[gps-talkusers] Pedometer

Does anyone else have the issue of the pedometer moving and racking up the 
miles even while you may be standing stock still waiting for a bus? Does 
anyone know why this is happening. I walked a half a mile the other day 
while seated on a bus bench. It's a great way to exercise if one can get 
away with it.

Kris
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael May" <MikeMay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "GPS-talkusers-freelists.org" <GPS-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 8:55 PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Situation 4


> Situation 4
>
> I am told by a fishing company to meet the guide at the Wagon Wheel
> Restaurant at the junction of highways 140 and 62 near Klamath Falls, OR. 
> I
> don't  find Wagon Wheel in the POI database. I don't find Wagon by itself.
> I call information and no Wagon Wheel Restaurant is listed in Oregon. I
> call the fishing guide on his cell. It is Sunday night and he doesn't 
> answer.
>
> Question 4: How do I find the fishing guide?
>
> Answer 4:
> I know that the meeting place is a 30-minute drive so I do a search of all
> POIs within 30 miles. I find something called the Water Wheel Campground.
> It is on Highway 97, which does connect to Highway 6 2. There isn't a
> Highway 140 nearby as specified by the fishing company.
>
> I set the campground as my virtual position and explored along Highway 97
> and found Highway 62. I also found a Riverbend restaurant nearby. I set
> this as my destination with Chord D and calculated a route with RV. It
> totaled 27 miles and went the approximate direction I had been instructed
> by the less than reliable fishing company receptionist.
>
> I did reach the fishing guide in the morning and he wasn't much more
> helpful. The route did get us to the meeting place.
>
> In the process of solving this problem, I also learned the following about
> state highways.
>
> The highways around Southern Oregon wind through small towns and change
> names multiple times. It can be tricky entering an address on one of these
> roads like the Crater Lake Highway which is Oregon 62. In a POI address,
> you might see it as HWY 62, using the abbreviation for Highway and the
> number 62. However, in the map Address database, the state highways 
> usually
> have the two-letter state code, a dash and the number of the highway. For
> example, OR-62
>
> If I want to find a state highway and its intersection, I could do an
> Address match using the state code followed by a dash
> Then, all state highways would come up. I could select one and look at the
> intersecting street list. Set that as a virtual position and then see if
> something familiar is in the vicinity.
>
>
> Michael G. May
>
>
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>
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