This is not just a problem with blind individuals. I regularly have Lyft riders drive past my house and turn left on the street beyond my house because their navigation is confused in dividing the street up. I even got a lower cost then predicted because Lyft claimed I got out before the ride was complete.
In some cases with Blind Square you can adjust the location of a point of interest when they are based on address, so when you visit the place a second time, GPS will be a bit more accurate. Blind Square also has an indicator at the bottom middle that guesses at the accuracy of the GPS. Best Wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Jul 5, 2018, at 3:26 PM, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries > <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I know from many previous posts that many of you have been using your iPhone > to orient yourselves around unfamiliar environments, including finding > doorways, shops, businesses etc. I’m in this position now that I have to be > able to find a a particular doorway/entrance, in a row of entrances in a > street. I want to ask you how you accomplish this, what navigation software > you use & how accurate it is. I’ve just tried Google Maps but it informed me > I had arrived at my destination about a hundred of steps before I actually > found the door almost having to feel for it doorway by doorway. This was a > bit humiliating. There are so many navigation apps that I’m truly lost - > Lazarillo being the latest I’ve seen. How can I walk along a street and find > with a good degree of accuracy the entrance I need? > > Also, I feel that if I want to use my iPhone to navigate round town, I need a > bluetooth headset that wouldn’t muffle other sounds that may be crucial for > my safety. What do you use/recommend? I am a long cane user by the way so > all this has to do with walking. Feel free to email me off-list. > > Many thanks > > Andrew > > -- > 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: > mk...@ucla.edu 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: mk...@ucla.edu 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.
