Hi Sandy, The fact that What3Words uses 5 foot squares does not mean you get that accuracy from your iPhone. I don’t think I have seen anything better than 3 metres which is about 10 feet. When I had my iPhone 4S in 2011 I at one point bought a Garmin GPS receiver which was supposed to be better and even then 3 metres was the best I ever got under open skies. In cities between tall buildings, under heavy cloud cover or under trees it maybe less and inside buildings it is most likely even worse. It is my understanding that this also is not because GPS isn’t capable of better accuracy but because the GPS system is owned by the US military and they deliberately factor in a small amount of inaccuracy for tactical reasons I assume. Glonas which is the Russian satellite network and which the iPhone also uses I assume is no different, but utilizing both systems does help in terms of how many satellites the receiver can lock on to and this in turn provides a better and more reliable signal..
Regards, Sieghard From: 'Sandy Tomkins' via VIPhone <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2019 1:10 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Lazarillo or BlindSquare Just a thought here, There is an app called "what3words" which is free and boasts a 5 foot gps accuracy. It labels the whole of the land surface of the world, generates via computer, three words, rather than numbers, for every 3 metre square, or 10 foot square approx. It will link to BlindSquare and other gps apps, so, try it, it might just give you that bit more fine tuning. Good luck with the cake delivery! Sandy. t b Sent from The dark side of the moon On 15 Sep 2019, at 18:55, 'Karen Delzer' via VIPhone <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: and it begs a question here, because we both have Blind Square and like it. We live in a mobile home park, and it's absolutely crazy-making finding our way from point A to point Be in here. We wish to find an app that will allow us to drop bread crumbs so we know absolutely where we are at every given minute. It would be rather embarrassing to carry a cake to the wrong neighbor, or appear somewhere we should not, all ready to swim. The embarrassing scenario possibilities are endless. We've got lots of programs on our phones, Curt has his Trek, but we haven't yet found just the right thing. *sigh*( Karen At 08:35 AM 9/15/2019, you wrote: Can you set up as a point of interest areas otherwise not found on the maps in any of the free apps? Such as a specific building on a university campus ? Sent from my iPhone On Sep 15, 2019, at 9:21 AM, Richard Turner < [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: For those who do not want to pay $39.99 for Blind Square, take a look at the free Lazarillo app. It does not have the depth of features that Blind Square has; but it is a good orientation app. If you want a walking route, you can get that from within Lazarillo. 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