Proximity Alerts NOT on roadway
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I'm reading some stuff around that says proximity alerts work ONLY on POIs that at or near a roadway. I have several Nuvi 1450T's. I am in Emergency Mgmt. I've created POI's for tornado sirens, rain gauges, and some vulnerable things like pipelines, pumping stations, etc. Obviously, most of these are NO WHERE near roadways.
But, if for instance I'm checking an area for one thing, I'd love to know that one of these other things is within a certain distance. In worst cases I'll create a "hot zone" and want to be warned as I approach that perimeter.
Has anyone had issues with NOT getting proximity alerts for POI's off the beaten path? I want to set alerts as the crow flies (or chemical drifts) not by road distance.
BTW-This has proven to be VERY handy for me, but right now I have to stop and do a search for a particular threat. I'd love to KNOW when I'm within a mile of a train track, 3 miles of chemical plant, etc.
Thanks for your input.
CSV
I used CSV files.
Nope to MP3's
I never hide extensions. Screws up everything. The files were named exactly the same because I copied and pasted the first part of the file names.
MY 450 doesn't do mp3's. Had the same aggravation with regular POIs. I found a link finally that said they only do wavs.
May be a firmware version issue. Mine's brand new.
This is SLICK now that I've got it working.
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Great that you have it working.
I never hide extensions. Screws up everything. The files were named exactly the same because I copied and pasted the first part of the file names.
MY 450 doesn't do mp3's. Had the same aggravation with regular POIs. I found a link finally that said they only do wavs.
May be a firmware version issue. Mine's brand new.
This is SLICK now that I've got it working.
Glad you got it working.Let us know when you take it out for a test run.
foghorn.legghorn wrote:
I found one of my problems was that my 450 doesn't do MP3, it uses WAV files. I'll have to go back and try with that. WOW, I've learned a lot from this one.
I think you mean the 1450 not 450 correct?On one reply I said the 450 will play mp3's which is correct for the specs I looked at for zumo 450.The 1450 will not as you have found has to be wav and sox.exe. https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=134&pID=67374#specsT... under mp3 is states NO.
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Glad I could help. EPE is a really powerful program with lots of functionality a great many people rarely touch.
One of the things you can do with EPE is create templates and save them with a descriptive name to identify what their purpose is.
But enough hijacking of the thread.
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