[gps-talkusers] Re: Situation 11

hi,
i've thrown my majellon 310 and sportrek in my pool to see how they
floated.
they are definitely water proof.
i would not do the same with the earthmate. (smile)
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Chris G <chrisg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>



On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 13:17:37 -0700
Michael May <MikeMay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

MM> Peggy,
MM> 
MM> The Magellan receivers are very water proof. The Earthmate receivers are 
MM> less water proof but a bit of rain shouldn't hurt them. I had the receiver 
MM> and PK under my jacket and you could do the same with the BrailleNote and 
MM> serial Earthmate assuming you had a somewhat loose jacket. The receiver 
MM> picks up fine through material like a jacket or within a backpack.
MM> 
MM> Mike
MM> At 11:55 AM 4/28/2005, you wrote:
MM> >Michael, you told how to keep the BrailleNote (or in your case the PK) 
MM> >dry, but what about the receiver?  I imagine it was still on your 
MM> >shoulder.  Is it okay if a receiver gets wet?  Or perhaps you were wearing 
MM> >it under your hat, as you told us at the CCB convention?  But what about 
MM> >those of us who don't have wireless receivers or PK's?  Any comments or 
MM> >recommendations?  <smile>
MM> >
MM> >Peggy
MM> >
MM> >At 10:41 AM 4/28/2005, you wrote:
MM> >>Situation 11
MM> >>I was headed to a hospital in San Francisco to visit my mother, which I 
MM> >>had never been to before. I had several public transportation options and 
MM> >>it was raining hard.
MM> >>
MM> >>Question 11
MM> >>What transportation would get me most efficiently to the hospital and how 
MM> >>would I navigate on the street without getting the BrailleNote wet?
MM> >>
MM> >>Answer 11
MM> >>I set the hospital's address, 45 Castro Street, as a virtual location. 
MM> >> From Virtual mode and I searched for the nearest POI in the Train 
MM> >>category. The 16th and Mission BART station was closest. I knew that a 
MM> >>taxi ride from the Amtrak stop would be expensive so I took Amtrak to 
MM> >>Richmond and switched to BART there. I pulled up the BART stations from a 
MM> >>route file I had previously created and counted the number of stops since 
MM> >>I couldn't hear them being announced
MM> >>
MM> >>I ended up with a 1.3 mile walk from the BART stop to the hospital and 
MM> >>partially up hill. I jumped on the first bus that came along and asked 
MM> >>the driver to drop me off as close to my destination as possible, which 
MM> >>turned out to be about 6 blocks from the hospital. The GPS was tracking 
MM> >>great, even inside the bus and it was easy to see I was getting closer 
MM> >>and where to get off the bus.
MM> >>
MM> >>When I got off the bus it was poring rain so I stepped into a doorway to 
MM> >>explore my remaining route to the hospital. I set my Explore position to 
MM> >>my GPS position with Chord G. I then set a route to my destination and 
MM> >>studied the route. I learned that I had 5 streets to cross on my side of 
MM> >>Duboce street before I reached Castro. I did this simply by advancing 
MM> >>from block to block with the Chord dots 2356 on the PK. I then pressed M 
MM> >>for Multiple repeat and D for destination. I turned the volume up and 
MM> >>zipped the PK inside my jacket. I knew to count 5 blocks and I could just 
MM> >>hear the PK talking inside my jacket, protected from the rain.
MM> >>
MM> >>Besides hearing my destination announced, each intersection was announced 
MM> >>as I approached it. Once I heard that friendly announcement that I had 
MM> >>reached my destination, the tricky part was finding the correct entrance 
MM> >>to the hospital. For the first time on this trip, I asked a sighted 
MM> >>person for directions. Before going inside, I marked the entrance as a 
MM> >>POI for future reference. When I walked into my mother's room, I felt 
MM> >>like a little kid, fitting a puzzle together as the last piece snapped 
MM> >>into place.
MM> >>
MM> >>
MM> >>
MM> >>
MM> >>
MM> >>
MM> >>Michael G. May
MM> >>
MM> >>CEO Sendero Group
MM> >>
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MM> >>tactile watch, Talks cell phone software and the ID Mate, bar code reader
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MM> >>
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Chris G <chrisg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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