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Joined: Dec 08, 2004 Posts: 10643 Location: Suffolk, UK
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 4:50 pm Post subject: So what is so difficult ......
..... with the Submission Guidelines
1. The contents of the Title box.
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Enter the Town/City/District in which the POI is located or near followed by a name/additional text. Separate the the two items with a comma. For example, a pub and an historic house
Farnham, Star & Garter
Basingstoke, The Vyne
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As the Subcategory name is used for the POI file name there is no need to include it in the Title box.
I have rejected a number of Submissions purely because the Subcategory has been entered as the Title. I don't have the time to do your work for you. There's one of me, and loads of you!
3. How to position a POI.
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The POI latitude and longitude co-ordinates will be used by your SatNav to get you to the location of the POI so do not position the POI on the actual building in a large retail park. Position the POI on a road within the retail park close to the store or at the entrance to the car parking area. The Google Map Satellite view quite often shows a detailed image which can be used to select the best position. Please use the Comments box to say how the POI has been positioned.
4. The contents of the Comments box.
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Please use the Comments box as it is very reassuring to see "repositioned using local knowledge" when the Action selected is "Confirm existing POI" but the co-ordinates are different to those of the original. It really does help the reviewer if you state in the Comments box what you are changing when submitting a "Change existing POI" request.
The comments box is rarely used, and as I gave up Mind Reading I can't always make an adjustment for the best placement. It also takes me longer to do each one.
5. Phone numbers
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Enter phone numbers in the international dialling format without spaces or hyphens. For example the UK number 01234 123456 should be entered as +441234123456
This seems to be the biggest stumbling block with most Submissions. Some submitters get it right, then do it wrong. Even some who should know better get it wrong
If I manually correct the number, it can double the time to do each one, and I can't be certain that I've done it correctly.
And finally, there are a lot of Submissions being made that have obviously been taken from Websites. These are often generated by Postcodes (which we know can lead to horrendous errors), or an address (which is not always very accurate). Even the Map Page of the Website is often Postcode generated.
As End Users, do we want numbers, or accuracy?
It is very discouraging to find a Submission has to be corrected, sometimes only a couple of days later, because it's in the wrong place.
It takes me as long to review a good Submission as it does fo0r someone to make it. Multiply that by the number of Users making Submissions and there's not a lot of my "Spare Time" left spare. _________________ Richard
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Joined: Feb 05, 2005 Posts: 1039 Location: East Sussex
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 8:39 pm Post subject:
OK no prob from me I try my best and I like to think i get it right and
I take it I'm doing OK as the last time I mucked up you sent me a email to correct my mistake _________________ TomTom 5001
Joined: Mar 31, 2006 Posts: 129 Location: Hampshire, UK
Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 1:14 pm Post subject:
and can I add my normal plea? Look at the POIs in your area and please, please, ensure they are correct by using your local knowledge. For example, as I found to my annoyance, the POI submitted for Waitrose in Salisbury takes you to a parallel road with no access! No doubt it has the correct postcode (or address) but that's not helpful when the correct road for access requires a lengthy and difficult detour.
If lots of us do these checks, the POI dataset will be the bees knees _________________ TT GO app on Android Phone
I have also noticed that quite a few are being added without a town location and perhaps just a street name or even less, I would rather travel 6 miles in the direction of travel than 4 miles back in the direction i have just come from to look for a loo. _________________ Moto G5s Plus, Sygic 17.4.8
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Even some who should know better get it wrong 
No doubt it has the correct postcode (or address) but that's not helpful when the correct road for access requires a lengthy and difficult detour.
