low bridges

timrollings · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 22, 2008 Posts: 2

can anyone please tell me where i can find a poi for low bridges in the uk my sat navs a garmin nuvi 205 thanks

Andy_P · Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:16 pm Post subject:

Try looking in the POI section of the forum (http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=130)
Or even doing a search for "bridge"

They have been asked for a few times before.

M8TJT · Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:55 am Post subject:

Welcome to the forums Tim.
C'mon (EDIT Andy), be gentle, firts post. Very Happy

I searched for bridge in the keyword and got 718 hits and none of the first 30 were obviously about 'Low Bridges' except this thread which was top of the list. Crying or Very sad

I very rarely find what I am looking for using search, perhaps it's because of the rather daunting array of options that I don't fully understand on the search page. IMHO it's much easier to ask a question than try to understand the nuances of the search page or find what you are looking for in the results. Confused

Calomax · Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:38 am Post subject:

I'm with M8TJT here. Searching invariably brings up loads, sometimes hundreds, of hits and rarely are any of the relevant to your search.
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M8TJT · Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:08 am Post subject:

Further to my last,
I tried 'low AND bridge', this brought up a more valid list, however one suggestion in this list was to type 'low bridge poi' into the search page, this brought up 14750 (yes thats right fourteen thousand odd hits). How useful was that piece of advice??? Sad

Even if you put the search phrase in quotes, the engine still ORs the individual words instead of treating the words as single joined up phrase. Confused

So how do you get an exact match for a phrase?

EDIT:-
I have a feeling that I am dragging this OT Stop!

GPS_fan · Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:08 am Post subject:

A search didn't show up that much relevant stuff for me either.

I did, however, manage to find this link which may be useful.
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M8TJT · Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:09 am Post subject:

Sorry, hit the reply instead of edit button for the OT comment in my last

Andy_P · Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:06 am Post subject:

M8TJT · Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 12:07 pm Post subject:

Andy.
Ok Andy you win on a technicality Very Happy

The point that I was trying to make was that the search page, although it seems that it will find what you want it to if you know how to use it, is pretty complicated when compared with say Google.
The advice given in the post of my example was to just type the phrase and did not include ant further instructions on how to use the rest of the input parameters, hence the 14,000 hits. I suppose what I should do is to learn how to use it properly. Confused

As an aside, try typing 'low bridge poi' (without the quotes) into google and see what you get. A rather different result. Ok 37,000 hits, but the first couple of pages at least contains good info including links to PGPSW on the subject and most of the hits have got the words 'low bridge' in them. Whether these would answer the OP's question is debatable though.
I am definately not trying to flame or pick an argument, but for the busy user who cannot spare the time (or bother) to learn the search page on our site, in my opinion it tends not to produce the goods when used as a simple search engine.

Andy_P · Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 2:43 pm Post subject:

As I think Anita said recently, helping to point someone to where stuff is usually involves a "search" on our part first (it's not ALL in our heads, I wish it was!). Usually I DO make the search myself and post the links, but if I'm short on time, sometimes I'll just give people a nudge to try a little "self help"!

Maybe someone should do a "beginners' guide to using the search button", as I guess it is a bit of a black art deciding on the best search words to use.
But you'll find using the "search for ALL terms" option makes all the difference.

M8TJT · Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 4:26 pm Post subject:

Pocketgps · Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 6:22 pm Post subject: Re: low bridges

timrollings · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 22, 2008 Posts: 2

thanks i didn't mean to start an argument but thanks for all the opinions and comments regarding my original post and have found all the other "debating" rather interesting too.
thanks

Calomax · Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:38 pm Post subject:

Andy_P wrote

Pocketgps · Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 12:30 am Post subject:

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