Ok, I'm really confused here. I've started trying to use google maps, for example, and have a love-hate relationship with it, considering the fact that I love the idea that unlike mapquest, the search feature as far as finding a location such as "pizza hut," is so much easier, however, I don't like the fact that you can't access your contact info like you can with map quest/apple maps, which is something I do really frequently. Also, I've found that in a lot of cases, its acuracy can be really off when navigating, and was wondering if anyone else has ever had this issue. Something else I was curious about, what's the difference between using blindsquare with an app like google maps, and just using google maps, for example, by itself? On Aug 29, 2013, at 11:10 AM, Mike Arrigo wrote:
> I actually use GPS more for telling me streets and places than directions. > While it's certainly no substitute for a cane or guide dog and good travel > skills, for me it's just as important. I remember back in 2009, this was when > I was using way finder on a Nokia Symbian phone, I had gone out for a nice > long walk, on the way home, one of the streets had an interesting curve in it > and I found myself in a different place than I expected. I probably would not > have gotten back on track had it not been for the GPS program, and it was > kind of late so there was no one around to ask. These days, having nearby > explorer on my android devices, and the sendero seeing eye app and > blindsquare on my iphone are good things for sure. > Original message: >> Wow, Cheree! what a story! > >> Glad you had friends you could call and that all worked out well! :) > >> I love the fact that GPS apps are so prevalent on mobile platforms now. -And >> that so many of them are at least usable for us. It's very freeing when you >> think about it. :) > >> In addition to assisting people you are with, they can go a long way to >> helping people get acquainted with their environments so that we can really >> get a better sense of our surroundings. > >> Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful night! > >> Smiles, > >> Cara :) >> On Aug 28, 2013, at 9:08 PM, Cheree Heppe <che...@dogsc4me.com> wrote: > >> Cheree Heppe here: > >> The use of the GPS in a car could only have happened to somebody in a >> sit-com, but, trust me, it happened to my friends and me this afternoon. >> A pair of apparently solid sandals that I wore to work completely broke >> down, leaving me the choice of walking in my nearly bare feet over >> questionably clear sidewalks and streets to get home. I decided that would >> be a very risky plan and phoned a family I have known for some years with an >> emergency plea for transport or to borrow a pair of shoes. All of the girls >> and their mother wear the same size shoe as I do. >> The mom, Carolyn, agreed to pick me up after my work day and drive me home >> and share a pair of shoes until I could step on to home turf and return them. >> At about 17:25, long after I got outside in my nearly bare feet, they hadn't >> arrived. Two phone calls determined that Carolyn had parked her SUV in one >> of those self-serve parking garages and walked several blocks to me. >> When Carolyn and her daughter, Hannah, saw me outide my building, they >> simultaneously realized that they'd forgotten the loaner pair of shoes in >> their car. >> Carolyn wore a double pair of socks and let me slip into her sneakers. We >> carefully, for Carolyn's sake, wended our way to find the building and her >> SUV. >> Once up the ramps and at the car, we all got inside, only to have Carolyn >> realize that her credit card was at home next to the laptop. This car park >> requires a credit card in order to open the exit gates. >> We decided to use my card. Carolyn took it to the machine, where, because >> of Braille labelling I affixed with the card number, etc, it promptly got >> well and truly jammed in the machine. Naturally, it hadn't gotten to the >> stage to let us, or the ever-growing line of cars and driers out of the >> parking structure. >> On the automatic card machine now jammed with my card is a keypad to use in >> case of problems. Carolyn dialed and explained that a card had gotten >> jammed in the machine. >> Several staff from the Embassy Suites to which the parking structure >> belonged, came out and could not get the card out. Meanwhile, the drivers >> were making increasingly interesting suggestions about our situation. >> Finally, the hotel engineer came with a pair of needle-nose pliers and >> pulled the card out. >> All and sundry breathed a really large sigh of relief and we all got free >> egress from there. >> Not, for the GPS part. >> Carolyn is not familiar with the city and I am not familiar with driver >> helps. What a team. So, I brought up WAZE, a navigation and traffic GPS >> that one of my former readers swears by. Sure enough, after I set it up, I >> had to turn off VoiceOver to Carolyn's sighted daughter could read the >> directions to Carolyn. WAZE is more accessible than it started out to be, >> but still is not blind friendly enough to use the way we would really like. >> It's amazing for sighted users, however. >> We found our way home beautifully. >> If I actually learn how to use some of my GPS apps, I suspect I will have >> powerful tools in the palm of my hand. I have Ariadne and Blind Square and >> they help more than hinder. Maybe I'm making GPS progress, eh? > > >> Regards, >> Cheree Heppe >> T > >> Sent from my IPhone 4S > >> -- >> 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 http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > >> -- >> 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 http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > 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 http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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