[gps-talkusers] Re: WARNING ABOUT UK POIS
- From: "Steven Bingham" <steven.bingham1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:13:02 -0000
Hi Carol
Yes, the number of Readings has increased to 100 which is all very well but
it really slows things down when trying to find an address and you really
have to know the area well to be able to find some.
Further POI research suggests that very little, if any, of the secondary
category inofrmation on UK POIs is meaningful.
I am just going to sit down and work out the information that Charles was
asking for in his email.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles LaPierre" <charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 6:46 PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: WARNING ABOUT UK POIS
Hi Carol,
Glad you are up and running :)
I agree there is a lot of work left to do to make the map addressing
easier some of which is Sendero's and others from TeleAtlas. We are
looking into improving this but all takes time. Thanks for your feedback.
Charles.
At 10:53 AM 10/26/2008, you wrote:
>Steve and Charles,
>
>I only took a cursory look last night ... and worked out for the
>first time today ...
>
>Very quickly I discovered that our local veterinary surgeon (I think
>you call him a veterinarian in the States) is listed under
>medical. Well, "medical", just maybe, but he happens to treat dogs!
><Smiles>
>
>I also notice that now Reading (and probably many other places which
>are actually "towns" as well) is listed a number of times (think it
>was 100 in all). This means that every small district is placed as
>the district and Reading, which is fine and could be very
>useful. However, I still don't quite understand why Reading still
>has a listing which says Reading and another which says "Reading,
>England". When last I looked at these two listed (which were the
>only two listed last year), they appeared totally the
>same! Hmmm! It seems there's a considerable amount of tidying up
>that could possibly be done (and may save space on our BN's) by TeleAtlas.
>
>--
>Carol
>carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>On Sunday, October 26, 2008 4:53 AM (UK time), Charles LaPierre at
>charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx said:
>
>>Hi Steve,
>>
>>Thank you for your feedback and I would like to see what I can do to
>>try to improve the sub-categories for the UK and all other European
>>POIs. The dataset I get from TeleAtlas is completely different
>>between North America from Europe, and I have to have different
>>mappings to convert their POI categories and sub-categories into our
>>own smaller set of categories and sub-categories. If you feel a
>>sub-category is in error I can try to see what can be done to fix the
>>issue but I will need a little information from you.
>>
>>First I will need a Third Party ID for the POI in question (which you
>>can get from the POI Details.)
>>Then I will need the current Category and Sub-category the POI is in,
>>and then what category/subcategory you think it should be in
>>instead. If you can provide 2 examples for each issue then I can go
>>back to the original Data from TeleAtlas and see what category and
>>sub-category they had the POI set to and then figure out if I can
>>re-map them to the requested new category/subcategory.
>>
>>I may not be able to do anything but I will let you know what I find
>>out. I.E.if you say that a Pub is listed under Restaurant, but if I
>>find that these Pub's have the same TeleAtlas Category number as
>>other real restaurants then I won't be able to fix the problem
>>because I will just move all restaurants to pubs or vice versa which
>>won't help anything. But I won't know what the issue is until I have
>>more information.
>>
>>Thanks
>>Charles.
>>
>>
>>At 08:32 AM 10/25/2008, you wrote:
>>>Hi Guys
>>>
>>>Since starting to use the new maps I have noticed that the POI
>>>subsidiary categories on UK POIs seem to be rather suspect. I am
>>>particularly concerned about the medical services category.
>>>
>>>All the POIs in the medical services category seem to have been
>>>given a subcategory of general practitioner. This would lead a UK
>>>user to suspect that they were all doctors in general practice. This
>>>subcategory has been applied to my wife who is a chiropodist. A
>>>local hypnotherapist and Osteopath have been shown in the same way.
>>>
>>>Other subcategories do not look much better. Most pubs seem to be
>>>listed under restaurants whether or not they do food and
>>>subcategories appear to have no entries at all.
>>>
>>>I have reported the problems to Sendero but I cannot at the moment
>>>find a way of reporting them to Telatlas as the web site seems to
>>>only want to know about positions of businesses.
>>>
>>>Steve
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Sharon Ewing" <sharon.ewing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 4:09 PM
>>>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Looking for bigger flash cards
>>>
>>>
>>>Also, another brand that isn't as widely known as these, but which
>>>has had a lot of consistent good behavior as far as their pen
>>>drives, SD cards and Compact Flash cards with the Braille Note even
>>>when it did not take as many cards and drives as it does now is PNY.
>>>They are less expensive, for the most part, than the others are, as
>>>well. -----Original Message-----
>>>From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peggy Kern
>>>Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:59 AM
>>>To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Looking for bigger flash cards
>>>
>>>Thanks, Kevin. I love Newegg. I just wasn't sure what brands,
>>>besides Sandisk, work with the BrailleNote, and I didn't want to pay
>>>for something I'd have problems returning. So now I'll add
>>>Transcend to my list of usable cards. I remember Mike said he was
>>>using a 32 gb card. Mike, what brand is it, and where did you get
>>>it? Inquiring minds want to know. <grin> Peggy
>>>http://kernsac.livejournal.com/
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Kevin Chao" <kevinchao89@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 12:37 AM
>>>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Looking for bigger flash cards
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>Peggy,
>>>>
>>>>I would recommend brands, such as SanDisk, Transcend me many other
>>>>brands. I would suggest http://www.newegg.com as I have found very
>>>>good deals. For example, I found a 16GB card by Transcend for
>>>>around$50. Kevin
>>>>-original message-
>>>>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Looking for bigger flash cards
>>>>From: "Peggy Kern" <kernsac@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>Date: 10/24/2008 11:41 PM
>>>>
>>>>Okay, guys, now that our maps are bigger, does anyone know of a
>>>>good brand of compact flash card that's 16 or 32 gb, and where to
>>>>get it? I've just about filled my 2 gb card with maps for
>>>>California, Oregon, Washington, and
>>>>some extra POI files, and I'd like to store my stuff on a card with
>>>>a bit more room. Does anyone know of any sales?
>>>>
>>>>Peggy
>>>>http://kernsac.livejournal.com/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>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
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