[gps-talkusers] Re: Speed and timing and Poi's triggering

[Peggy Kern <kernsac@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That's what I was wondering, Rich.  Yes, the one that I always pick it up 
from is an explorer, which is a bit higher.

Peggy

At 12:17 PM 9/7/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>Peggy:
>
>One additional thought.  Didn't you say that the vehicle that was getting
>the poi trigger was an Explorer?  How much higher are you setting in that
>vehicle than in the other and could there be just enough height difference
>to affect the satellite reception at that particular time, i.e., by
>something like a building blocking the signal from the lower height?
>
>Rich Irwin
>rich.irwin@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:rich.irwin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Rich Irwin
>Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 9:39 AM
>To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Speed and timing and Poi's triggering
>
>
>Peggy:
>
>Does the vehicle that does not pick up the signal have darker or flatter
>windows?  In the past two weeks I have ridden the Amtrak train from the Bay
>Area to the San Joaquin valley and have noticed that if I am sitting on the
>sunny side of the train I have trouble getting a fix without positioning the
>Earthmate so as to minimize light reflection.  If I am sitting in a shaded
>seat, I seem to have no problem picking up the signals.
>
>Have you tried opening the window and seeing if it will trigger the poi?
>Also, does the GPS pick up other poi's and intersections from that vehicle?
>
>Rich Irwin
>rich.irwin@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:rich.irwin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Peggy Kern
>Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 9:46 PM
>To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Speed and timing and POI's triggering
>
>
>Hi, guys.  I secretly checked the speed both my husband and daughter drive
>on the street with the high school that sometimes registers on the BN and
>sometimes doesn't.  My daughter, from whose car I always pick up the high
>school, drives quite a bit faster than my hubby, from whose car I've never
>picked up the high school when we pass.  If it were a timing thing,
>shouldn't it be the other way around, as he, going slower, would be within
>range of the high school longer?  Just curious.
>
>Peggy
>
>
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