[gps-talkusers] Re: Something strange:

  • From: Michael May <MikeMay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 08:14:30 -0700

Mary Ellen,

Maybe those points in the Best Western are not at the correct position. 
They won't trigger automatically when you walk by if the database has them 
a couple hundred feet away from where they are supposed to be.

Mike
At 10:34 PM 7/23/2004, you wrote:
>Hi everyone!
>Am still having quite a blast with this gps especially walking around and
>having little old ladies insist I don't know where I am and pushing the a..
>key and telling mmore of where I am then they were going to tell me.
>I particularly love showing off the phone numbers of the many restaurants
>around here. This brings up something quite strange.
>Almost right across the street is our town's best western hotel with a
>restaurant in it.
>Ok here is the funny part. these 2 establishments are listed in the poi
>listings but when I walk past them no matter how I put the poi's in the gps
>does not announce them but it has no problem announsing the restaurant in
>the mall next door.
>It did this in version 2 and it wasn't very surprising but what should I be
>doing to bring this to the attention of the gps?
>Any help would be appreciated.
>I am not criticizing I am just intrigued.
>
>Mary Ellen Earls
>Remember! Today is the Tomorrow you thought about yesterday.


Michael G. May

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