[gps-talkusers] Re: Recording Routes:
- From: Robert Carter <r-carter@xxxxxxx>
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 14:13:02 -0500
Hi All,
One thing that hasn't been mentioned about following routes is that you can
force the system to follow way points in the order that they were recorded.
I believe the command to force sequential following is r-f. I don't have my
machine in front of me so could be remembering it incorrectly.
Robert Carter
At 01:43 PM 7/11/2004, you wrote:
>What is an e-pak?
>
>Carlos and Seeing Eye Dog Derek
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mary Ellen =
>Earls
>Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2004 4:23 PM
>To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Recording Routes:
>
>
>Well Charles that sounds encouraging.
>It was a very very frustrating thing because had I been on the proper =
>side
>of the street it would have taken me 5 minutes to get home. It was a
>situation where the name of the street switched 3 different times. The =
>left
>side of the road curved around to the left into the road on which I =
>needed
>to be to get home. The middle part of this asphalt was another street
>altogether and the right side of the street curved to the right and took =
>you
>severalblocks in both directions. The gps did not say anything except =
>near
>Mariemont avenue and Cachapit way and what was left out of the equasion =
>was
>that on the other side of Cachapit way was Miami Road which was the =
>street
>on which I needed to be. So I stayed on Mariemont Avenue and walked =
>several
>blocks both ways several times to find Miami Road. I finally put the =
>repeat
>mode with destination as my home address and used the x. key to get to
>Mariemont and Cachpit and crossed and found myself at this odd juncture.
>Then my dog seemed to know where she was and her water bowl was calling =
>so
>she practically ran us home. But I was not too happy when I got home and
>knew if I had written you folks about this I would have pulled a whole
>friendship and customership apart so I held off until I talked with =
>Shiela
>about ordering the e-pak and told her as an aside about the situation. I =
>had
>to take my trekker down there to see what exactly was going on more out =
>of
>curiosity but I am really glad we have 1, an improved routing system and =
>2
>virtual explore so I can have a look at situations like that. I suppose =
>I
>could have used the latitude/longitude but I honestly don't know how =
>that
>would have helped in that situation. My village has some of the =
>strangest
>configurations of streets because it was patterned after an old time =
>English
>Village where the lanes wind in and out of oneanother. This is the =
>reason
>for gps because it is fun to walk and suddenly wind up on a different =
>avenue
>when you think you have walked straight when in fact you have actually
>nearly walked in a circle. Ok I'll get off now but I am really looking
>forward to this upgrade. Thanks.
>
>Mary Ellen Earls
>Remember! Today is the Tomorrow you thought about yesterday.
>----- Original Message -----=20
>From: "Charles La Pierre" <lapierre@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2004 8:51 AM
>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Recording Routes:
>
>
> > I spent a lot of time working with improving route calculations. In=20
> > version 2 I would say that finding a route was failing about 30-40 %=20
> > of the time but with version 3 I would say that's down to about 1%=20
> > now. The reason why the 1% is probably one of four reasons. One,=20
> > there is no way
>to
> > get to that street from where you currently are (i.e. on an island=20
> > with no bridge to get you there.) Two, the road is not navigable=20
> > according to the map data. Three, your origin or destination is on a=20
> > highway and you are trying to create a pedestrian route, or the only=20
> > way to get to your destination is via a highway and you are trying to=20
> > create a pedestrian route. Finally there is a bug in the software=20
> > which I have yet to find.
> >
> > I also hope Mary that the improved route finding of version 3.0 will=20
> > fix your problems. Charles.
> >
> > At 10:32 AM 7/11/2004, you wrote:
> > >Well Ann, I'd simply erase the route which can be done through the=20
> > >file manager just like a word document. Have you ever considered=20
> > >using the repeat intersections setting? That is what I use and ithas=20
> > >put this gps on a different plane since I discovered this method in=20
> > >January. The Automatic pedestrian route has been next to useless in=20
> > >my case. I
>have
> > >never been able to make a route with it. But what you could do and=20
> > >this
>may
> > >be a bit of work is take a tape recorder and record the route and=20
> > >then re enter it when you are outside. This takes some doing but if=20
> > >you have memorized most of it then it
>shouldn't
> > >be hard.
> > >I do hope they have improved the pedestrian routing function in the=20
> > >next version because I got into a pickle about a month ago and never=20
> > >could
>make a
> > >route to my house.
> > >To make an extremely boring story short the way I got home finally=20
> > >after
>2
> > >hours was to set my home as a destination and use that in the repeat=20
> > >mode
>in
> > >the getting warmer method.
> > >I will tell the story some other time because the intersection which
>tripped
> > >me up is an interesting configuration.
> > >
> > >Mary Ellen Earls
> > >Remember! Today is the Tomorrow you thought about yesterday.
> >
> > Charles M. La Pierre CTO
> > Sendero Group, LLC
> >
> > Lat. 37 15' 25" N Lon: 121 53' 04" W
> >
> >
> >
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