Point of Interest alert location
Wed, 05/28/2008 - 2:00am
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17 years
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I have two questions I am tring to answer.
1- How do I get a POI to alert when it is not on the exact route I am following. Example if I have Costco as a POI but it is 2 blocks north, and I have set the prox alert to 5000 ft, it will not alert. If I am on the street that costco is on it will alert.
2- How do I lessen the number of alerts I get once the unit has identified a POI. Some times it will alert every 500 ft. until I get to the location and then one time after passing the location
TourGuide and Custom MP3 Audio Alert
I have two questions I am tring to answer.
1- How do I get a POI to alert when it is not on the exact route I am following. Example if I have Costco as a POI but it is 2 blocks north, and I have set the prox alert to 5000 ft, it will not alert. If I am on the street that costco is on it will alert.
2- How do I lessen the number of alerts I get once the unit has identified a POI. Some times it will alert every 500 ft. until I get to the location and then one time after passing the location
You are correct -- typical proximity alerts operate only along-the-route. TourGuides alert radially. There are a couple recent threads by H_Hannah that instruct how to create TourGuides.
As for alerting, why not make a custom mp3 audio alert that plays a short message and then delivers dead air for 60 seconds or so.
Nuvi 660 -- and not upgrading it or maps until Garmin fixes long-standing bugs/problems, and get maps to where they are much more current, AND corrected on a more timely basis when advised of mistakes.
Audio Alert
bentbiker,
Thanks for that post on the audio alert.