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| Kickin' Ass and... | 08-06-2011 |
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| Christen Fihl | 08-07-2011 |
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I am an EMT and ambulance driver in our local volunteer rescue squad.
Our station is not staffed. Each of us carries a Motorola handheld
radio. When a 911 call is received, the dispatcher sends a coded tone
that causes our radios to emit an obnoxious alert tone. Then, we call
in until we have a full crew -- EMT, assistant, driver -- and we all
tear out to the station, pile into the ambulance, and go.
We have a Garmin Nuvi 6?? GPS unit in each of our two ambulances,
however, we never use them.
Problem is it's too much trouble and takes too long to enter data into
the WHERE TO? function.
When we get an emergency call, the dispatcher gives us the address. We
installed the Nuvi units thinking we could quickly punch in the
address and get directions. Not that easy.
Entering an address into the Nuvi takes several steps:
1. Turn the unit on and wait for it to initialize and load maps.
2. Tap the WHERE TO icon.
3. Tap the ADDRESS icon.
4. Enter the state -- it defaults to our state, Virginia. Hit DONE.
5. Type in the name of our town -- eleven characters. Hit DONE. If
you don't spell the town correctly, or fat-finger the touch screen,
you start all over entering the town.
6. Enter street number. DONE
7. Enter street name. DONE.
8. Nuvi then searches for the location, displays a map and starts
giving directions.
Is there any way to simplify this process? We are in the center of
our county and 97 percent of our calls are in the same town (actually,
the same PO address, which is where the 911 data comes from).
Certainly would speed up things if the GPS came on already defaulted
to WHERE TO, ADDRESS, STATE, TOWN, and we start entering the street
number. For the other three percent of the calls, we could go BACK
and change town.
Or, are there units that we can program to come up asking for the
street number with a default state and town already entered?
Another feature that would be nice would be a street name entry that
does not require the exact street name. That is, if someone entered
the street name "Harveys Neck Road," the GPS unit would ask "Did you
mean Harvey Neck Road?" (Without the "s" on Harvey.) Or, if we
entered "Hall Neck Rd," the GPS would ask do you mean "Hull Neck Rd?"
Or, in the case of, say, Smith's Pond Road, the GPS would not care if
you put an apostrophe on Smith's.
Instant on without waiting for maps to load would be nice also.
Thanks in advance.
Our station is not staffed. Each of us carries a Motorola handheld
radio. When a 911 call is received, the dispatcher sends a coded tone
that causes our radios to emit an obnoxious alert tone. Then, we call
in until we have a full crew -- EMT, assistant, driver -- and we all
tear out to the station, pile into the ambulance, and go.
We have a Garmin Nuvi 6?? GPS unit in each of our two ambulances,
however, we never use them.
Problem is it's too much trouble and takes too long to enter data into
the WHERE TO? function.
When we get an emergency call, the dispatcher gives us the address. We
installed the Nuvi units thinking we could quickly punch in the
address and get directions. Not that easy.
Entering an address into the Nuvi takes several steps:
1. Turn the unit on and wait for it to initialize and load maps.
2. Tap the WHERE TO icon.
3. Tap the ADDRESS icon.
4. Enter the state -- it defaults to our state, Virginia. Hit DONE.
5. Type in the name of our town -- eleven characters. Hit DONE. If
you don't spell the town correctly, or fat-finger the touch screen,
you start all over entering the town.
6. Enter street number. DONE
7. Enter street name. DONE.
8. Nuvi then searches for the location, displays a map and starts
giving directions.
Is there any way to simplify this process? We are in the center of
our county and 97 percent of our calls are in the same town (actually,
the same PO address, which is where the 911 data comes from).
Certainly would speed up things if the GPS came on already defaulted
to WHERE TO, ADDRESS, STATE, TOWN, and we start entering the street
number. For the other three percent of the calls, we could go BACK
and change town.
Or, are there units that we can program to come up asking for the
street number with a default state and town already entered?
