[gps-talkusers] Re: GPS not indicating direction properly

Commercial POIs are not at the business doors, they are located at the street, and depending on where the GPS puts you on one side of the street or the other the POIs will be announced as such. Only user POIs that you mark will be more accurate in the systems "on-left" / "on-right"
I hope this helps set your expectation correctly and understand what the system is telling you. 

Thanks
Charles.


At 08:09 AM 7/28/2008, you wrote:
The POIs were pretty much directly on my right side. I was walking on the sidewalk, and their driveways were directly to the right of me. I distinctly remember one instance where a restaurant should've been 44 feet to my right but it said "Lookaround Poi...44 feet left". I was walking extremely slowly with a sighted guide, so I'm not sure if it would've been more accurate if I were moving faster. 


Eric
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Kevin Chao <<mailto:kevinchao89@xxxxxxxxx>kevinchao89@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
Eric,
One more question regarding these incorrect POI announcements of left/right side. How far were the reported POIs, both in real-world and to the GPS. 

Thanks,

Kevin



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Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: GPS not indicating direction properly
By a trace file, do you mean a GPS replay? I've never tried that feature. However I will try using it in the future, and send it to you. I'm not sure what the quality was, but I think I may have been moving too slowly.
I listened to the audio tutorial from Sendero last night and it was fairly helpful. I wish Sense Nav had a similar tutorial. 

Eric
On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 11:20 PM, Raul A. Gallegos <<mailto:raul@xxxxxxxxxxx>raul@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Can you record a trace file and see if it happens so you can send it to us so we can test it? Also, when this happens if it happens again, what is your gps quality? 


Eric Brinkman wrote:
Hi,
So I was walking around town last night trying to get used to using Sense Nav. I was with a sited person, and noticed that while it identified the near POIS correctly, it always said that they were to the left even though they were in fact on the right side of the street, where I was walking. Also, there were a couple of instances where I was literally right next to a place but I never got a "look around poi" message indicating it was there. Do I need to ajust my settings? Could I be wearing the receiver incorrectly? I am using the Hollux M-1000 clipped to the shoulder strap of the VS/SyncBraille carrying case. I normally hold it so the port used to charge it is facing downward and the light that flashes is on the front. Sometimes it ends up being sideways when I'm walking, but the light is still facing forward. 
 Thanks in advance.
 Eric



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