[gps-talkusers] Re: Update on my GPS issues and a question as well as a possible map error

  • From: "Kim Lookingbill" <seadolphink@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 17:35:42 -0400

Hi Sarai: - Your GPS reflecting conflicting directions a lot of times is due
to not to the GPS maps but actual from the conflict between the subdivision
platt maps at the planning stage to the actual builder's interpretation of
those site plans.  For example; my community was built in 1986, if you would
go to city hall and review the subdivision platts for my community you would
see that the house numbers are reflected exactly as provided by the GPS
maps, however, when the community was under construction though, the builder
must have been having a bad month or something because all the house numbers
are in exact reverse then what is stated by the site plans.  So you would be
completely lost trying to identify my house number with your GPS because my
actual house number is different then what the GPS maps will tell you.  All
the best. - Kim
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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sarai
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 1:14 PM
To: GPS
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Update on my GPS issues and a question as well as a
possible map error


Hi guys:
Well I changed my GPS to 50 Ft and my intersections don't trigger to soon,
especially that one street that bends and changes names. I also just kept
the User POI and the Intersections on in look around mode as well as had
just repeat intersection w/o details on. I'm not sure if the look around
mode settings that I changed really helped anything. I couldn't tell. Okay
as for the possible Map error. When your at my drive way, my street is in
front of you and you can go left or right. If you go left, a couple of
hundred ft away is another street that turns right. Now, the GPS will say
something like Russet Hill left and right and Raspberry 100 FT to the right.
From my drive way we turn left and walk past the other street and a few
hundred ft away is another street that is on our right called High Ridge, it
is an cul-de-sac and loops around itself back to Russet Hill. Now the GPS
says its to the left and not to the right. This is wrong. Now I turn right
and walk around the circle and back to the left towards my house. This puts
that first street that I was telling you about on our left, however the GPS
says its on our right. This isn't correct. We aren't in a rout, we're just
traveling. So what's up, is it a geocoding error? Now for my question. I
stopped at a point because I wanted to look ahead virtually so I hit space
with g and it asked type in a name for this virtual position. I hit enter
for GPS position then v for virtual and I was able to look around with the
map, but when I tried to get back to my GPS position in real time I
couldn't. I tried space with G again and enter, it was still in virtual
mode. I tried space with n and that didn't work. Finally I had to exit the
program and come back in. What did I do wrong? How can I get back to my GPS
position? 

Sarai D. Bucciarelli 



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