Hi Peggy, That's an idea, but so far, I haven't found a poi there--except when I tried to create one for my house--and I've been assured by the sighted person that there's no such road by my house with that name--yet when I go to take out the trash, I get that I am nearing increasing addresses for the road--so now we are both curious and trying to solve the mystery. Sarah -----Original Message----- From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peggy Kern Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 12:07 AM To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Strange question 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 > 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 > > > > >