Another feature that would be nice would be a street name entry that
does not require the exact street name. That is, if someone entered
the street name "Harveys Neck Road," the GPS unit would ask "Did you
mean Harvey Neck Road?" (Without the "s" on Harvey.) Or, if we
entered "Hall Neck Rd," the GPS would ask do you mean "Hull Neck Rd?"
Or, in the case of, say, Smith's Pond Road, the GPS would not care if
you put an apostrophe on Smith's.
Instant on without waiting for maps to load would be nice also.
Thanks in advance.
Kickin' Ass and Takin' Names wrote on Aug 5, 2011:
It's not quite as bad as you describe. There is an back delete button, so if
you enter a wrong character you can change it without have to start all over
again.
Also if you just enter the first few letters of the street name - say "Harv"
to take your example and press "Done", it will give you a choice of all
streets beginning with those letters - probably only a few. The same applies
to the town - you don't have to enter all 11 characters, just the first few
should be enough.
--
Mike Lane
UK North Yorkshire
mike_lane at mac dot com
It's not quite as bad as you describe. There is an back delete button, so if
you enter a wrong character you can change it without have to start all over
again.
Also if you just enter the first few letters of the street name - say "Harv"
to take your example and press "Done", it will give you a choice of all
streets beginning with those letters - probably only a few. The same applies
to the town - you don't have to enter all 11 characters, just the first few
should be enough.
--
Mike Lane
UK North Yorkshire
mike_lane at mac dot com
On Sat, 6 Aug 2011 09:06:46 +0100, Mike Lane
Thanks -- we'll try that.
>Kickin' Ass and Takin' Names wrote on Aug 5, 2011:
>> I am an EMT and ambulance driver in our local volunteer rescue squad.
>> Our station is not staffed. Each of us carries a Motorola handheld
>> radio. When a 911 call is received, the dispatcher sends a coded tone
>> that causes our radios to emit an obnoxious alert tone. Then, we call
>> in until we have a full crew -- EMT, assistant, driver -- and we all
>> tear out to the station, pile into the ambulance, and go.
>>
>> We have a Garmin Nuvi 6?? GPS unit in each of our two ambulances,
>> however, we never use them.
>>
>> Problem is it's too much trouble and takes too long to enter data into
>> the WHERE TO? function.
>>
>> When we get an emergency call, the dispatcher gives us the address. We
>> installed the Nuvi units thinking we could quickly punch in the
>> address and get directions. Not that easy.
>>
>> Entering an address into the Nuvi takes several steps:
>>
>> 1. Turn the unit on and wait for it to initialize and load maps.
>> 2. Tap the WHERE TO icon.
>> 3. Tap the ADDRESS icon.
>> 4. Enter the state -- it defaults to our state, Virginia. Hit DONE.
>> 5. Type in the name of our town -- eleven characters. Hit DONE. If
>> you don't spell the town correctly, or fat-finger the touch screen,
>> you start all over entering the town.
>> 6. Enter street number. DONE
>> 7. Enter street name. DONE.
>> 8. Nuvi then searches for the location, displays a map and starts
>> giving directions.
>>
>> Is there any way to simplify this process? We are in the center of
>> our county and 97 percent of our calls are in the same town (actually,
>> the same PO address, which is where the 911 data comes from).
>> Certainly would speed up things if the GPS came on already defaulted
>> to WHERE TO, ADDRESS, STATE, TOWN, and we start entering the street
>> number. For the other three percent of the calls, we could go BACK
>> and change town.
>>
>> Or, are there units that we can program to come up asking for the
>> street number with a default state and town already entered?
>>
>> Another feature that would be nice would be a street name entry that
>> does not require the exact street name. That is, if someone entered
>> the street name "Harveys Neck Road," the GPS unit would ask "Did you
>> mean Harvey Neck Road?" (Without the "s" on Harvey.) Or, if we
>> entered "Hall Neck Rd," the GPS would ask do you mean "Hull Neck Rd?"
>> Or, in the case of, say, Smith's Pond Road, the GPS would not care if
>> you put an apostrophe on Smith's.
