[gps-talkusers] Re: Excited about my GPS Weekend
- From: "Baracco, Andrew W" <Andrew.Baracco@xxxxxx>
- To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 08:41:36 -0700
Sounds like it could have been an honest mistake.
Andy
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[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom Lange
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 7:43 PM
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Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Excited about my GPS Weekend
Hi,
I remember how excited I was when I first put Sendero GPS to real
practical use. I'd been out doing field work for a nonprofit
organization, and had been using local taxis to do it. Prior to
obtaining Sendero GPS I was at the mercy of cabbies who took
inordinately long routes to get me from point A to point B and they were
really sticking it to me farewise. So when I got the GPS, I started
keeping tabs on those cabbies. Finally, one day I nailed this guy who
took me to an incorrect destination. Turns out there were two potential
destinations with identical street names and numbers, one in Downey, the
other in Pico Rivera. I told this particular cabbie that he'd gotten me
to the right street name and street number but the wrong city and that I
wasn't going to pay for the error. He got really irate , and tried to
insist that I didn't know what I was talking about. I calmly told him
that I most certainly did and showed him the Sendero GPS. To make a long
story short, when he realized that I had him dead to rights, that I'd
busted him big time, he shut up in a hurry, got me to the right place
and only charged me the proper fare for the shorter route. Revenge never
tasted so sweet and even though the cab fare that I'd saved didn't
nearly cover the cost of the GPS, which I'd paid for out of pocket, it
felt like the GPS paid for itself with that one incident alone.
Tom
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From: "Chris Grabowski" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 6:49 PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Excited about my GPS Weekend
> hi,
> that's exciting, I remember my first time using gps in the car.
> I went out with my better half and her mom.
> Mom and daughter were in the front gabbing away and I was in the back
> using my gps.
> I had the restaurant set as a destination.
> the distance was increasing so I told them they were going the wrong
> way.
> this was before we had maps back in version 1.0
> Chris
> On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:35:59 -0700, you wrote:
>
>>Hi All,
>>
>>I wanted to share my GPS weekend with all of you. As a new user,
>>just about a week's experience, I set off on a train trip with a
>>friend, also blind. We listened to my Sendero as it kept us
>>updated on the train speed, the points of interest, the towns we
>>passed and on and on. How fun it was to know where we were along
>>our trip.
>>
>>When we reached the end of the run, we took a taxi to our
>>destination and I used the GPS with a route open between the
>>train station and the destination. I told the driver that I was
>>practicing and he was impressed that I was able to tell him where
>>I thought we should turn. I told him that I knew he knew his
>>way, but I was learning the new system.
>>
>>I was able to record some user POI's for the college campus where
>>I spent the weekend. When it was time to go, one participant
>>wanted directions to the bus stop. Knowing that I had lots of
>>bus information available, I found stops and she confirmed the
>>one she needed. I also learned that the numbers that had seemed
>>irrevelent before turned out to be the bus numbers. Never mind
>>that my search from our known location was only 313 feet, I found
>>what I thought should be the bus stop and, low and behold, there
>>sat the bus. She would have missed it if she had waited where
>>others told her it should be. It was already parked and the
>>driver soon came out from the building and boarded the bus. He
>>would not have seen her waiting about 300 feet behind him. I was
>>thrilled with my GPS.
>>
>>Later, after the return train trip, when my husband met and drove
>>us home, I set a route to my friend's house. The Sendero told us
>>where to turn. This was not news for my husband, but it was
>>certainly fun for me.
>>
>>I noticed that the WAAS satellite was intermittently available.
>>I wonder if it is turned on for brief periods or if it is
>>intermittent because of my GPS changing view of the sky.
>>
>>This coming weekend, my husband and I will be traveling to new
>>territory and I am hopeful that I will have enough experience to
>>help him with directions as we go. Very excited,
>>
>>Joleen
>>
>
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