[gps-talkusers] Re: frustration...what did I do wrong
- From: Kevin Chao <kevinchao89@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 11:31:52 -0800
SPACE with W,. Yes, it's all real-time. The GPS Replay is pause while you
are typing...
Thanks,
Kevin
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gps-talkusers-
> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of alice dampman Humel
> Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 8:01 AM
> To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: frustration...what did I do wrong
>
> How do you add the annotations? By voice recording? By typing them in?
> If it's all happening in "real time," is there time to do this?
> Alice
> alicedh@xxxxxxxxxxx
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kevin Chao" <kevinchao89@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 2:05 AM
> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: frustration...what did I do wrong
>
>
> > space with q starts and stops recording. Add annotations with space
> with
> > w.
> >
> > On 10/30/09, alice dampman Humel <alicedh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Chris: Oh, the battery in the receiver...got it.
> >> Charles: I'll have to learn how to do a replay finally!
> >> Obviously, I hope this never happens again, but if it does, I'll
> follow
> >> both
> >> of your advices!
> >> It has never happened before, but I haven't been in another
> state
> >> recently, either.
> >> Thanks.
> >> Alice
> >>
> >> alicedh@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Charles LaPierre" <charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 12:53 PM
> >> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: frustration...what did I do wrong
> >>
> >>
> >>> Hi Alice,
> >>>
> >>> That seems really strange that you would be told you are that far
> off,
> >>> but
> >>> without a GPS replay of the event I can't be certain what is going
> on.
> >>>
> >>> If this happens ever again it's a good idea to start a replay Space
> with
> >>> Q,
> >>> and then send me this replay file for analysis.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks.
> >>>
> >>> Charles M. LaPierre
> >>>
> >>> CTO Sendero Group
> >>>
> >>> "The GPS company:" Featuring Sendero GPS on the BrailleNote, the
> >>> Sense Nav, on Windows phones with Mobile Geo and StreetTalk VIP for
> the
> >>> Pac
> >>> Mate. Distributing Trekker Breeze and
> >>> Wayfinder for Symbian phones. Also distributing Victor Stream, KNFB
> >>> Mobile Reader, Talks, Mobile Speak, Tiger embossers, Miniguide and
> ID
> >>> Mate
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> http://www.SenderoGroup.com
> >>>
> >>> 1-888-757-6810, Fax (530) 757-6830
> >>> Sendero Group, LLC
> >>> 429 F Street, Davis, CA 95616, USA
> >>>
> >>> Lat. 37 15' 25" N Lon: 121 53' 04" W
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of alice
> dampman
> >>> Humel
> >>> Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 9:36 AM
> >>> To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: frustration...what did I do wrong
> >>>
> >>> Hi, Charles,
> >>> No, I was definitely not in virtual mode.
> >>> I knew that getting a satellite in a train or cab is always an
> iffy
> >>> proposition, so that did not really surprise or even bother me.
> >>> What I can't figure out is why, when I'm standing outside with
> >>> sufficient satellite fix that it was teling me I was still in
> >>> Massachusetts.
> >>>
> >>> I did turn it off and start over, too...I forgot to mention that.
> >>> When I checked to see where I supposedly was by using space with
> C,
> >>> it
> >>> told me I was at an address in Massachusetts.
> >>> When I was playing with it in the cab, we were stuck in traffic,
> so I
> >>> waas sitting still for a good long while. (Manhattan at rush hour?
> what
> >>> else
> >>>
> >>> would one expect!)
> >>> Thanks for helping me sort this out.
> >>> Alice
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> alicedh@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Charles LaPierre" <charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 12:22 PM
> >>> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: frustration...what did I do wrong
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Hi Alice,
> >>>>
> >>>> You are sure you are in GPS mode and not virtual when it said the
> >>>> destination was 200 miles away right? This is something which
> could
> >>>> mess
> >>>> a
> >>>> person up, and it has to me on occasion.
> >>>>
> >>>> As for getting a GPS connection when inside a taxi or a train,
> well
> >>>> that
> >>>> can
> >>>> sometimes be tricky even with the best receivers on the market
> today.
