Hi. This might be a dumb question, but does the receoiver have to be with you for marking user pois? I ask because they have put new recycle cans in the middle of one of our parking lots and I wanted to mark that but to go with someone first to find it so was thinking of not taking the receiver til I went later on my own. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Bosher" <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 6:01 AM Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Africa trip and suggestion about countries
Hi Mike and All,Just a further thought on this: would it be feasible to have a simplified world map as an overlay that is built into Sendero, so that regardless of which maps you have, instead of 'position unknown' the software would always know, in general terms, where you are, even over the Pacific Ocean, English Channel, Bosnia, or wherever? This would be great for virtual exploration too!Further fuel for the wish-list? Best, Peter At 06:39 PM 10/8/2008, you wrote:Peter,That is a wonderful report. I too have wished for that country reference. As you say, the cities don't have their country along with them so if you don't know what country your over, and don't recognize the city, you don't know the country.We will add this to our wish list. One thing is to simply have the country along with the city name. The bigger challenge is to know which country map you are over.MikeHi All,I'm just back from a trip to Ethiopia, where I was training in a music school in Addis Ababa.Sendero was running for most of the flight out, and thanks to the European and African city POIs it was truly fascinating to track the flight east through France, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Bulgaria, then, I think, south through Turkey, Greece, and then into North Africa. We stopped in Amman, Jordan, where I found that we were 33 miles east of Jericho, and about 45 from Jerusalem, where there were a whole bunch of Mike's user POI foot-prints. It made the flight a thousand times more interesting, but here's my suggestion.I had to guess the countries we were flying over by trying to find familiar city names or just guessing from the language, but would it be possible to have a built-in country reference, so that even if you don't have the maps and POIs, you would always know which country you were flying over, anywhere in the world?Of course it isn't a huge priority, but maybe Mike and Charles could think about whether it's relatively easy to do?In any case, as ever, Way to go Sendero. Best, Peter -- ******* Peter Bosher, Email: peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.soundlinks.com/ Tel': (+44) (0) 1494 794 797 Fax: (+44) (0) 1494 583 146 snail:// SoundLinks Limited, 43 Broadlands Avenue, Chesham, Bucks. HP5 1AL England. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.comVersion: 8.0.173 / Virus Database: 270.7.6/1713 - Release Date: 10/7/2008 6:40 PMMichael G. May CEO Sendero Group"The GPS company:" Featuring Sendero GPS on the BrailleNote as well as Sense Nav and the new Mobile Geo for Windows Mobile devices. Also distributing Trekker, Victor Stream, KNFB Mobile Reader, Talks, Mobile Speak, Tiger embossers, Miniguide and ID MateCrashing Through, a book about Mike May, by Robert Kurson, available at http://www.CrashingThrough.comMikeMay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.SenderoGroup.com 1-888-757-6810, Fax (530) 757-6830, Mobile (530) 304-0007 Sendero Group, LLC 429 F Street, Davis, CA 95616, USA-- ******* Peter Bosher, Email: peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.soundlinks.com/ Tel': (+44) (0) 1494 794 797 Fax: (+44) (0) 1494 583 146 snail:// SoundLinks Limited, 43 Broadlands Avenue, Chesham, Bucks. HP5 1AL England.