[gps-talkusers] Re: Road Report from Europe

I would agree. Always interesting to hear about people's travels and how they use gps, dogs, whatever to get something done. 
Original message:

Mike, keep the E - mails coming.  Sometimes you slip in a little trick that
a user may not know.  Always useful and interesting.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael May" <mikemay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2011 3:55 AM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Road Report from Europe




I used to send emails about GPS experiences around the globe but have not
done so in a while. I guess it feels so commonplace for me and many
others,
that I don't think it would be interesting, probably not something I
should
take for granted however.



I flew over for the SightCity conference in Frankfurt Wednesday through
Friday. This was the first overseas trip for my new Seeing Eye dog, Tank
and
he did wonderfully. All the normal interesting technology at the exhibits.
I
did see one thing that was a surprise. We have used something called the
Loc8tor for finding lost keys, phones, etc but this device has not been
accessible. Loc8tor was at the show with a more simple and accessible
locating device. I believe it is available for $99. It was 50 Euros at the
show. It does not have the separation alert of the $199 model but it does
allow you to establish 4 connections with the locator fobs. When you lose
a
device, you simple point this device and it beeps faster when pointing in
the direction of the fob and it goes faster as you get closer.



Oh yes, GPS. That was very useful finding an Indian restaurant in
Frankfurt.
I still maintain my policy of not eating at the hotel restaurant. It came
in
handy figuring out the taxi situation, whether to drop off a friend first
and then go to the hotel or the other way around.



It took 4 trains for me to reach this small village I am now at in
Switzerland. Because of the language barrier, I really depend on the GPS
to
tell me how far I am from the transfer station. With only minutes to
spare,
the train transfer is the trickiest part of train travel. Finding the
right
track requires sighted assistance.



I went out for a walk in this village this morning with Tank. It is
beautiful but pretty early and nobody around to ask for directions, not to
mention my French is nonexistent. Managed to find my way back to my
friend's
house, built in 1690 by the way.



Should be fun exploring Geneva today. Going to the home of a wonderful
person I met at TechShare  for dinner tonight who works for the UN. Will
definitely need the GPS to get there. One slightly tricky thing is
entering
address names with accents in them, especially if you don't know what
those
accents are. For example, cities like Basel and Geneva. Still haven't
figured out Basel I used the point of interest database to fine the train
station but entering the city name only works if you know the proper
accent
character.



In any event, remember it is better to travel hopefully than to arrive.



Mike



Michael May, CEO Sendero Group
Developers of accessible GPS and distributors of technology for the blind



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