Terrific stuff!!! I'll download and start having some fun. Judi> Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 05:54:16 -0700> To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> From: charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: User Public going to bonus> > Hello GPSers!> > Sendero has just updated the Sendero Collective POIs for Extra and > User. Go to www.mysendero.com the section entitled "GPS Version 5 > Extra, User POIs, and Route and POI Converter" and download the > updated 500User_POIS.zip and 500USA_Extras.zip files.> > This fixes Judi's issue where 4.x user create POIs with a specific > category other than User are now put in their correct category under > GPS 5.0. Not only that, but we have added additional POI content to > all the POIs if available. When I converted the POIs to 5.0 I now go > to the map and ask the map where all these POIs are located and I > pre-populate the fields "Street Name, City, State, Zip/Postal code, > and Country". Note not all pois will have this data if they are for > instance in a lake or in the woods somewhere not close to a street > but I would say over 85% of the user pois now contain this extra > information. This is pretty cool, Mike may has been creating user > POIs all over the world and we now have maps for New Zealand and so > now those user POIs have the street information filled in for those > POIs he created years ago when no maps were available.> > I am currently working on the GNIS data (part 1 took over 10 hours to > compile, will work on Part 2 this evening.)> > Thanks everyone and enjoy the new data!> > Here are the links from the website to this data.> * <http://www.senderogroup.com/poi/500USA_Extras.zip>Extra POIs > for version 5 This version 5 zip file contains USA Transit (bus > stops), Exits, Talking ATMs. Last updated, October 28, 2008.> * <http://www.senderogroup.com/poi/500User_POIS.zip>User POIs for > version 5: This zip file contains User POIs from around the world. > Updated, October 28, 2008.> > Thanks> Charles.> > > At 09:41 PM 10/25/2008, you wrote:> >Hi Judi,> >> >Yes I now see the problem.> >You are right I am putting all user collective POIs into bonus and > >ignoring the old category you may have specified. We fixed this > >issue with the POI converter program you all have to convert your > >old 4.x user.poi into 5.0 but I wasn't using that same procedure > >when I converted the old collective user pois.> >> >I will fix this problem early next week and regenerate all the user > >collective POIs. Once this has been fixed I will upload a new set > >of collective POI files for you all to download.> >> >Oh and by the way the phone number and additional information you > >added to your POIs hasn't been lost it is all currently put into the > >description field. There is no way for me to parse this data out > >and put it into the correct fields. Moving forward if you would > >like to edit the collective POIs and fix these issues you can then > >send these changes back to Sendero.> >> >Thanks> >Charles> >> >At 08:29 PM 10/25/2008, you wrote:> >>Yep on the author, um a bit dumb on the other two lol> >>> >> > Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 19:32:19 -0700> >> > To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> > From: charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> > Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: User Public going to bonus> >> >> >> > Hi Judi, ok not sure what happened, why don't you send me the> >> > user.poi file you previously sent in to the collective and I will try> >> > to track down what has happened. I assume if you go into POI details> >> > the ThirdParty ID is blank or non-existent and the Author is yourself?> >> >> >> > Thanks.> >> > Charles.> >> >> >> >> >> > At 07:02 PM 10/25/2008, you wrote:> >> > >Nope haven't even tried converting my personal or any pois, just> >> > >working with the downloads, also the phone numbers from those pois> >> > >have disappeared too. I've still got the 4.2 pois if you want them> >> > >> >> > > > Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 18:52:25 -0700> >> > > > To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> > > > From: charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> > > > Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: User Public going to bonus> >> > > >> >> > > > Hi Judi,> >> > > > Did you use the POI converter to convert your old 4.2 pois or were> >> > > > these POIs you sent to the Sendero collective? If it was a user.poi> >> > > > file you converted and they are still showing up in bonus I will take> >> > > > a look at your file to see what could be going on. Please send me> >> > > > your user.poi file and we will take a look.> >> > > >> >> > > > Thanks> >> > > > Charles.> >> > > >> >> > > > At 07:43 PM 10/25/2008, you wrote:> >> > > > >When I created POIs in 4.2 I listed them as ie Shop/Food or just> >> > > > >shop, bank or whatever (as did some other users in Oz) but now they> >> > > > >are bonus. In 4.2 they came up by category, bank, shop etc, does> >> > > > >that mean we have to do all of the pois again?> >> > > > >> >> > > > > > Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:16:26 -0700> >> > > > > > To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> > > > > > From: charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> > > > > > Subject: [gps-talkusers] User Public going to bonus> >> > > > > >> >> > > > > > Hi Judy> >> > > > > >> >> > > > > > Yes all the old User collective POIs which the user > >> didn't specify a> >> > > > > > category now get thrown into Bonus.> >> > > > > > Under 5.0 when a user adds a new POI it is either user > >> Private or you> >> > > > > > specify another category and subcategory for the POI, and when you> >> > > > > > specify a category or subcategory other than User > >> Private then it is> >> > > > > > User Public by default.> >> > > > > >> >> > > > > > I know its a little confusing. Let me give you an example.> >> > > > > >> >> > > > > > You create a new user POI, if you don't specify anything > >> it goes in> >> > > > > > your User category / Private subcategory. You can not create a POI> >> > > > > > and put it under the User / Public (because this now > >> means that its> >> > > > > > been categorizes to some other category not user/private)> >> > > > > >> >> > > > > > Now you create another user POI, but now you specify that its a> >> > > > > > Restaurant / Chinese. So under 5.0 you can search for either that> >> > > > > > second POI under User/Public, or Restaurant / Chinese.> >> > > > > > The first POI you search for only under User/Private.> >> > > > > >> >> > > > > > Now under 4.2 and earlier we use to have a category user /> >> > > > > > subcategory public which users put their pois in. Well this didn't> >> > > > > > really tell you guys anything when you saw a user public POI (eg.> >> > > > > > "Mikes Place" under user Public, what does that mean? Is it a> >> > > > > > restaurant, a friends house or a bar? So this is why we > >> had to move> >> > > > > > all old user collective POIs that weren't already in a > >> category other> >> > > > > > than user to bonus. Now if a user put a 4.2 collective POI in> >> > > > > > Restaurant, we have kept that under 5.0.> >> > > > > >> >> > > > > > I hope that all makes sense.> >> > > > > >> >> > > > > > Thanks> >> > > > > > Charles.> >> > > > > >> >> > > > > >> >> > > > > > At 05:58 PM 10/25/2008, you wrote:> >> > > > > > >It's now listing commercial POIs, but the user POIs > >> keep saying bonus> >> > > > > > >> >> > > > > > >----------> >> > > > > >> >> > > > > > Charles M. La Pierre> >> > > > > > CTO Sendero Group> >> > > > > > "The GPS company." Distributors of the mPower, PK, Victor Stream,> >> > > > > > Voice Sense, KNFB Mobile Reader, Talks, Miniguide and ID Mate> >> > > > > > 1-888-757-6810> >> > > > > >> >> > > > > > Lat. 37 15' 25" N Lon: 121 53' 04" W> >> > > > > >> >> > > > > >> >> > > > > >> >> > > > >> >> > > > >> >> > > > >----------> >> > > >> >> > > > Charles M. La Pierre> >> > > > CTO Sendero Group> >> > > > "The GPS company." Distributors of the mPower, PK, Victor Stream,> >> > > > Voice Sense, KNFB Mobile Reader, Talks, Miniguide and ID Mate> >> > > > 1-888-757-6810> >> > > >> >> > > > Lat. 37 15' 25" N Lon: 121 53' 04" W> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >----------> >> >> >> > Charles M. La Pierre> >> > CTO Sendero Group> >> > "The GPS company." Distributors of the mPower, PK, Victor Stream,> >> > Voice Sense, KNFB Mobile Reader, Talks, Miniguide and ID Mate> >> > 1-888-757-6810> >> >> >> > Lat. 37 15' 25" N Lon: 121 53' 04" W> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> >>> >>----------> >> >Charles M. La Pierre> >CTO Sendero Group> >"The GPS company." Distributors of the mPower, PK, Victor Stream, > >Voice Sense, KNFB Mobile Reader, Talks, Miniguide and ID Mate> >1-888-757-6810> >> >Lat. 37 15' 25" N Lon: 121 53' 04" W> >> >> > Charles M. La Pierre> CTO Sendero Group> "The GPS company." Distributors of the mPower, PK, Victor Stream, > Voice Sense, KNFB Mobile Reader, Talks, Miniguide and ID Mate> 1-888-757-6810> > Lat. 37 15' 25" N Lon: 121 53' 04" W> > > _________________________________________________________________