[gps-talkusers] Re: Strange question
- From: Michael May <mikemay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 02:10:49 -0400
You are on the right track. You could also press Y to get the lat/lon and then
that position could be entered on a map site or other map product to identify
the exact position visually.
Mike
At 01:07 AM 7/12/2006, you wrote:
>What if you went to a POI near the road and gave the name and address to the
>sighted person, so they'd have an idea where it was. I remember in one of the
>previous versions there was a poi called Whiskey Hill, by the 12th Avenue exit
>off Highway 99. My husband had never heard of Whiskey Hill, and we still
>don't know why it was a poi, but it was fun talking about it. <grin> I
>haven't seen it on later versions of the software.
>
>Peggy
>http://kernsac.livejournal.com/
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarai" <bucc7465@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 3:40 PM
>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Strange question
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>>Hi:
>>Occasionally roads are known by other names, but unfortunately a sighted
>>person can't see the maps. Now, I don't know if using your PC as a
>>visual display would work.
>>
>>Sarai D. Bucciarelli
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sarah Lanier
>>Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 5:30 PM
>>To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Strange question
>>
>>
>>Hi Everybody,
>>I just received my GPS on Friday, and am really new. I haven't
>>found the tutorials very helpful, but I think that's just because I do
>>better with Braille and pressure.
>>Anyway, I'm learning as I go, but I do have a question that I
>>have no idea where to look up in the manual.
>>Is there a place online or on the software disk where sighted
>>people can see the maps that the gps is using to get the road locations?
>>I ask this because I was discussing the gps with some of my coworkers.
>>I was talking about how I didn't know so many places around us existed,
>>and then I asked about a road. That road seems to be an unknown road,
>>and one of my colleagues said that somebody else had asked her about it.
>>She can't find it--so I wanted to show her the map, and see if maybe
>>it's just been renamed.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Sarah
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