[gps-talkusers] Re: auto versus ped travel and gps settings
- From: john Harden <john.harden@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:11:22 -0500
If I tgo to the Sendero site and download the monthly compilation what do I do
whih them? Is there a the monthly compilation for each state?
At 12:25 AM 12/31/2007, you wrote:
>A nice feature of Sendero GPS version 4.2 is to auto announce street, city,
>state/province/region changes. So in the case of Raul
>being in a familiar area and just wanting to hear the city change be
>announced, it can be done without any user intervention except
>for turning off LookAround if so desired.
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>Note: To obtain up-to-date exit category POIs as well as transits, ATMs, and
>User POIs, visit and download the monthly compilation
>at MySendero.com.
>
>Kevin
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>Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 11:14 PM
>To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: auto versus ped travel and gps settings
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>Hi Mary. To add to what Chris mentioned, the distance of up-coming turns
>is automatically adjusted depending on the kind of route you are in and
>how fast you are going, so you don't need to adjust this yourself.
>Usually if I'm in a new area I leave everything on, but if I'm in a very
>familiar area, I usually set the lookaround to city only instead of all,
>this way as I approach a city marker POI, I hear that instead of all the
>commercial POIs. You can also just choose any other category to listen
>to. For example, if we are on a highway, I set the commercial POIs
>lookaround to only mention the exits category so the exit numbers are
>heard as well as restaurants, hotels, gas stations, ETC, things along
>the highways which are in the exits categories.
>
>Mary Otten wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>> I'm a new sense nav user. I am really enjoying the virtual explore
>> feature during this cold and rainy spell here in Eugene, Oregon. but
>> the sun must eventually come out even here, which leads me to ask a
>> couple of questions about using the gps as a pedestrian versus when as
>> a passenger in a car. For you experienced folks out there, are there
>> some settings that you routinely change, turn on or off, depending
>> whether you are a pedestrian or a passenger? Its pretty obvious that
>> having all that look around stuff talk when in a car would be pretty
>> nerve racking. but what about arrival distances or other things? Since
>> an auto goes so much faster than one does on foot, the notification for
>> being near the next turn or near the destination would have to be set
>> to a greater distance than if one were traveling on foot, I'm sure, but
>> I don't really have a feeling for what those distances should be.
>>
>> mary
>>
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