[gps-talkusers] Re: Question about the monthly poi update
- From: Michael May <MikeMay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 01:10:24 -0700
Peggy,
Good questions, I am adding some text I wrote about the collective user
points to the bottom of this email.
The idea is that you would download a zip file with one new User.bpi file
each month and delete the previous month's User.bpi file. The files will
have a different date in the filename so you will need to delete your
previous file.
We won't do much editing of points you send in. If you want, I can make a
text file of your user.poi file and send it to you for editing on the
computer rather than from the GPS edit menu.
Once you send in a User.poi file you should move it to a back-up folder and
out of the POI folder. Otherwise, there will be duplicate entries of your
personal points and the one's we merged into the collective file.
Mike
Collective User Points of Interest
Sendero provides a monthly compilation of all User POI files sent to the
company. This User POI file will be made available by email and/or on the
Sendero web site for version 3 users. The first of these files is included
with the new POIs. Users are encouraged to submit their POIs to Sendero to
be added to the collective user database at the beginning of each month.
Some recommendations about naming points and sending files:
The first comma in a POI name separates its name from its details. If
possible, provide the POI name, then a comma, then details like phone
number, cross streets or features about the point. Press the A key for
example before recording the POI to see what street it is on and add at
least the street name and city as part of the details. If you have a lot of
details like the bus numbers at a bus stop, use a Period to separate items.
You can always go to the GPS menu and select Edit to rename points or to
delete strictly personal points you may not want to include in the file you
send to us.
Attach the User.poi file from your POI folder to an email addressed to
<mailto:MikeM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>MikeM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Then, move that file
out of your POI folder and rename it. Do not touch the extension. Just
rename the User part of the filename. Once that file is out of your POI
folder, a new file will be automatically started next time you create a new
point. If you don't do this, you will have duplicate entries once you load
the collective User file we send you. Anyone who sends us a User.POI file
will automatically be sent the collective file. Together, we can enhance
location information by sharing the POI information we create individually.
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