>>
>> Our station is not staffed. Each of us carries a Motorola handheld
>> radio. When a 911 call is received, the dispatcher sends a coded tone
>> that causes our radios to emit an obnoxious alert tone. Then, we call
>> in until we have a full crew -- EMT, assistant, driver -- and we all
>> tear out to the station, pile into the ambulance, and go.
>>
>> We have a Garmin Nuvi 6?? GPS unit in each of our two ambulances,
>> however, we never use them.
>>
>> Problem is it's too much trouble and takes too long to enter data into
>> the WHERE TO? function.
>>
>> When we get an emergency call, the dispatcher gives us the address. We
>> installed the Nuvi units thinking we could quickly punch in the
>> address and get directions. Not that easy.
>>
>> Entering an address into the Nuvi takes several steps:
>>
>> 1. Turn the unit on and wait for it to initialize and load maps.
>> 2. Tap the WHERE TO icon.
>> 3. Tap the ADDRESS icon.
>> 4. Enter the state -- it defaults to our state, Virginia. Hit DONE.
>> 5. Type in the name of our town -- eleven characters. Hit DONE. If
>> you don't spell the town correctly, or fat-finger the touch screen,
>> you start all over entering the town.
>> 6. Enter street number. DONE
>> 7. Enter street name. DONE.
>> 8. Nuvi then searches for the location, displays a map and starts
>> giving directions.
>>
>> Is there any way to simplify this process? We are in the center of
>> our county and 97 percent of our calls are in the same town (actually,
>> the same PO address, which is where the 911 data comes from).
>> Certainly would speed up things if the GPS came on already defaulted
>> to WHERE TO, ADDRESS, STATE, TOWN, and we start entering the street
>> number. For the other three percent of the calls, we could go BACK
>> and change town.
>>
>> Or, are there units that we can program to come up asking for the
>> street number with a default state and town already entered?
>>
>> Another feature that would be nice would be a street name entry that
>> does not require the exact street name. That is, if someone entered
>> the street name "Harveys Neck Road," the GPS unit would ask "Did you
>> mean Harvey Neck Road?" (Without the "s" on Harvey.) Or, if we
>> entered "Hall Neck Rd," the GPS would ask do you mean "Hull Neck Rd?"
>> Or, in the case of, say, Smith's Pond Road, the GPS would not care if
>> you put an apostrophe on Smith's.
>>
>It's not quite as bad as you describe. There is an back delete button, so if
>you enter a wrong character you can change it without have to start all over
>again.
>Also if you just enter the first few letters of the street name - say "Harv"
>to take your example and press "Done", it will give you a choice of all
>streets beginning with those letters - probably only a few. The same applies
>to the town - you don't have to enter all 11 characters, just the first few
>should be enough.
>you enter a wrong character you can change it without have to start all over
>again.
>Also if you just enter the first few letters of the street name - say "Harv"
>to take your example and press "Done", it will give you a choice of all
>streets beginning with those letters - probably only a few. The same applies
>to the town - you don't have to enter all 11 characters, just the first few
>should be enough.
Thanks -- we'll try that.
On Fri, 05 Aug 2011, 16:34:52 "Kickin' Ass and Takin' Names" wrote:
Here is the solution used by our local Fire-brigade (in a city with
population of about 40.000) using Garmin's GPS receivers "Nuvi 3790"
(soon to be replaced with "Zumo" receivers).
a)
For each "street segment" (part of the street between two nearest
crossings) two waypoints or "Favorites" were created: the first one
for the left side of the street ("odd" house numbers) and the second
waypoint for the right side ("even" house numbers).
b)
Each waypoint was designated with one or two leters (usualy first one
or two from particular street name) folowing with first and last
house number in the particular street segment. As a future improvement,
the new database should be created, containing coordinates for each
individual house number.
Waypoints were created by "clicking" on the map in "Mapsource" and then
saved as a .gdb file and transfered to GPS.
c)
Vehicles are stored in closed room with engines "off" and GPS receivers
"ready for navigation", thanks to "Reradiating Antenna" with GPS sensor
on top of the building and retransmiting unit inside the garage.
The procedure to get a route to the particular street segment is very
simple: tap "Where to?", then "Favorites" and then "All Favorites".
