[gps-talkusers] Re: gps inside?
- From: Chris Grabowski <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:42:31 -0500
Hi Tina,
I'll answer your second question.
the maps will run from SD cf or usb jump drives.
However it is not recommended to run your maps from the jump drive
because in motion you could bump the usb drive therefore braking it
off.
Hope this helps.
Chris
On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:24:06 -0700, "Tina B." <tinabir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>Hi. Does the braille note gps work indoors yet or is that being planned?
>Also, if I get a jump drive for my m-power , can I save the maps for the US
>on to that drive or what kind of device are they on like a cf card or an sd
>card? I know you can get those little drives with several gigs have a friend
>who just got a 3 or 4 gig one so that is what made me wonder and if I can,
>what gig should I go with just to be sure there is enough space?
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Raul A. Gallegos" <raul@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 1:40 PM
>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: BrailleNote GPS vs Voice Sense GPS
>
>
>> Hi. On the Voice Sense I put in Sendero as the virtual position and the
>> Lighthouse as the destination. It showed that the destination was 64.37
>> miles southwest from Sendero.
>>
>> The Voice Sense plays progress tones, but I don't think they are three
>> seconds apart. I created the route using two slightly methods. The first
>> was using the micro hard drive CF card with the whole West of the US
>> loaded. The second test was with only the California maps loaded in the
>> flashdisk of the Voice Sense. In both cases the result was the same.
>> Creating a vehicle route took 57 beeps. The route had 364 waypoints. To be
>> honest, this is longer than what I would have thought. At least when I've
>> created many routes in Denver, Chicago, and Fort Wayne, 60 or so mile
>> routes do not seem to take as long, but I don't know if POIs or map areas
>> have something to do with this.
>>
>> So, there is the Voice Sense side of things.
>>
>> Kevin Chao said the following on 12/13/2007 1:14 PM:
>>> If we wwant to figure this out we can run a test. Let's say we just have
>>> the maps for California loaded and create a route from Sendero Group to
>>> the LightHouse and see what the
>>> difference in speed is. Raul, I am not sure if there is some progress
>>> tone on the Sense Nav. On the Sendero GPS, there is a swoosh that occurs
>>> every 3
>>> seconds to indicate some progress. Starting: Sendero Group
>>> 11188 Maple Lane Davis, CA Ending: LightHouse
>>> 214 Van ness Ave San Francisco, CA Could someone perform the route
>>> calculation on the BrailleNote and someone on the VoiceSense? We then can
>>> compare notes. It might be faster on the VoiceSense as Alex suggested as
>>> there is more processing power and RAM on the VoiceSense. There are many
>>> variables that aren't accounted for, but this is just a general
>>> comparison. Kevin -----Original Message-----
>>> From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Judy W
>>> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 8:58 AM
>>> To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: BrailleNote GPS vs Voice Sense GPS
>>>
>>>
>>> Isn't the chip in the Braille Sense faster? Maybe someone from sendero
>>> could
>>> tell us if route calculation is noticeably faster.
>>>
>>> Judy
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Raul A. Gallegos
>>> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 10:47 AM
>>> To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: BrailleNote GPS vs Voice Sense GPS
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello Eric. I'd be happy to comment on the Voice Sense side of things
>>> although I'm not sure how much my comments will mean since I've only
>>> used the Voice Sense and not the Braille note. The things i can comment
>>> on are mainly things which I've seen from reading other user
>>> experiences, but none from me personally.
>>>
>>> Eric Brinkman said the following on 12/13/2007 11:26 AM:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I am curious whether anyone who has used both the BrailleNote GPS and
>>>> the Voice Sense GPS can comment on any differences between the two.
>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>>
>>>> Eric
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Raul A. Gallegos .. GW Micro Technical Support
>>> Voice: 260-489-3671 .. Fax: 260-489-2608
>>> WEB: http://www.gwmicro.com
>>> FTP: ftp.gwmicro.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Raul A. Gallegos .. GW Micro Technical Support
>> Voice: 260-489-3671 .. Fax: 260-489-2608
>> WEB: http://www.gwmicro.com
>> FTP: ftp.gwmicro.com
>>
>>
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