[gps-talkusers] Re: Unnamed Parkways and Expressways fixed, Graphical maps, virtual manual routes and more!
- From: Jessica Cantrell <news@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 15:43:01 -0600
There are a few major highways on the Alberta canada maps that are unlabeled.
Would it be possible to fix this map also?
Jessica
Sent from my iPhone
On 2011-11-03, at 9:53, "Charles LaPierre" <charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I am really excited to report a few of the development projects we have been
> hard a work over the summer which have been released!
>
> Sendero is happy to report that the unnamed Parkways and Expressways in New
> York and New Jersey maps have been fixed.
> Bronx River Parkway, and Atlantic City Expressway’s are both named again!
> The issue it turns out was a slight change in the map format when TeleAtlas
> became TomTom and the deCarta RichMap Filter that converts the raw map format
> from TeleAtlas/TomTom to RMF wasn’t updated, which wasn’t caught by any other
> customer of theirs. deCarta finally fixed the problem and we regenerated the
> New York and New Jersey maps which have been uploaded to our website. You
> can log into your account at www.gosendero.com and download the updates if
> you use either of these maps.
>
> If you find any other map with unnamed Highways, Expressways, or Parkways
> which use to be named in 2010 which are now unnamed in 2011 please let
> Sendero know and we will regenerate those maps for you.
>
> Sendero is also happy to announce that we have secured our download website!
> Now when you enter in your password or change your password etc. it will be
> secure using HTTPS and the SSL protocol. Even if you go to
> http://www.gosendero.com it changes you to use https instead and make the
> data you type in secure.
>
> For those of you who upgraded/purchased to 2011 maps from Sendero for your
> Braille/Voice Note, Braille/Voice Sense, or Mobile Geo, your account also has
> access to Sendero Maps for your PC which you can download and install.
> Yesterday Sendero released an update which not only provides a graphical map
> for our Low Vision users but also a new Manual route creation option using
> your virtual movements to record a very specific route that you choose. So
> if you don’t like the route automatically generated maybe because it goes
> through a section of town which is not safe or not familiar to you, this is
> no longer a problem. Set yourself where you want the route to begin, turn on
> Manual route creation and virtually move around the map and the system will
> keep track of every turn you make and guide you along the exact same path you
> virtually just travelled. If you make a mistake while creating the route, no
> problem you can undo as many of the waypoints all the way back to the start
> of your route and try again, once finished just save the route and you are
> good to go. Then you can transfer this route to your portable GPS system
> powered by Sendero and follow this route real-time just as if your device
> automatically created it for you.
>
> Happy Travels!
>
> Charles LaPierre, CTO Sendero Group
> Developers of accessible GPS and distributors of technology for the blind
>
> Phone: 888-757-6810
> Email:Charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sendero web: http://www.senderogroup.com
> General GPS Web: http://www.AccessibleGPS.com
>
> Address: 1857 Glenmark Way, Roseville, CA 95747
>
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