Coventry is indeed in the Midlands - and that's one place that's right.
One of the things I've found really odd recently is to try to work
out the difference between Reading and Reading, England. It seems I
can use either one of those two options to find the same addresses!
Charles, if you're reading this, what are your thoughts?
Mary Ellen, what do you mean about keying in those long
addresses? What do you put in when searching then? We certainly
will be so glad when Post Codes are introduced for that
reason. Every other GPS system used here in the UK seems to work on
Post Codes, which is hardly surprising. ...
--
Carol
<mailto:carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---- Original Message ----
From: Mary Ellen Earls
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 1:36 AM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Help needed from a gps user from England:
> Well for examply I had the idea Coventry was almost on the border of
> England and Scotland, and yet it is in the Wales Middling Section.
> Anyway it was just a blast with these maps. I don't know how you key
> in all those long addresses, My goodness!
> But I spose our maps are just as confusing to you too.
> Now my trip seems real, and not something on a piece of paper.
> Take care!
> Mary Ellen Earls
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Carol Pearson
> To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2008 2:54 PM
> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Help needed from a gps user from England:
>
>
> You're welcome.
>
> I'm afraid for some of us the maps are sort of pretty "dumb" when it
> comes to knowing where to find various towns and they're not where
> you expect at all.
>
>
>> Yes, it does, thank you. I actually took my old Braille Note mpower
>> out and felt my way through it and was able to sort of feel my way
>> through how these different regions are mapped out.
>> What fun it has been to find the hotel where we stayed in 1965, and
>> find how to get to the Palace from there, just over a half mile as it
>> turned out.
>> Thanks so much, Carol.
>> Mary Ellen Earls
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Carol Pearson
>> To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2008 12:27 PM
>> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Help needed from a gps user from
>> England:
>>
>>
>> Well, it's pretty strange, even as I see it, but many of these places
>> come in the Wales/Midlands maps.
>>
>> Hope that helps enough.
>>
>>
>>> Hi!
>>> I am coming to your wonderful country in October, in the meantime,
>>> have downloaded the maps for the U. K, and amd having a terrible
>>> time in the address lookup going from the default region which I
>>> put in as Southern England to other regions. The normal precedure
>>> isn't working and I don't know enough about what is on these maps
>>> to be able to write out what I want.
>>> Where do I write the city of Bath?
>>> Thanks.
>>> Mary Ellen Earls
