[gps-talkusers] Re: user points of interest

Hi Charles:

I have been going to make this request for a couple of years.  Can you make
the Ctrl + R command a single handed command for the right hand on the QT.
When walking with a guide dog it is very difficult to reach the CTRL and R
with the left hand without dropping the harness.  I find it very convenient
to mark a POI and just label it with a code while walking and then edit the
code to the complete text later.  Thanks to Carl, I learned this trick to be
very valuable when a new territory like Mexico or when we were in Ireland.


Rich Irwin
rich.irwin@xxxxxxxxxxx
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Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: user points of interest

Hi Jeremy,
There are a number of ways to create a user point of interest.
Option 1: The most obvious way is to physically go to the spot you 
want the point of interest to be, make sure you have a good GPS fix, 
with an accuracy better than 30 feet or so is ideal and then on the 
QT you would press Ctrl + R, on the BT you would press Space with Dot 3.
Option 2: Do and address lookup with QT Ctrl + S, BT Space + S, enter 
in the address and when prompted pick P for Point of Interest.
Option 3: Virtually go to the spot you want the POI to be located in 
virtual mode and press the same keys BT Space Dot3, QT Ctrl + R.
Option 4: Enter in the Latitude / Longitude of the Point of interest 
you want to create using the Space + Y on the BT or Ctrl + Y on the 
QT and when prompted pick P for Point of Interest.
Option 5: The Last way to create a Point of interest is to open a 
route or create a route to some destination then edit the route using 
'E' and find the Waypoint in your route you want to have as a user 
point of interest using the up/down arrow keys on the QT or Space 
Dot1 or Space Dot 4 on the BT and then press 'P' to copy this 
waypoint as a user point of interest.

I would say 99% of the time you will either use option #1 or #2 to 
create your user POI's but there are those other three options as 
well for you power users (smile).

Hope this helps.
Charles LaPierre
CTO Sendero Group LLC

At 12:09 PM 2/17/2007, you wrote:
>Hi! Could someone tell me how to create a user point of interest? 
>Like a bus stop.  Thanks in advance.  Later.
>

Charles M. La Pierre CTO
Sendero Group, LLC

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