[gps-talkusers] Re: a unique use for manual and virtual routes
- From: "Gerry Ellis" <gerry.ellis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:41:28 -0000
Hi, Mike,
I hope Dublin is on your list!
Gerry Ellis
t/a Feel The BenefIT
Tel (+353-1) 282-7791
Mob (085) 716-8665
email gerry.ellis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
If you don't know where you're going,
How will you know when you get there?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael May" <mikemay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "GPS-talkusers-freelists.org" <GPS-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 3:44 PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] a unique use for manual and virtual routes
> I am working on a trip to Europe and used the Sendero GPS route recording
> features to help me figure out the shortest route to visit 8 cities. I went
> to a GeoCoding web site and typed in the name of the city and country and got
> the lat/lon for that city. I set that lat/lon as my virtual position. I then
> recorded a manual waypoint at that virtual position. I repeated these steps
> for each city.
>
> Then, I rearranged the waypoints, checking after I moved each point to see
> what the total route distance was. I wanted to minimize the amount of back
> tracking we do. This is a rough estimate but it was a fantastic tool to help
> in understanding the distances and direction between the various cities.
>
> The other useful aspect of creating a virtual route using a city lat/lon, is
> so that I can quickly place myself in that city without having to know an
> address. Once I load the route, I can go to any of the waypoints and set it
> as my virtual position. This works of course in countries where we have maps
> but also in countries where we don't. Maybe someone could take on the
> ambitious project of creating a waypoint for every country. You could then
> set any country as your virtual position and find out how far it was from any
> other country.
>
> The url for the geo coding site is
> http://stevemorse.org/jcal/latlon.php
> It is very accessible.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
> Michael G. May
>
> CEO Sendero Group
>
> Developers and distributors of BrailleNote GPS
> Distributing BrailleNote, VoiceNote, Talks, Miniguide, The Tissot Silen-T
> tactile watch, and the ID Mate bar code reader
>
> MikeMay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>
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