[gps-talkusers] Re: unique and interesting points of interest

Perhaps there are etymologies or dictionaries of place-names on the Web... 
many national ones.

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Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: unique and interesting points of interest


Tight Wodd eh?
Makes you wonder about the forefathers of a town. You know there is
an interesting story behind all these names.

I passed a road on the way to the Solitude ski resort outside Salt
Lake City called Blind Miners road. There are lots of mines in that
area. You just know that back in 1850 or something, there was a blind miner.
If someone took the time, I bet you could find the history about that
miner. Wouldn't it be cool if there was historical content associated
with points of interest like this?
Sendero keeps looking into ways to enrich the POI content with text
and audio information including talking with Google, NPR and others.

Mike

At 09:18 AM 4/30/2009, you wrote:
>For example, A year ago I passed through a little town in southwest
>Missouri named, "Tight wad".
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>From: <mailto:bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>Robert Sweetman
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>Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 6:47 PM
>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: unique and interesting points of interest
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>Hi Mike,
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>The contest would be a lot of fun.  There could be several categories.  For
>example, funny names, neat travel destinations, cool markets,  good
>restaurant categories, etc.
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>Bob
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>I keep a route file where I copy odd points of interest I come
>across. For example, a septic company called Sweet Pea Septic or a
>high end fashion shop called Filthy Gorgeous.
>
>I used to have lots but accidentally deleted that file.
>
>If you wish to have a route file dedicated to a theme like this or
>perhaps for another reason, here is how you do it. I had one
>containing favorite Mexican restaurants.
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>In this case, the route file has nothing to do with a route. The
>distances and order of points is pretty much irrelevant.
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>Create or open a route and name it. Then, as you come across points
>of interest you would like to copy to this file, press letters RMP.
>You will be prompted for a few things, which you should answer.
>Again, although this is called a Route file, you are using it kind of
>like a favorites file of points of interest. One of these days, we
>will have a more elegant way of handling favorites or POI themes but
>this is a nice work around for the moment.
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>Oh yes, then there was a towing company called Tic Tac Towing.
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>There are also lots of unusual town names out there too.
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>Maybe we should have a contest on this topic.
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>Mike
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CEO Sendero Group

"The GPS company:" Featuring Sendero GPS on the BrailleNote as well
as Sense Nav and the new Mobile Geo for Windows Mobile devices. Also
distributing Trekker, Victor Stream, KNFB Mobile Reader, Talks,
Mobile Speak, Tiger embossers, Miniguide and ID Mate

Crashing Through, a book about Mike May, by Robert Kurson, available
at http://www.CrashingThrough.com

MikeMay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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1-888-757-6810, Fax (530) 757-6830, Mobile (530) 304-0007
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