[gps-talkusers] Re: traveller
- From: Kevin Chao <kevinchao89@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:05:30 -0500
My answers will be below your questions.
Thanks,
Kevin
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[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Howard Kaufman
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 2:05 PM
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Subject: [gps-talkusers] traveller
As I use my GPS and Braille note PK, I keep thinking up more questions.
It's easier to figure out things sitting in my easy chair, but when on the
road, it's different.
1. As I fumble around I have lost speech how do I get the pk talking again?
-I think that Catherine answered this question really well.
2. I was trying to create poi for bus stops. Entertaining myself while
waiting. I got the dialog, but the poi was set around 100 feet from where I
was standing. How do I snap this to my real position?
-This is part of the GPS known as GPS Drift. SO, you may be standing still,
but your GPS position may be drifting around within 30-100 feet of where you
really are. Under ideal conditions, it should drift up to 30 feet at most,
but tall buildings and other obstructions can increase this drift.
3. On the other hand, how do I go to a virtual position and create a user
poi there?
-Catherine mentioned the way of Virtually Exploring the Map and by an
Address Lookup, another way is if you know the Latitude and Longitude of a
location.
4. Should I use user poi or a sub category, or put the poi in a place like
bus/rail?
-The nice thing with assigning User POIs to a subcategory is when you have
assigned a POI to a category like Bus/Rail, it will show up in the list when
you pull up POIs within that particular category. It will also show up when
you search using the category User and Subcategory Private or All. This is
important when submitting POIs as all User Private POIs will not be
included, so this is a good way to submit POIs without having to delete the
ones that you don't want included first.
5. If I wanted to advocate with the transit company for the poi for
Milwaukee county bus stops, what would I ask for? Data and format to be
included.
-I would recommend contacting Mike May the CEO or Charles LaPierre the CTO
of Sendero Group on this one. Their emails are: MikeMay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and
Charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
6. With out being in a route, how do I get gps to tell me details about the
intersection I am going to cross?
Streets and angles of crossing.
-X (dots 456 is the one-handed) will give you the cross street. So, it will
say something like Fairmont Cir 2 o'clock and 8 o'clock. For a detailed
intersection reading, it is SPACE with X (dots 46). This will include the
street you are, the cross street the directionality of the streets and if it
is a T-Shape or Plus-Shaped. For example, 4 way. on florida street. florida
street, west and east. 3rd street south and north. So, this tells us a few
things, that the intersection is a Plus-Shape and that Florida runs East and
West and 3rd runs North and South. This is the manual way of doing it, but
you can setup Multiple Repeat and it is MX for the Cross Street and MN for
the Detailed Intersection.
7. I can select poi categories to be automatically announced, but I have to
select one or all. What if I want bars restaurants, and bus stops?
-This currently isn't possible, but wouldn't this be a nice feature?
8. When entering a search string, I get every place with the string in the
name or on the street with the name. is their a way around this? For
example, I was getting off the bus at Townsend street school. By the time I
decided and searched to make this an announced destination, I was already
there.
-Currently there isn't a way around this. It is meant to behaved like this
where the search string will search the POI name and the details. Sounds
like another future enhancement to me.
9. I can make a vehicular or pedestrian route, but the bus has a mind of
it's own. Can I record the route the bus makes, and save and open the
route, the next time I go to the same or near-by destination?
-The closest thing that you can come to doing right now is to make a Replay
file and review the route at a later time or Create a Manual Route along the
way and make a Route Waypoint at significant turning points. Again, sounds
like a future feature to me.
The more I use this thing, the less I know.
I found the gas station, where they sell snickers bars, the bus stop,
transfer point, and home. I also found a bakery and a pie shop. Not to
bad.
-There is so much to this wealth of information that it is hard to grasp it.
There are so many eccentricities and nuances to the system.
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