[gps-talkusers] Re: Speed and timing and Poi's triggering

Yeah, it picks up lots of poi's;  just not this particular high 
school.  I'll have to ask about the differences in windows between the two 
vehicles.  It's fascinating what one always picks up and one never picks up.

Peggy

At 09:38 AM 9/7/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>Peggy:
>
>Does the vehicle that does not pick up the signal have darker or flatter
>windows?  In the past two weeks I have ridden the Amtrak train from the Bay
>Area to the San Joaquin valley and have noticed that if I am sitting on the
>sunny side of the train I have trouble getting a fix without positioning the
>Earthmate so as to minimize light reflection.  If I am sitting in a shaded
>seat, I seem to have no problem picking up the signals.
>
>Have you tried opening the window and seeing if it will trigger the poi?
>Also, does the GPS pick up other poi's and intersections from that vehicle?
>
>Rich Irwin
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>
>
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>Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 9:46 PM
>To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Speed and timing and POI's triggering
>
>
>Hi, guys.  I secretly checked the speed both my husband and daughter drive
>on the street with the high school that sometimes registers on the BN and
>sometimes doesn't.  My daughter, from whose car I always pick up the high
>school, drives quite a bit faster than my hubby, from whose car I've never
>picked up the high school when we pass.  If it were a timing thing,
>shouldn't it be the other way around, as he, going slower, would be within
>range of the high school longer?  Just curious.
>
>Peggy
>
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