[Loadstone] [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: To all new users.

monty at loadstone-gps.com monty at loadstone-gps.com
Wed Jun 17 14:01:16 BST 2009 

Hi Ramy,


Yes, you are right about entering a point and labeling it as your house.

When you are away from your house, (or whatever point you have created) 
you can press the joystick (Navi/arrow key) on your phone to determine 
where you are in relation to your point of interest.  Auto-announce is 
slightly more advanced but is also probably unnecessary for most 
day-to-day tasks when you can simply find out where you are by pressing 
the joystick at any time.

Like I said, get used to using Loadstone first before moving on to 
more advanced topics.

Also, don't worry about your English.  You are easy to understand so far 
and I am sure most people on this list are happy to help.

Monty


On Wed, 17 Jun 2009, Ramy Moustafa wrote:

> Dear monty:
>
> thanks allot,
>
> but please,
> i find, many things, don't know what shall i use,
> as i told u, my english is not so good, so,
> i'll tell u what i know:
>
> i'll stand in the front of my house, and i'll enter, function,  then, enter 
> point, and i'll type my point name, like, ramy's house.
> am i right?
>
> but how well i'll be able to know how  well i go to my house when am abroad?
> and, also, how can i use the auto anounce, to know  what place i'm in now?
> please, try to help me.
>
> Thanks allot
> Cheers
> Ramy Moustafa
> ----- Original Message ----- From: <monty at loadstone-gps.com>
> To: <loadstone at loadstone-gps.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 12:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [Loadstone] [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: To all new users.
>
>
>> Hello Ramy,
>> 
>> I think you should slow down and learn/use Loadstone one step at a time.
>> 
>> As others on this list have said, forget about converting Nokia maps and any 
>> other map formats.  Once you understand what Loadstone can do and how it 
>> does it then look into expanding your database of points with other sources. 
>> On the same token forget about check points for now.
>> 
>> Your first order of business is to build a map of points.  If you think of 
>> Loadstone as a tool that will help you examine your environment anytime 
>> after your first visit to a point of interest.  that is to say.  At the 
>> beginning Loadstone can not help you at all but, if you go to the front door 
>> of your house, and create a point of interest you'll always be able to find 
>> your front door in the future.  In the same way you can create points of 
>> interest for bus stops, shops, roads and so on.  Once you create a point of 
>> interest you'll always be able to use Loadstone to help you find it again. 
>> These points of interest will often be the most accurate even if you manage 
>> to gather points of interest from other sources.
>> 
>> Monty
>> 
>>
>>  On Tue, 16 Jun 2009, Ramy Moustafa wrote:
>> 
>>> dave please:
>>> 
>>> if my map is on the nokia maps, can i put it on the load stone program?
>>> 
>>> thanks allot
>>> Cheers
>>> RAmy Moustafa
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Carlson" <dgcarlson at sbcglobal.net>
>>> To: <loadstone at loadstone-gps.com>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 11:25 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Loadstone] [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: To all new users.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> From what I remember, you will be starting with no data, because someone
>>>> pointed out that there is no set of data for your area. So I think you'll 
>>>> be
>>>> starting with the empty database and it will be called default.
>>>> 
>>>> So load database default first.
>>>> Then start from your home location with  some satellites being tracked.
>>>> Then use the save checkpoint (or perhaps name point?) and give it a name.
>>>> [Yes, I am not absolutely certain of some of this]
>>>> Then save the data
>>>> 
>>>> I think one of my greatest confusion was in the usage of the word "load" 
>>>> and
>>>> "save" in the menus, as well as "append"
>>>> These did not seem to have a relation to import and export in a way that 
>>>> was
>>>> easy to understand.
>>>> 
>>>> So once I was able to load a map for my area, I've not done any more
>>>> loading/saving than that. In fact I'm still a bit confused by the way to
>>>> mark checkpoints and add them to a file.
>>>> 
>>>> So I'm sorry if I'm not helping, but as you can see I'm also confused, but
>>>> have been using Loadstone for about 3 years.
>>>> 
>>>> Dave
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "prateek aggarwal" 
>>>> <prateekagarwal99 at gmail.com>
>>>> To: <loadstone at loadstone-gps.com>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 09:42
>>>> Subject: [Bulk] Re: [Loadstone] [Bulk] Re: To all new users.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> sorry guys,
>>>> i'm bothering you people again and again, but i'm not able to grasp
>>>> with the tutorial given online.
>>>> it has lot of complex looking informations, which i found a bit hard
>>>> to understand at the first glans.
>>>> some one has already pointed out that it takes a time to grasp, but i
>>>> having several doubts which i think can be solved easyly and
>>>> efficiently via this list if you long time users can support me.
>>>> now, i've entered the point with all associated informations like
>>>> latatude, longitude, etc   acording to my city jaipur.
>>>> there is no map available for my city on the loadstone website, is
