Hi Ilkka, I had my phone in a case which has a velcro flap. It was either on my belt or in my hand, mostly in my hand. It was definitely not held by the window. I was in the front seat of the bus. My preference would be to keep the phone in the case, but if it matters, while on the bus, I can remove it. While walking, I hold the phone in my hand in its case, definitely preferred. I will be taking my next bus trip on Wednesday.
Les On Nov 3, 2012, at 1:23 AM, Ilkka Pirttimaa <ilkka.pirtti...@gmail.com> wrote: > When you select a target, it reports your distance and clock face to that > target. When you were on a bus, were you sitting close to window and your > device on the side of the window? You should do that, then device has GPS > signal. Otherwise it uses cell tower estimation or even wifi based location > that can be inaccurate or even wrong: I have seen that database of wifi > locations is usually just okay but if some people have moved, they have moved > also that wifi to new address and your location might jump! For this reason I > have warning mechanism in BlindSquare if it notices this kind of "jump". > > So, please make sure you have clean coordinates on your places you are > tracking and make sure you have best possible GPS accuracy when tracking. And > let me know when you have tested it more. > > > On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 3:41 AM, Les Kriegler <kriegle...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am confused about how to track. I set a place from within my places which > was at an office I work out of. I set it up at my home address. It reported > after I set it up that it was 0 feet; at the time, I ignored that message. I > then got on the bus and while on route, started tracking the office. I first > heard the target address and it reported 1.7 miles. I assumed that was the > distance to the tracking location. However, as we got closer to it, the > distance went up. When I got off the bus, I heard the distance reported as > close to three miles. When I got close to the location, it reported I was > about five feet away, but this occurred on a previous trip before I had set a > location to track. So my question is what does the distance represent? Is > it the distance from my house where I set the location to the actual > location? By the way, when I reached my home on the return trip, I heard my > address announced, as well as the tracked location of 0 feet. I thought > tracking a location meant the closer you got, the smaller the distance to the > location? Please explain how this works. Thanks. > > Les > On Nov 2, 2012, at 1:30 AM, Ilkka Pirttimaa <ilkka.pirtti...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello! When you have searched the target (by category list, search, recent >> places or My Places) and you are on page that shows name, address, phone >> number etc. (what information exists for that place), there are two buttons: >> >> 1) "Start Tracking": BS starts to report constantly distance and clock face >> direction where the place is. This is not "turn-by-turn" >> 2) "Plan a route": BS finds what navigation apps you have installed and you >> can start Navigon, TomTom, MotionX or Apple Maps to navigate to selected >> target. BS will stay on background reporting street crossings and POIs >> >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 5:58 AM, keith weatherly >> <musicma...@walterharper.org> wrote: >> hello, i just bought the blindsquare app today and i was just wondering how >> do i get it to tell me how to get from one point to the next point? for >> example when i come out of my apartment and want to walk to the store across >> the street from the apartment complex or maybe the church a little ways down >> the street. Are there certon settings that i need to use? I was riding in >> the car with a friend and it did anounce when he was at the diferent streets >> as well as the stores in view. I just want to know how i can use it for >> walking and get constent prompt to my destonation. Thank you in advance. >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ilkka Pirttimaa" >> <ilkka.pirtti...@gmail.com> >> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 10:13 AM >> >> Subject: Re: Best GPS for me? >> >> >> Yes, just open "App Store" on your iPhone and search "blindsquare". >> Here is link too: >> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/blindsquare/id500557255?mt=8 >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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