Re: OziExplorer questions

From: Dave Patton (none_at_none.com)
Date: 06/30/04 

Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 15:28:47 GMT

Peter <peter@no-spam-please-6644.co.uk> wrote in
news:rkv4e0l0a78kc2jjlr2p7s6rkack6sugn5@4ax.com:

>
> Dave Patton <none@none.com> wrote:
>
>>Best place for OziExplorer-related questions is the
>>OziExplorer Users mailing list:
>>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OziUsers-L/
 
> Thank you; I have looked there. I prefer Usenet because it is about 10
> times faster to browse the threads than any www hosted forum. A pity
> OE doesn't have a usenet group :)

Many(most?) people that make active use of the OziExplorer Yahoo group
get the messages via email, and seldom bother with the web-based interface.
It just serves as a useful archive - for example, I link to
specific messages from the "Mailing List postings" section of
my "OziExplorer Information" page:
http://members.shaw.ca/davepatton/ozi/index.html#posts
 
> I think OE is an excellent product; however the pocket/pc version does
> need a few little things tidyied up. For example, if you switch off
> the GPS receiver, it just sits there. It should have a timeout on the
> NMEA data and should put up a big "NO SAT DATA" message across the map
> - just like every aviation GPS that I've ever used does.

You should communicate your request(s) to the author, Des,
via email. Another approach some people use is to bounce
their idea(s) off the mailing list first, in case others
have any info to add, workarounds, etc. 

-- 
Dave Patton
Canadian Coordinator, Degree Confluence Project
http://www.confluence.org/
My website: http://members.shaw.ca/davepatton/

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