Unfortunately, waypoints are listed only BY DISTANCE (not by NAMES!)
but there is the menu option "Spell". After entering first two leters,
press "Done" and you'll get the list of all waypoint names begining
with entered leters.
For example, if you have to go to the address "321 West Street", select
the waypoint "WE311-325" and press "Go!". After you reach the selected
street segment, you just need to visualy recognize exact house number.
Below you can see small example of (imaginary) city map, with several
waypoints marked with "o".
|W S| |S R| t
|e t| |u o| e
|s r| |n a| t e
|t e| |n d| s r
| e| |y | a t
| t| Point | | E S
"WE311-325" | | Point | | Point / /
| o <---"WE312-326" | | "N55-59" / / Point
| | | | | / o <--"EA2-28"
_____________| |___________________| |____V_______/
/_____________
_______________________________
| | | |
| | | |
_____________| |___________________| |______________________________
o Central Av. o <-- "CE57-63" o <-- "CE65-93"
o o <-- "CE58-64" Central Av. o <-- "CE66-94"
_____________ ____________________ _____________________________
| | Central Av.
| o| <--"WE274-296" o
| | n
| | o <--"MO44-62"
| | S
| | t
| | .
--
Tom
> Is there any way to simplify this process?
Here is the solution used by our local Fire-brigade (in a city with
population of about 40.000) using Garmin's GPS receivers "Nuvi 3790"
(soon to be replaced with "Zumo" receivers).
a)
For each "street segment" (part of the street between two nearest
crossings) two waypoints or "Favorites" were created: the first one
for the left side of the street ("odd" house numbers) and the second
waypoint for the right side ("even" house numbers).
b)
Each waypoint was designated with one or two leters (usualy first one
or two from particular street name) folowing with first and last
house number in the particular street segment. As a future improvement,
the new database should be created, containing coordinates for each
individual house number.
Waypoints were created by "clicking" on the map in "Mapsource" and then
saved as a .gdb file and transfered to GPS.
c)
Vehicles are stored in closed room with engines "off" and GPS receivers
"ready for navigation", thanks to "Reradiating Antenna" with GPS sensor
on top of the building and retransmiting unit inside the garage.
The procedure to get a route to the particular street segment is very
simple: tap "Where to?", then "Favorites" and then "All Favorites".
Unfortunately, waypoints are listed only BY DISTANCE (not by NAMES!)
but there is the menu option "Spell". After entering first two leters,
press "Done" and you'll get the list of all waypoint names begining
with entered leters.
For example, if you have to go to the address "321 West Street", select
the waypoint "WE311-325" and press "Go!". After you reach the selected
street segment, you just need to visualy recognize exact house number.
Below you can see small example of (imaginary) city map, with several
waypoints marked with "o".
|W S| |S R| t
|e t| |u o| e
|s r| |n a| t e
|t e| |n d| s r
| e| |y | a t
| t| Point | | E S
| | "SU17-35"--> o o <--"SU12-34" / /
Point ---> o | | | /o
<---"EA1-27"
Point ---> o | | | /o
"WE311-325" | | Point | | Point / /
| o <---"WE312-326" | | "N55-59" / / Point
| | | | | / o <--"EA2-28"
_____________| |___________________| |____V_______/
/_____________
o o <-- "N49-53" o "N61-67"--> o
o North Street "N48-54" --> o o <--"N56-58" "N60-66"--> o
_____________ ___________________
o North Street "N48-54" --> o o <--"N56-58" "N60-66"--> o
_______________________________
| | | |
"WE297-309"-->o | | |
| | "SU1-15"--> o |
"WE298-310"--> o| | o <--"SU2-10"
| | | |
| | "SU1-15"--> o |
"WE298-310"--> o| | o <--"SU2-10"
| | | |
_____________| |___________________| |______________________________
o Central Av. o <-- "CE57-63" o <-- "CE65-93"
o o <-- "CE58-64" Central Av. o <-- "CE66-94"
_____________ ____________________ _____________________________
| | Central Av.
"WE272-295"-->o | M
| | o o <--"MO41-59"
| o| <--"WE274-296" o
| | n
| | o <--"MO44-62"
| | S
| | t
| | .
