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

Oh well, that doesn't surprise me considdering who the builder is.  Just hope I 
don't get lost.  Thanks,

> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Kim Lookingbill" <seadolphink@xxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 17:35:42 -0400
>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Update on my GPS issues and a question as well as 
>a possible map error

>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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>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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