> >>>> Usually they keep track of you while driving in cities with very
> tall
> >>>> buildings but if it doesn't have a GPS fix before you start moving
> and
> >>>> there
> >>>> are tall buildings well this is where it runs into problems. I
> know
> >>>> from
> >>>> personal experience that when I don't have a GPS fix for a minute
> the
> >>>> only
> >>>> way to get one is to get out into the open and I usually tell my
> wife
> >>>> to
> >>>> pull over to an open area or near a wide intersection so that the
> >>>> receiver
> >>>> has a chance to lock onto the satellites. If you keep moving then
> the
> >>>> receiver is getting constant changing satellite signals being
> bounced
> >>>> every
> >>>> which way among the buildings you are passing and can never make a
> good
> >>>> satellite lock.
> >>>>
> >>>> Once it has a connection then it knows where you are and where the
> >>>> satellites should be and then can be looking in those areas even
> when
> >>>> you
> >>>> pass a tall building then the signal may drop out but as soon as
> you
> >>>> get
> >>>> back into any open area it knows where to look and will regain its
> >>>> satellite
> >>>> connection. If you never had a connection before hand it won't
> have
> >>>> enough
> >>>> time to search and find the satellites before everything changes
> again
> >>>> because you are driving and the satellites are showing up then
> >>>> disappearing
> >>>> too quickly as you pass these tall buildings.
> >>>>
> >>>> I hope that all makes sense. So bottom line in cities with tall
> >>>> buildings
> >>>> (ie. Urban Canyon) one should obtain a GPS position fix first
> before
> >>>> jumping
> >>>> in the car because once moving your odds of getting a position fix
> are
> >>>> dramatically reduced unless you are stopped at a light and the
> receiver
> >>>> has
> >>>> time to find the satellites.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks.
> >>>>
> >>>> Charles M. LaPierre
> >>>>
> >>>> CTO Sendero Group
> >>>>
> >>>> "The GPS company:" Featuring Sendero GPS on the BrailleNote, the
> >>>> Sense Nav, on Windows phones with Mobile Geo and StreetTalk VIP
> for the
> >>>> Pac
> >>>> Mate. Distributing Trekker Breeze and
> >>>> Wayfinder for Symbian phones. Also distributing Victor Stream,
> KNFB
> >>>> Mobile Reader, Talks, Mobile Speak, Tiger embossers, Miniguide and
> ID
> >>>> Mate
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>> http://www.SenderoGroup.com
> >>>>
> >>>> 1-888-757-6810, Fax (530) 757-6830
> >>>> Sendero Group, LLC
> >>>> 429 F Street, Davis, CA 95616, USA
> >>>>
> >>>> Lat. 37 15' 25" N Lon: 121 53' 04" W
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>> [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of alice
> dampman
> >>>> Humel
> >>>> Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 9:08 AM
> >>>> To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>> Subject: [gps-talkusers] frustration...what did I do wrong
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi, all,
> >>>> I went to New York a few days ago. I wanted to create a route
> from
> >>>> where
> >>>> I was standing to an address downtown. I turned on the receiver,
> then
> >>>> opened
> >>>> the gps. I got a connection and satellites. I typed in the
> address, set
> >>>> it
> >>>> as the destination and heard that it was 200+ miles from me. Yes,
> the
> >>>> gps
> >>>> said I was still in Massachusetts.
> >>>> I had no idea how to fix this so that it would reflect where I
> was
> >>>> really standing, which was outside of Grand Central Station!
> >>>> I had limited time, so I gave up and got a taxi. In the cab, I
> tried
> >>>> to
> >>>> get it to work, and no dice.
> >>>> The new york maps are loaded.
> >>>> I tried to fiddle with it on the train ride back home, but I
> could
> >>>> not
> >>>> get a satellite even when I held the icy blue right up to the
> window.
> >>>> Arg.
> >>>>
> >>>> What am I missing here? I think there is a setting somewhere
> about
> >>>> setting your virtual position to gps, but I could not in my hurry
> find
> >>>> it,
> >>>> and I'm not even sure that is what I needed anyhow.
> >>>> Can anyone help me?
> >>>> Thanks.
> >>>> Alice
> >>>> alicedh@xxxxxxxxxxx
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