--
Tom
> Below you can see small example of (imaginary) city map, with several
> waypoints marked with "o".
> waypoints marked with "o".
Here is the corrected version of the "map". BTW, it was "drawn"
using "Lucida Console" font, so for the "best view" copy/paste to
text editor (Notepad) and use the same font.
|W S| |S R| t
|e t| |u o| e
|s r| |n a| t e
|t e| |n d| s r
| e| |y | a t
| t| Point | | E S
| | "SU17-35"--> o o <--"SU12-34" / /
Point ---> o | | | /o <--"EA1-27"
"WE311-325" | | Point | | Point / /
Point ---> o | | | /o <--"EA1-27"
| o <---"WE312-326" | | "N55-59" / / Point
| | | | | / o <--"EA2-28"
_____________| |___________________| |____V______/ /___________
o o <-- "N49-53" o "N61-67"-->o
o North Street "N48-54" --> o o<--"N56-58" "N60-66"-->o
_____________ ___________________ ____________________________
o North Street "N48-54" --> o o<--"N56-58" "N60-66"-->o
| | | |
"WE297-309"-->o | | |
| | "SU1-15"--> o |
"WE298-310"--> o| | o <--"SU2-10"
| | | |
| | "SU1-15"--> o |
"WE298-310"--> o| | o <--"SU2-10"
| | | |
_____________| |___________________| |____________________________
o Central Av. o <-- "CE57-63" o <-- "CE65-93"
o o <-- "CE58-64" Central Av. o <-- "CE66-94"
_____________ ____________________ ___________________________
| | Central Av.
"WE272-295"-->o | M
| | o o <--"MO41-59"
| o| <--"WE274-296" o
| | n
| | o <--"MO44-62"
| | S
| | t
| | .
--
Tom
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> Our station is not staffed. Each of us carries a Motorola handheld
> radio. When a 911 call is received, the dispatcher sends a coded tone
> that causes our radios to emit an obnoxious alert tone. Then, we call
> in until we have a full crew -- EMT, assistant, driver -- and we all
> tear out to the station, pile into the ambulance, and go.
>
> We have a Garmin Nuvi 6?? GPS unit in each of our two ambulances,
> however, we never use them.
>
> Problem is it's too much trouble and takes too long to enter data into
> the WHERE TO? function.
>
> When we get an emergency call, the dispatcher gives us the address. We
> installed the Nuvi units thinking we could quickly punch in the
> address and get directions. Not that easy.
>
> Entering an address into the Nuvi takes several steps:
>
> 1. Turn the unit on and wait for it to initialize and load maps.
> 2. Tap the WHERE TO icon.
> 3. Tap the ADDRESS icon.
> 4. Enter the state -- it defaults to our state, Virginia. Hit DONE.
> 5. Type in the name of our town -- eleven characters. Hit DONE. If
> you don't spell the town correctly, or fat-finger the touch screen,
> you start all over entering the town.
> 6. Enter street number. DONE
> 7. Enter street name. DONE.
> 8. Nuvi then searches for the location, displays a map and starts
> giving directions.
>
> Is there any way to simplify this process? We are in the center of
> our county and 97 percent of our calls are in the same town (actually,
> the same PO address, which is where the 911 data comes from).
> Certainly would speed up things if the GPS came on already defaulted
> to WHERE TO, ADDRESS, STATE, TOWN, and we start entering the street
> number. For the other three percent of the calls, we could go BACK
> and change town.
>
> Or, are there units that we can program to come up asking for the
> street number with a default state and town already entered?
>
> Another feature that would be nice would be a street name entry that
> does not require the exact street name. That is, if someone entered
> the street name "Harveys Neck Road," the GPS unit would ask "Did you
> mean Harvey Neck Road?" (Without the "s" on Harvey.) Or, if we
> entered "Hall Neck Rd," the GPS would ask do you mean "Hull Neck Rd?"
> Or, in the case of, say, Smith's Pond Road, the GPS would not care if
> you put an apostrophe on Smith's.
>