[gps-talkusers] Re: I'm a little unclear about something:
- From: Kevin Chao <kevinchao89@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:32:58 -0800
Mary Ellen,
A good test is to place your GPS receiver at a window in your house and make
sure that the receiver is switched on. Then, you will
want to define an address, then input all of the information for your address
and define it as a destination. Unless the mapping
data for your area is extremely accurate, the destination can be reported
anywhere from 50-300 feet away.
I haven't done it here yet in San Pablo, but many test in Lodi/Stockton
reported the destination to be over 100 feet away.
Kevin
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mary Ellen Earls
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 2:26 PM
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: I'm a little unclear about something:
Thanks!
I am going to have to cajole a friend to drive me up there just to see if it
worked.
Thanks again.
Mary Ellen Earls
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles LaPierre" <charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 2:59 PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: I'm a little unclear about something:
> Hi Mary Ellen,
>
> The short answer is it depends. I know helpful eh? haha, ok It depends
> on how accurate the address interpolation is and how accurate is the map
> data. For example if the map is spot on and the addresses behave
> normally, then there is a very good chance that when you arrive at the
> store your poi you created in virtual mode using the address lookup, it
> will trigger. A lot of commercial POIs are created this way, and this is
> why you are not put right at the front door of these commercial POIs.
> Only once you physically go to a location and mark your own user POI can
> you reliably count on it. So I would only count on the address of a POI
> to get you in the vicinity, and once you find the real front door mark
> your own personal POI and then share that with Sendero so that others
> won't have to do the same thing :)
>
> Hope this helps.
> Charles.
>
>
> At 01:33 PM 1/16/2008, you wrote:
>>Hi folks!
>>Have just been online and got the address of my nearest Bose store.
>>Ok here is what I am unclear about. I have recorded it in the gps as a POI
>>in virtual mode.
>>Now, were I to take a cab there would this trigger when we got there, or
>>would I have to do the whole thing over on location? I guess my question
>>should have been, if we need to be on location to record a POI, then why
>>is there this ability to do so in virtual mode?
>>Thanks!
>>Mary Ellen Earls
>
> Charles M. La Pierre CTO
> Sendero Group, LLC
>
> Lat. 37 15' 25" N Lon: 121 53' 04" W
>
>
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