[gps-talkusers] What an experience!

I had the most awesome experience with the Braille Note GPS this afternoon.
I work on the campus of a university where I am familiar with most of the
campus.  However, there are parts of campus I rarely visit and thus am not
very familiar with.  Today was one of those days where I needed to attend a
meeting in a building I rarely visit.  We have accessible door to door
shuttle service that I used to get to the building, but I decided to take an
adventurous walk and use the gps to get back to my office once the meeting
had ended.  I have one of the entrances to my building set as a POI and
defined  that as my destination.  I then used that information as I walked
along some unfamiliar sidewalks to determine my location.  My first attempt
led me to a dead end, but once I turned around, my journey was amazingly
smooth as silk.  I walked with my Seeing Eye dog down winding sidewalks past
large buildings and eventually found myself approaching a familiar road.
The entire time, I used the getting warmer method to see how far I was from
my destination and the x command to see how far I was from any nearby
streets.  Once I came to the street, I knew exactly where I was but
continued using the gps to hear my distance from my destination.  I had
never walked that rout before and was amazed at how helpful the gps was for
me.  There is no doubt in my mind that I would have ended up lost had I
tried such an adventure with out my gps.  I think I have new found courage
to venture to those unfamiliar places, set some points of interests, and
take more adventurous walks in unfamiliar places.  Thank you Sendero Group
for making such a neat and wonderful way finding product.

 Carlos and Seeing Eye Dog Derek

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