i'm just wondering, might a Bluetooth beacon be more accurate and more useful in this context? Sandy
sent from the dark side of the moon > On 9 Jul 2017, at 17:07, Richard Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > > Presuming the route from their apartment to the mailbox is outside, > BlindSquare could mark the mailbox as a place, then give information about > distance and direction if that was tracking was turned on. It would say > things like, Mailbox 800 feet at 10 o’clock. > Seeing Eye GPS recently added waypoints. I have not tried them, but I gather > if you walk a route it will mark your turns and you could make the mailbox a > favorite. > > I cannot remember the name of the app that is primarily designed to track the > path you walk and allow you to retrace it. Is it MyWay classic? > > There are probably others. > > HTH, > Richard > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Robert Doc Wright > Sent: Saturday, July 8, 2017 11:30 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Another question about gps apps > > To help her out she and her husband are moving to a new complex and are > hoping to create a POI at the mailbox then set a gps app to plan a route to > that poi. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Richard Turner > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, July 8, 2017 1:38 PM > Subject: Re: Another question about gps apps > > > Blind Square is not strictly speaking a GPS app. It does not do turn-by-turn > directions. > But, once you find the point of interest you want, Blind Square can launch > Google maps, Apple Maps, or several paid GPS apps. > If all you want is the turn-by-turn directions, Google Maps does a fine job. > Richard > > > On Jul 8, 2017, at 12:54 PM, Lelia <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, so here is a question, I know with google maps you can get directions > say from your place to a store or something like that. Can you do the same > with a GPS app like blindsquare? Say can you get directions from my house to > a point of interest? Is there a GPS app that can do something like that? > Thanks for any tips you can give. > Lelia > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone 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 V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. 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