[gps-talkusers] GPS 3.1 is released

Sendero Group is happy to announce the release of GPS version 3.1 for the 
BrailleNote running 6.1 and for the BrailleNote PK. Feel free to place your 
orders any time keeping in mind that you must have Keysoft 6.1 on your 
machine before GPS 3.1 will run.

The price for a new package remains at $1399 in the U.S. The upgrade price 
from GPS version 3 to GPS version 3.1 is $99. See the list of changes 
below. If you are still on GPS version 2, the upgrade to 3.1 is $249. Email 
GPS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx if you would like to have the list of changes sent to 
you or if you have any questions.


Regards,

Mike

Sendero GPS V3.1 Changes, February 15, 2005

The BrailleNote GPS 3.1 version for the BrailleNote Keysoft 6.1 has the 
same GPS features as for the BrailleNote PK, however, it is compiled for 
two different processors. See the ReadMe document for known issues and 
important tips not covered in the manual.

Here are some of the more notable changes in Sendero's GPS 3.1 over version 
3. Transparent improvements, under the hood, are not listed here. A 
separate document lists the changes from Version 2 to version 3.

* The BrailleNote's underlying operating system has been upgraded from 
Windows CE version 2.1 to CE version 4.20. Accordingly, this GPS version is 
more robust due to better memory management and other architectural changes 
under the new Windows CE version.

* The PK GPS has been upgraded with the Richmap Engine Version 3.1, which 
has improved route calculation speed and quality.

* Route calculations and POI searches are 7 to 10 times as fast on the PK 
as the Keysoft 5.1 BrailleNote. GPS Route calculations and POI searches are 
20% to 40% faster under Keysoft 6.1 versus Keysoft 5.

* The maximum number of maps that can be loaded at once is increased to 18 
for the PK versus 12 for the BrailleNote. It is still recommended to use 
the minimal number of maps and POI files.

* F and Dot 4 now search for nearest points within a mile without asking 
for a search string. This expedites a quick search for nearby points.

* The PK GPS defaults to a Bluetooth receiver type and the BrailleNote to a 
Serial GPS receiver type.

* When loading or creating a virtual route, you will be placed at waypoint 
1 rather than at 0.

* Now Virtual mode has its own (Force Sequential Route following, Auto 
Increment Waypoints, and Detailed/Turns only mode) separate from GPS.

* You can now enter the name of a POI at the end of an address look-up 
instead of only being able to use the address as the default POI name.

* RK is a new command: If you wish to create a list of favorite POIs, you 
can now highlight a point of interest, press R then K and you will be asked 
if you wish to add this POI. You must have a route open, which the POI will 
be copied into. This is a means of putting a collection of POIs in one file 
that you may wish to reference. For example, you want to go to a Mexican 
restaurant and you search for all restaurants within a mile. Copy the ones 
that sound interesting into a route called Mexican Restaurants. You can 
save your list for future reference and you have the phone number, address 
and the position of each point.

If you wish to explore the area of any of these points, press Chord V to 
set it as your virtual position after highlighting it. You could also 
rename the point with a new phone number or annotation of how good the food 
was.

* The destination position is now saved upon exiting the GPS program. It 
will remain active when you re-enter the GPS program.

* Chord D is now a toggle between setting a destination and deactivating 
the destination.

* The sequence has been changed for announcing the Destination. It is now, 
Distance, Direction to Name, and Compass if you are set to clock face mode. 
Remaining distance to a destination is usually the most important 
information so it is announced first, followed by the direction to the 
destination. One can repeatedly press D to quickly hear the distance to 
destination without having to hear the name over and over again.

* When you press RV or RP when a destination is active, the BrailleNote 
will automatically calculate the route without asking if you wish to save a 
previously created route. This speeds up the process of calculating new 
routes when you get off-course. If you wish to save a route, make sure and 
do so with RS before calculating a new route.

* There is now a duplicate command for the Waypoint advance and previous 
command, W and Chord W. Use the Up and Down Arrows on the QT or Dot 4 or 
Dot 1 on the BT to scroll through the Waypoint list same as with the W.

* The T and Chord T Turning commands now give better information about the 
connecting street names for highway ramps. The same applies to the 
automatic Look-Around mode when on a ramp.

* When you pick a category in Look Around Mode (Chord M), that category was 
saved even when you exited GPS. Now the category resets to "All" when you 
exit GPS. This is consistent with the category behavior in the Advance Find 
function.

* Advance Alert distance for next turn and intersection has been doubled.

* When you perform an Address search for all streets or cities by pressing 
Enter with no text, a maximum will be generated starting at A and 
proceeding through the alphabet. Remember if you search for all streets or 
cities beginning with a single letter that you have to use a letter sign 
before many letters on the Braille keyboard when using Grade 1 or 2, 
otherwise, they will be interpreted as single word contractions. A maximum 
is also set for POI searches and Waypoints in a route.

  BrailleNote with Keysoft 6.1
     Max # of Cities, Streets, POIs or Waypoints, 2500 each

BrailleNote PK
  Max # of Cities, Streets, POIs or Waypoints, 5000 each.

* In addition to being able to enter latitude and longitude in separate 
Degrees, minutes and seconds  or as one long expression, you can now enter 
Degrees followed by the minutes, decimal and seconds. For example, 33 
minutes and 9.4 seconds is entered into separate fields is the same as 
entering 33.6382 in the minutes field. See section 8.2 in the User Manual 
for examples.

Please read other documents for a complete understanding of the BrailleNote 
GPS software including the ReadMe, the manual, the audio tutorial and the 
optional GPS CourseWare.

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