[meteorite-list] (OT) GPS POI files for Tucson and Southern Arizona

From: John Teague <volgems_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:39:26 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
Message-ID: <14723858.1295383166954.JavaMail.root_at_elwamui-milano.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

If you don't want to do this, go to the on-line sites, get the addresses for the show, program them into your GPS BEFORE you head to Tucson and you're good to go. I've done that and it sure saves time going to shows that you've never been to before.

And, risking the wrath of the list, I, too, program in the address for restaurants that I want to visit. This really saves time at night!

John Teague
Knoxville, Tennessee


-----Original Message-----
>From: Richard Kowalski <kowalski at lpl.arizona.edu>
>Sent: Jan 18, 2011 2:57 PM
>To: MPML <mpml at yahoogroups.com>, Meteorite List <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>, IMCA Mailing List <imca at imcamail.de>
>Subject: [meteorite-list] (OT) GPS POI files for Tucson and Southern Arizona
>
>Apologies for this cross posting this semi off topic message, but I know there
>are people on each of these lists that might have an interest in this, but they
>are not on more than one of the lists I'm sending this to, so this seemed most
>efficient...
>
>For those of you who will be attending the Gem, Fossil & Mineral shows here in
>Tucson starting next week, I have created a Point of Interest file for use in
>personal GPS devices that has the location for each of the 40 plus shows, broken
>down by both show name and location name.
>
>For those coming for their first "show", I think you'll this file will
>indispensable to help you find your way around to the various shows. If you are
>a show regular, you may find that the file is still useful helping you find this
>year's brand new show locations, or find those more obscure shows you haven't
>been to before.
>
>This file, "Tucson Gem, Mineral & Fossil Showcase" can be found on the excellent
>site POI-Factory at: http://www.poi-factory.com/node/24678
>
>
>In addition to this file, I have also created several others that may be of
>interest to those of you who visit Tucson for business and pleasure. One is for
>those interested in Astronomy and others are of a more general interest.
>
>"Optical Valley- Tucson, Arizona" is the astronomy specific file. It contains
>the locations and descriptions of every professional telescope in the Tucson and
>Southern Arizona as well as a few locations on the University of Arizona campus.
>(No amateur sites or commercial telescopes are included)
>
>Lastly, I've created a few files that can be used by general visitors and
>residents alike.
>
>Optical Valley - http://www.poi-factory.com/node/17651
>Tucson & Southern Arizona Attractions - http://www.poi-factory.com/node/31932
>Saguaro National Park East & West - http://www.poi-factory.com/node/17355
>
>All of these files may be downloaded for free as can most of the other files on
>that site.
>Most of my files are generated in the Garmin GPX format, but there are a number
>of software programs that can make a conversion for you if your unit does not
>handle the GPX format.
>
>I've created several more "Tucson files" and there are many created by others
>that could be useful for people visiting the area, so be sure try more than just
>my files.
>
>I'm in no way associated with the Poi-Factory website, but it is a friendly,
>helpful site that is free and has NO advertising on it. I real rarity in this
>day and age.
>
>
>--
>Richard Kowalski
>Catalina Sky Survey
>Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
>University of Arizona
>http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/css/
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