[gps-talkusers] Re: Situation 10, exploring places to eat between home and a concert

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From: "Michael May" <MikeMay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "GPS-talkusers-freelists.org" <GPS-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 3:07 PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Situation 10, exploring places to eat between home
and a concert


> Situation 10
> We headed out on a Saturday evening to hear a concert by the Voices of
> Peace about 45 miles from home. We wanted to find a new place to have
> dinner along the way and we had to be efficient about our travel because
it
> was raining hard and we didn't want to be late for the concert. In other
> words, no time to meander or get lost.
>
> Question 10: How do we explore the POI database to see what is between
home
> and our destination without sorting through thousands of points manually?
>
> Answer 10:
> First, I set our destination by entering the address in the appropriate
> fields. Second, I set my home as the Virtual starting point and switch to
> virtual mode.
> Third, I pressed RV to calculate a vehicular route.
>
> Now to the part where I explored POIs along the way. I pressed Chord T a
> few times to move along the route beyond my home town and familiar
> territory. In fact, I figured we should get fairly close to the
destination
> before stopping for dinner so we were certain of how much time we needed
to
> finish the travel after eating. At key turning points where we
transitioned
> highways, I decided to see what POIs were nearby. I did this by pressing
> Chord V after the Chord T to set that turning point as my
> virtual  position. Since I was in Virtual mode already, I then pressed
> Chord F, set my search distance range and selected the restaurant
category.
> I was then presented with a list of restaurants in the database within
that
> range. I then repeated this procedure to explore other areas along the
route.
>
> I reviewed the POIs before we left the house to have an idea of which off
> ramp would have the most options. When we were actually in that vicinity,
I
> announced the possibilities to my family and we had a heated debate as to,
> which was the best choice. I suppose I could have censored the information
> to favor my preference but I didn't. Since it was rainy, it was hard for
> them to see the restaurants in time to pull off the road so it was handy
to
> make our choice ahead of the location. Since we were making our boys go to
> a concert, not of their choosing, I let them pick the restaurant and we
> ended up at Mel's Diner.
>
> In conclusion, the trip was efficient, the food was passable and the
> concert was fantastic. Just remember, Set Virtual Starting position, Set
> Destination, press RV, press Chord T for a Turning Point, Chord V to set
it
> is a virtual position and finally F chord to search for nearby
restaurants.
> Best not to take advantage of those sighted folks by screening the
> information. Remember the saying, turn about is fair play.
>
>
> Michael G. May
>
>
> CEO Sendero Group
>
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