[gps-talkusers] Re: A really interesting observation:
- From: vinny <vinnroc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2004 11:02:23 -0400
I never thought of that. Where I live there is a road "county road 83"
which is referred to as either north ocean avenue or Patchogue mount Sinai.
Wierd how they do that.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 10:40 AM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: A really interesting observation:
> Mary Ellen,
>
> The term you're looking for is "reverse geocoding" and is a function of
> the software and maps from Sendaro, not the receiver.
>
> To complicate the issue, most communities have stretches of roads that
> are often known by more than one name (I travel one to work that has 3
> names associated with it (or is it 4)), and so the one the map reports
> to you may not be the one that the locals use to refer to it.
>
> In my gps navigation program I'm writing my maps give several names to
> choose from for a road/address (in my example it's reported as U.S. 319,
> Capitol Circle S.E., and if I remember right (S.R. 263 (S.R. for state
> road)), and it changes as you drive along. I've written my program to
> find street names which are comprised of numbers and known abbreviations
> (such as U.S. or S.R. or many others), which a map may list, but which
> the locals don't usually use, and I move these names down to the bottom
> of my preferred name list for a road so that when I report an address I
> try to use the street name that the locals use (if the map data has it).
>
> Aside from this confusing multiple name issue, your map data may not
> have the street your on (especially if it's new or very small), so the
> software from Sendaro may cast about for the nearest street that it can
> find.
>
> Hth,
>
> Chip
>
> =20
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20
> > [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mary=20
> > Ellen Earls
> > Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 1:22 PM
> > To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [gps-talkusers] A really interesting observation:
> >=20
> > Hi guys!
> > I have just completed one of my daily walks and we live in a=20
> > small village and near the center of it is the inn. This is a=20
> > lovely old building, very dignified and as I was passing my=20
> > earthmate told me that I had poor 1 satellite.
> > I thought that was extremely interesting and amazing that=20
> > something that small would have the tenacity to hang in there.
> > Now I am wondering with the new version coming out, will=20
> > there be a way to more accurately for lack of a better way to=20
> > put it, way to tell you at which address you are? As of now,=20
> > if I were standing in front of my house, the bn gps says=20
> > "near 6811 Wooster Pike, and the trekker is worse than that,=20
> > it says "near 6801 Wooster Pike."
> > Anyway to my knowledge there is no 6801 Wooster pike.
> > Happy traveling, all!
> > Mary Ellen Earls
> >=20
> >=20
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>
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