[gps-talkusers] Re: finding pois
- From: "Steven Bingham" <steven.bingham1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:16:19 +0100
Michael
The only way to find a POI is by using the search facility. If you make the
start distance too far away or the end distance too far from the start
distance the search will take a very long time even if you specify POI
category and give a POI string.
What I suggest you do is set your virtual position in the town you want to
visit. I would do this by selecting a named street and then selecting a
cross street. If you don't know a street name in the town use something like
High Street or in the North of England Front Street (Church Street, Station
Road and Market Street are other reasonable bets). Then with the virtual
position set to this nominal point do your normal search starting with say 0
and 5 miles are your search distances.
Once you have found your POI you can set it as your destination and create
the route to it.
If you want to discuss British maps and appropriate techniques off list feel
free to contact me.
Steve Bingham
steven.bingham1@xxxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Weaver" <weavermicha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 12:43 PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] finding pois
Can a poi be found by its location as well as by its address or
distance?
if so how can it be done.
For example I live in Huddersfield and I have a mate who lives in
Dewsbury but I don't know Dewsbury.
If we were to meet up at a named place, could that place be named along
with Dewsbury for a search Criteria or do I have to do the long business
of having to guess how far Dewsbury was away from Huddersfield and also
the distance to the named place?
I suppose as a better example of putting my question, I used t by typing
y on the Braillenote until it is spoken?o do Linux in a pub I think it
was Jardys in Birstall. This means I know the name of the poi and where
it is but I wouldn't know the full address or the actual radius as to
how far to look so is there a way of using a poi name and town as search
cryteria or basically is it a painstaking job of guessing several times
by distance in the hope my poi is found by gradually increasing the
distance of the search
Other related posts:
