[gps-talkusers] Re: decreasing destination distance
- From: "Chris Grabowski" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:59:14 -0400
Hi,
the short answer is no. what some people do is name the user poi something
just a bit different. IE Bank of America front door.
This way you know it's your user point when bringing it up in the list.
Chris
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On 7/25/2008 at 9:18 PM Judy W wrote:
>Chris, I am just learning so this question may seem elementary, but if the
>commercial for a bank is 61 feet off and you create a user poi, does it
>automatically override the commercial poi?
>
>Judy
>
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>From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Chris Grabowski
>Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 8:39 PM
>To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: decreasing destination distance
>
>
>Hi,
>Go back to the bank and at the main entrance record a user poi. 61
>feet is quite good actually for commercial pois.
>Remember, someone doesn't go to each poi and mark it manually, they
>use computers.
>also, the lat/lon commercial poi may be at the street.
>I was out today and the destination I was gong to was 60 feet off, but
>my user created poi was about 20 or so.
>
>Hope this helps.
>Chris
>On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:27:18 +0100, Michael Weaver
><weavermicha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>I went walking to my bank I think it was yesterday with the Braillenote
>>GPS.
>>I got to my destination ok and fortunately I know where it actually is
>>because I was a bit concerned it told me the destination distance
>>further away than I thought which was the other side of the road and it
>>said something about 61 feet.
>>Is there an option I need to change to bring this distance for
>>destinations closer?
>>What should I basically be getting with I think 9 Satalites or am I
>>likely to only get within 61 feet?
>>I either heard or read somewhere that GPS distances were a bit closer
>>these days.
>>If there is an option to decrease the distance of destination, all my
>>settings are at default.
>>Also is there a way of following a route with the Mpower BT case closed
>>ie in case it rains?
>>I try to close the case carefully and sometimes accidentally trigger a
>>command.
>>
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