Naming file with a speed alert..
Wed, 06/04/2008 - 6:01pm
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I think I read in a post here that if you name a file with either a number or a @ with a number (I don't remember which) you will get a speed alert if you are exceeding the speed of the number. Would the same hold true naming a folder? See examples below...
I can’t seem to find that post again. This is what I want to know. If I name the poi “schools.csv”, schools@25.csv will I get a speed alert if I am exceeding 25mph?
If I name the folder that “schools.csv” is in “Schools@25” and don’t change the name of the “schools.cvs” will it have the same result?
alerts
See post http://www.poi-factory.com/node/6764
Charlie. Nuvi 265 WT and Nuvi 2597 LMT. MapFactor Navigator - Offline Maps & GPS.
Thanks Charlie
That was the post I couldn't find...
So it looks like I could name the file schools speed@25.csv to be alerted if my speed was faster than 25mph...
It is terrible to speak well and be wrong. -Sophocles snɥɔnıɥdoɐ aka ʎɹɐƃ
Another link
This link probably got into more detail then you want; but, then again, maybe not:
http://www.poi-factory.com/node/11000
RT
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Thanks again..
I'm still readin it...
It is terrible to speak well and be wrong. -Sophocles snɥɔnıɥdoɐ aka ʎɹɐƃ
alerts
That was the post I couldn't find...
So it looks like I could name the file schools speed@25.csv to be alerted if my speed was faster than 25mph...
That is correct.
Charlie. Nuvi 265 WT and Nuvi 2597 LMT. MapFactor Navigator - Offline Maps & GPS.
Thank you all…
I just ran a few tests simulating drives with the 760.
First I named the school file Schools_TourGuide_20.csv and ran a simulation to a nearby school. At about a ¼ mile away I got an alert “school zone ahead”.
I then changed the name to Schools_TourGuide_35.csv. I checked my speed during the simulation which was max 30 mph. I again ran a simulation and did not receive an alert.
Finally I changed the file name to Schools_TourGuide_25.csv, the speed for most school zones in Los Angeles. I ran a simulation again and received an alert at about a ¼ mile from the school.
So now I have what I set out to do, only get an alert if I am exceeding the speed limit of 25mph…
For info on why I added TourGuide to the name see the link given me by retiredtechnician:
http://www.poi-factory.com/node/11000
It is terrible to speak well and be wrong. -Sophocles snɥɔnıɥdoɐ aka ʎɹɐƃ
??
You results are inconsistent with the tests I did earlier...
...I'm assuming the reason for this, is because you didn't supply a matching 'Schools_TourGuide_nn.mp3' file.
So POILoader (silently) ignored the 'TourGuide' phrase and built speed-related, along-road alerts instead.
(I just did a quick test (using POILoader 2.5.2) and verified that result using Garmin's GPI_Viewer.)
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You are correct..
I just tried it again and got the same results you did so I did probably forget to rename the mp3 file. I also was out and about today and had no idea how many schools were around... I am not going to use the TourGuide name I just get to many alerts..
But I learned a lot with the experiment…
It is terrible to speak well and be wrong. -Sophocles snɥɔnıɥdoɐ aka ʎɹɐƃ