>>>> there any other place to find the map?
>>>> further, how to setup my own checkpoints now?
>>>> is it worthy making database with that donting looking procedure as
>>>> installing some file brouzer, go to ... location, find data base,
>>>> delete it, then make new, and so on?
>>>> i mean, can the task be done without any that sort of stuff as well, as
>>>> dave bro has pointed somewhere in his previous mail?
>>>> How to make my own custom points, and then to achieve them from any
>>>> other location?
>>>> Please guys, please take this query an urgent one, and do try to
>>>> answer this adolescent if you are already using loadstone.
>>>> Will be waiting for your quick and favorable response.
>>>> Prateek agarwal.
>>>> Skype:
>>>> Prateek_agarwal32
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 6/15/09, Dave Carlson <dgcarlson at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>>> I think you're correct. It takes some time to work it out. I remember 
>>>>> that
>>>>> when I first started I had to try the steps more than once before I got 
>>>>> it
>>>>> right. Now it's been so long that I could not be able to give you any
>>>>> basic
>>>>> or step-by-step. I have not needed to create a database nor checkpoints
>>>>> for
>>>>> about a year.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sorry I can't help you more, but I feel I should encourage you to 
>>>>> continue
>>>>> reading and attempting.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Dave
>>>>> 
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "prateek aggarwal" <prateekagarwal99 at gmail.com>
>>>>> To: <loadstone at loadstone-gps.com>
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 08:28
>>>>> Subject: [Bulk] Re: [Loadstone] To all new users.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> respected,
>>>>> extreme thanks for bothering yourself that much for me.
>>>>> ok, i've entered the lattatude and longitude for jaipur as provided,
>>>>> but still could not understand how to creat my own check points and
>>>>> then to approach them acordingly.
>>>>> in fact, a lot of hardwork has been done on manual, but unfortunately
>>>>> i still found it a bit hard in understanding.
>>>>> my tiedy schedule may be one reason of this as i don't get that much
>>>>> time with my PC these days, but still they could have been made more
>>>>> explainotary in my view.
>>>>> what so ever, producing this software is indeed a great endeavour
>>>>> performed already, so do not expect that much as well.
>>>>> what so ever, i will be glad if some one describes me the key feature
>>>>> and their correct procedure to use.
>>>>> yeh, i will move forward to manual once again as soon as i get a bit
>>>>> schedule timeout.
>>>>> waiting for very basic step-by-step,
>>>>> regards,
>>>>> prateek agarwal.
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 6/12/09, Rob Melchers <rob at loadstone-gps.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On the Loadstone website you will find the tools page:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> http://www.loadstone-gps.com/tools/
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The first tool there is the GeoCoder, a tool that lets you find the
>>>>>> coordinates (latitude and longitude) of the address that you provide. I
>>>>>> looked up your city and got:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Jaipur
>>>>>> Rajasthan
>>>>>> India
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The coordinates are:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Latitude:
>>>>>> 26.9051090
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Longitude:
>>>>>> 75.8012770
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The next thing I  did was to look if the OpenStreetMap progect had any
>>>>>> map
>>>>>> data available for that location. You can do this yourself by clicking
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> links on the result page of the GeoCoder. I'm sorry to tell you that 
>>>>>> this
>>>>>> resource has no additional data available. I also checked our own
>>>>>> PointShareExchange website with the same results.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Since there is no data available for your city the only way you can
>>>>>> proceed
>>>>>> is to map your environment by entering points yourself, as explained in
>>>>>> parts 1 and 2 of the GettingStartedManual on the LS website.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> For additional information on GPS related topics please have a look at:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> http://www.loadstone-gps.com/articles/
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Rob
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> At 6/12/2009, you wrote:
>>>>>>> sorry, but i could not understand how to enter those custem check
>>>>>>> points. there were stuffs like latatudes, longitudes, accuracy, and
>>>>>>> sort of somethings, which i could not understand how to enter.
>>>>>>> how would i know that on which specific geographical location i'm 
>>>>>>> citting
>>>>>>> on?
>>>>>>> are there some pre-prepared maps as well? for your information, i'm
>>>>>>> from india and more specifically there a city called jaipur.
>>>>>>> sorry if you're finding the questions silly, i'm extreme extreme
>>>>>>> beginner, and therefore you will have to bare all those silly
>>>>>>> questions.
>>>>>>> would be greatful if someone comes with easy answer of my silly 
>>>>>>> queries.
>>>>>>> regards,
>>>>>>> prateek agarwal.
>>>>>> 
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