[access-uk] Re: Maps on the iPod Touch

  • From: "ANDY COLLINS" <Andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:27:07 -0000

Hi Jackie -
I haven't had time to play more so far, and understand what you say about connection for the Touch, but maybe the iPhone does better being online.
The maps give the choice of routing by car, bus, or on foot. I can see times when this will be a help. For example, ahead of setting out in a reasonably familiar area, but not too sure where a destination actually is. Or when in a car that doesn't have sat nav, or in the case of personal experience last week, when trying to get around Cardiff using a Garmin sat nav, with out of date maps, it would have helped to use the free wi-fi connection in the hotel, to look at the route ahead of setting off, and to even keep the programme open when in the car to check on the directions, which I imagine will stay on screen after wi-fi connection has been broken. It might even be possible to save a route as a favourite, not sure on that one yet. Anyway, not a complete replacement for something like Way Finder, but still a useful and free tool - 

Andy
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairnsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 9:30 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Maps on the iPod Touch



Hi Andy
I haven't played with it yet, but the problem we iTouch users have with Maps is that it will only work for as long as your broadband is picked up. Nice 
idea though!


Kind Regards,

Jackie Cairns

-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
ANDY COLLINS
Sent: 12 March 2012 21:39
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Maps on the iPod Touch

Hi all -

This is probably the same for the iPhone too.
I may be coming to this late, as I haven't needed to find a replacement for Wayfinder Access since it went off line. However, this evening I took a look 
at the maps programme on my Touch, and found I could put in a destination,
and because it can track where I am, it came up with a route, that was
actually accessible to me, telling me how far to walk, which way to turn, as 
well as the name of the roads. I think for sighted users there is also an
actual map, but the fact that there are text instruction too, makes this
useful. Thought I'd share it just in case there are others like me that have 
imagined such a programme would be inaccessible to the blind -

Andy

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