Hi Mark, I agree with your thoughts on maps and it's general usage.
I used it on xmas eve for navigating my way around a city I hadn't been in for 5 years and has undergone major changes due to earthquake damage, Maps as you said spoke route information and intersection / crossing details but as for other location details or things of interest it did not give me that information I wonder though if this is more a location feature as Christchurch may not have the same things of interest as your city / location has and therefore the NZ apple maps info is less than whay you get. I'll find my phone and have a look at how I've got it set up and let you know what I find if anything. -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: Saturday, 7 January 2017 5:32 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: The Native iOS Maps App Provides Excellent Intersection Announcements, But . Hello All, I was just experimenting with the native iOS Maps app today and, as many of you already know, if one sets the tracking feature to, "On+Heading", then places VoiceOver focus on the, "My Location", area of the screen, as one travels down a road, cross street names and intersection info is quite accurately announced. In fact, I enjoy this feature so much so that I am beginning to use the Maps app instead of Seeing Eye GPS or Nearby Explorer, when merely traveling down a street, with no particular destination in mind. There is, however, kind of a drawback in using the Maps app for intersection announcements, as least as far as I am concerned; said drawback being that, in addition to accurately providing intersection information, such as the names of cross streets, Maps also continuously announces points-of-interests as they are passed. For me, this is too much information, especially when traveling in a vehicle as the announcements become somewhat cluttered. My personal preference would be to have intersection/cross street announcements, only. Does anyone know if there is a way to disable POI announcements in Maps? If POI announcements could be disabled, in the scenario I have described above, then the native iOS Maps app could quite easily make it possible for those of us who are visually challenged to enjoy basic GPS navigation without having to incur additional cost by purchasing third-party GPS navigation solutions. I hope that those of you who participate in the iOS beta program will pass this topic and suggestion along to Apple developers. Thank you, Mark -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
