[gps-talkusers] Re: What makes good User POI's?
- From: "Dianne B. Phelps" <d.bphelps@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 11:38:21 -0700
Keith,
This brings up another useful thing here in that for some strange reason
here in Napa, there are many businesses where the building is on a given
street, but in order to get inside, you have to walk around the side of the
building to the back side which faces parking to get into the business. It
is a pain in the royal.if you know what I mean. I suppose for those I need
to use more regularly, I could plan routes specific to getting into these
locations.
Dianne B. Phelps
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Subject: [gps-talkusers] What makes good User POI's?
From time to time on the list, a request is made to upload user POI's. I've
thought about, but honestly I just don't have very many.
My Poi's run the type of marking the door to my sisters, or my mom's front
door. In the case of my own house, the back yard takes up about a half of a
block. It's around 250 feet mor or less. I set a POI on the back edge to
mark where I take my dog out to do his business. So, does anybody really
want to know where "Macky's Bathroom" is located? I guess if you came to
town and got lost in the middle of the block, it could help keep your shoes
clean.
I do have a couple that mark the actual door of a business. For example: for
some unknown reason the map database shows that just two blocks from my
house is a McDonalds. It's really located about five blocks south of there.
There's a church in town, that's been there for around ten years, yet it
doesn't appear anywhere. Neither does the road that leads past it. I marked
the point where the road meets the county road it intersects with, and the
doors to both it and McDonalds.
I had a chance to visit St Louis and put a mark or two for a couple doors
there.
If people think it's important to know where grandma lives, or some of those
things, I'll work on getting my POI's uploaded. I'm not quite a world
traveller, or have too many exciting areas to visit. Well, things that
probably aren't exciting to anybody but me.
What do you think? Let me know.
best regards,
Keith H
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