[gps-talkusers] Re: Pedometer

the pedomitor is counting when your position moves, even just sitting on a=
 bentch your signel is always changing. 3 feet 10 feet then back to 3 feet=
 etc.


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On 8/27/2004 at 5:59 PM Kristeen Hughes wrote:

>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
>>
>>
>> CEO Sendero Group
>>
>> Developers and distributors of BrailleNote GPS
>> Now distributing BrailleNote, VoiceNote, Miniguide, The Tissot Silen-T
>> tactile watch and the ID Mate, bar code reader
>>
>> MikeMay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> http://www.SenderoGroup.com
>>
>> (530) 757-6800, Fax (530) 757-6830, Mobile (530) 304-0007
>> Sendero Group, LLC
>> 1118 Maple Lane, Davis, CA 95616-1723, USA
>>
>> Latitude, 38 33 9.239 North
>> Longitude, 121 45 40.145 West
>>
>>

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