[gps-talkusers] Re: My Latest Experience with GPS
- From: Chris Grabowski <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:04:04 -0400
Hi,
to address the issue about naming the waypoints.
you don't want to put direction in your names, let the system do that
when you tell it right/left.
this way it works properly when reversed.
Hope this helps.
Chris
On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:48:14 -0700, Joleen <cjferg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Hi Chris,
>
>Here is my little route that I created from my cabin to the main
>lodge. I am not sure if you can learn anything from it because I
>can now reverse it without difficulty when in virtual mode. I
>cannot understand how it got stuck on telling me that I could not
>recalculate a manual route. I think I may have to create a route
>at home and then move away from it to see what it does when I try
>to open it again and then to reverse it.
>
>Maybe something was holding down the slash key for all I know.
>
>While we are on the subject, I didn't always make the best names
>for the way points. I said to turn west, for example and on the
>reverse rout, it would not be west. I will be working on that
>detail. However, when the camp director was walking with me, I
>felt that I had to write quickly when creating the route in the
>first place.
>
>If it was you on the phone when I called today to ask about the
>Radio Shack speaker battery, thanks for the help.
>
>Joleen
>
>
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>From: Chris Grabowski <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Date sent: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:17:40 -0400
>>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: My Latest Experience with GPS
>
>>can you send me your route off-list?
>>send to chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Thanks
>>Chris
>>On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:11:39 -0700, Joleen <cjferg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>wrote:
>
>>>Hi, I did just that. I opened the manual route and pressed R
>>>twice. The response was that it could not recalculate a manual
>>>route. Is this because I was not in the "beam" of the route at
>>>the time I went into it and the program perceived that I was "Off
>>>Route!"
>
>>>Joleen
>
>
>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>From: Chris Grabowski <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>Date sent: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:31:53 -0400
>>>>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: My Latest Experience with GPS
>
>>>>Hello,
>>>>one thing you can do is open the route.
>>>>R for Routes then O for open.
>>>>2. once the route is open, you press R then R for Route, reverse.
>>>>if it was a vehicle route it cannot be reversed.
>>>>Only pedestrian routes and manual routes can be reversed.
>>>>Your other issues sound like mapping issues with POIs.
>>>>Hope this helps.
>>>>Chris
>>>>On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:08:10 -0700, Joleen <cjferg@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>wrote:
>
>>>>>With regard to the route I created and then could not reverse
>>>>>later, I am pretty sure now that the problem lay in the fact that
>>>>>I was outside the route when I attempted to reverse it. Now I
>>>>>ask, what could I have done to locate the end of the route where
>>>>>I needed to start to retrace my path by reversing the route.
>
>>>>>Perhaps I could have created the destination to be the location
>>>>>of the building where I was and had marked when ending the route
>>>>>creation process. Then, If I could have gone to that spot, I
>>>>>wonder if I could have then reversed the route.
>
>>>>>I am now more than 125 miles from there and there is no way that
>>>>>I can get back there in real time to experiment.
>
>>>>>Thanks for any input.
>
>>>>>I can hardly wait to report the rousing success on this list that
>>>>>others are having. I know the product is very good, but I seem
>>>>>to be in the minority of those who are having issues.
>
>>>>>Joleen
>
>
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