[gps-talkusers] Re: Wi Fi Finder

That would be a great (and increasingly needed) addition to the GPS software. Sendero could probably just release new poi files for its maps without needing to update the BN application.

Have a great day,
Alex

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sue Sweetman" <sue.sweetman@xxxxxxx
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date sent: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:14:57 -0700
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Wi Fi Finder

I'm wondering if any of the commercial databases list wifi as a
category, so
we could search for that just like we can search for restaurants.
If I know
that I'll have a gap between appointments, before I leave home I
check
http://www.wififreespot.com/ - where there's a link for each
state, and the
places seem to be very up to date, although I call first before I
go there.
But once you get to your state page, the hot spots are only
listed by city.
So if there isn't a hot spot for the city I'm in, I have to
figure out what
towns I'll be travelling through en route from Point A to Point
B, and then
look for spots in those cities. I don't need it often enough to
want to pay
for an account that I could access from the Starbucks that seem
to be on
every corner!

Wouldn't it be cool to be able to search the POI's where I am for
wifi hot
spots, and then widen the search by a couple of miles if it
doesn't see any
real close? 

Sue Sweetman
Sweetman Systems
(818) 893-5887
Fax: (818) 894-9132




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