Hi, I had a similar experience to Doug's, and it took his post to jog my memory. I tried to set 6726 Elmonte Drive as a virtual point, and thinking that gps wouldn't recognize Prairie Village, Kansas, I loaded up the Kansas map and looked for Kansas City. No match. So, I then loaded up the Missouri map and found Kansas City listed there, along with Prairie Village, at which time I was able to locate the address and get surrounding points of interest. But this bit with not being able to find a major city is certainly screwy. What gives?
Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "doug martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 1:59 PM Subject: [Braillenote] GPS woes! PDI better come up with some answers! > Hi. I used to be on this list as a power user. However, lately, I've > become disenchanted with many "features", or bugs, depending on one's > perspective. I'll confine my tantrum to the GPS virtual mode software > which was claimed to be of some use by PDI. > > We already know that route creation in virtual mode is unreliable at best, > so I'll confine my observations to much simpler tasks that don't work. > > I decided to set a virtual position to my old home address: 4357 Linchmere > Drive, Clayton, Ohio 45415. Upon typing the city name, Clayton, the > software informed me there was no such city. I scrolled thru the list of > cities in Ohio, stopping at Clayton. Yes, it was in the list. Next, I > typed in my street name, Linchmere. Again, I was informed there was no > such street. I scrolled thru the list of streets in Clayton, stopping at > Linchmere. Yes, it was in the list. Next, I entered my old address, 4357 > which was accepted. I set a virtual position to this address. > > Next, I thought I'd look around, just to see if there were any points of > interest in my old neighborhood. None found, even when I expanded the > search to 20 miles! Now, I confess that I lived in a boring neighborhood, > but surely there was SOMETHING of interest within 20 miles, since that > radius encompasses the whole city of Dayton! None found. > > Next, I moved my virtual position to Janice Place, which is about three > houses away from 4357 Linchmere. Janice was in the list of streets in > Clayton, without the need to scroll thru them. Upon picking an address on > Janice Place, about 100 feet from the original virtual position, I decided > to look around again. Ah! my old neighborhood came to life! There were > quite a few restaurants, gas stations, hotels, and even a recreation area. > > PDI, you guys gotta come up with some answers here. How can we make any > use at all of such an unreliable system? So when is the free upgrade > coming? Or must I spread the word that I was simply ripped off? Sorry to > be so harsh, but virtual mode is absolutely useless! Please, Jonathan, or > Mike May, or somebody-- tell me what I'm doing wrong! > As always, > Doug Martin > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >
