[gps-talkusers] finding the closest state
- From: Michael May <mikemay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "GPS-talkusers-freelists.org" <GPS-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2006 08:57:58 -0700
I got a call yesterday from our GPS friend Adam who was rolling down the
highway in West Virginia. He wanted to know how to find out when they would
enter Maryland.
I suggested that he do a Chord F to look up the nearest point of interest in
Maryland. Since the addresses in the POI database use the two letter state
abbreviation, he entered MD in the search string and came up with a place 25
miles away. He set this as his destination so he could know how far Maryland
was as they approached it.
This POI might not have been exactly on the border and probably not exactly on
the interstate highway but it would be close enough.
If he really wanted to find the state line, he could set his virtual position
to his GPS position and then explore ahead on the highway until he found
Maryland by pressing C from time to time. You can also search on the word
Stateline as there may be a business on the border with Stateline in its name.
Mike
Michael G. May
CEO Sendero Group
Developers and distributors of BrailleNote GPS
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tactile watch, and the ID Mate bar code reader
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