresses
- From: "Jim Gammon" <jgammon1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 11:03:37 -0700
Hi Gil, well of course you can mark your place in your user private points of
interest and come within a few feet of that. I think the issues are private
points you can mark yourself versus commercial points which can often be as
much as a few hundred yards off. I remember being at a restaurant once and
finding it on my GPS about a half mile away from where we actually were. Man,
talk about an out of body experience! Hopefully as newer maps and map engines
come out those problems will get fewer and the accuracy better. Jim
From: Gil Johnson
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 7:27 AM
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Question about Addresses
I have never been able to get my GPS to recognize my exact address either.
When standing near the front of my home,it tells me I am at 2299 but will never
give me the correct number which is 2280. It will either do that or give me an
address on a small court a couple of hundred feet behind my home. I am glad
that I and my Guide Dog know where we actually live or someone else might get a
big unwelcome surprise.
Gil Johnson
----- Original Message -----
From: Deb Lewis
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 2:10 PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Question about Addresses
I had a GpS many years ago butt did not upgrade it when I went to the MPower.
I have a new one now with my Apex and really am amazed with all the changes and
the new receivers.
One puzzle though is that it does not recognize our home address. I think my
prior GPS did and those for taxis and delivery all recognize it from my
experiences. Its not a satellites problem. It actually couldn't set it as a
destination. And when I got here, it identified it incorrectly which is no
surprise given that it said it didn't exist when I entered it as the
destination. Maybe I should stop paying property taxes on this address,LOL.
So do different systems have different maps? I ask because, as I said, I know
that taxi drivers, friends etc. put my address into their destinations and plan
routes here. But both of our Sendero units do not recognize the address. Any
way to calibrate it or do anything other than set a POI? Will this potentially
be improved with the new maps system? My address is totally consistent with
other numbering in the area, and the info from the GPS actually isn't
reasonable.
Deb
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