[gps-talkusers] Re: maps for the entire U.S.

Tell me about it?
Mike I don't know if I ever told this story on the list but when I had the 
gps-talk in the backpack, I was stopped by a passer-by one day and asked if 
I was wearing an artificial heart.

Mary Ellen Earls
Remember! Today is the Tomorrow you thought about yesterday.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael May" <MikeMay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 4:01 AM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] maps for the entire U.S.


>I should note that the BrailleNote GPS comes with maps for the entire U.S.
> In GPS-Talk, you could have all 50 states loaded at once whereas on the
> BrailleNote, you can have all the maps on flash cards but you can load 12
> states at most at a time.
>
> As I wear this one pound PK and GPS, I am ever so grateful not to be
> wearing the multi pound GPS-Talk back pac of 5 and ten years ago both in
> terms of weight and complexity but also features.
>    08:02 PM 1/21/2005, you wrote:
>>That is too bad.
>>I have a BLm20 And I haven't done much about replacing it yet.
>>I just paid for the upgrade for JFW, and I am getting a screen reader for 
>>my
>>cell phone.
>>Having the entire country in the laptop would be great.
>>I use a laptop on the job when I am in the field, and GPS talk would sure
>>make my life easier.
>>But alas I am late again.
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Chris G" <chrisg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 9:15 AM
>>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Gps Scottsdale and me:
>>
>>
>> > Hi,
>> > it can't be purchiced anymore.
>> > Chris
>> >
>> >
>> > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR  ***********
>> >
>> > On 1/21/2005 at 05:13 AM Angelo Sonnesso wrote:
>> >
>> >>Can you still get GPS Talk?
>> >>How much does it cost?
>> >>
>> >>----- Original Message -----
>> >>From: "gerry leary" <lgerry3@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >>To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >>Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 9:31 AM
>> >>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Gps Scottsdale and me:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> GPS talk was the original GPS for the blind.  Mike may created it. 
>> >>> It
>> >>is
>> >>> a
>> >>> system that runs in a lap top computer.  You use an external 
>> >>> receiver,
>> >>and
>> >>> an external key pad to control the system. You could put the whole
>> >>country
>> >>> into the computer, so you could travel anywhere in the country and 
>> >>> have
>> >>> coverage.
>> >>> ----- Original Message -----
>> >>> From: "Angelo Sonnesso" <asonnesso@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >>> To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >>> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 3:00 AM
>> >>> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Gps Scottsdale and me:
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>> What is GPS Talk?
>> >>>> ----- Original Message -----
>> >>>> From: "gerry leary" <lgerry3@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >>>> To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 11:59 AM
>> >>>> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Gps Scottsdale and me:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> Thanks very much.  I had a trekker for a little while, but I 
>> >>>>> couldn't
>> >>>>> get
>> >>>>> Visuaide to put out a usable denver map togetyher.  They kept 
>> >>>>> leaving
>> >>>>> counties out that I needed.  I don't have a braille note, so I 
>> >>>>> haven't
>> >>>>> played with the most recent system.  I did really enjoy GPS talk
>> >>because
>> >>>>> the
>> >>>>> whole country is in the hard drive.   Gerry
>> >>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>> >>>>> From: "Mary Ellen Earls" <meearls@xxxxxxx>
>> >>>>> To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 6:48 AM
>> >>>>> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Gps Scottsdale and me:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>> Actually, Jerry, the trekker is here but I have not put the 
>> >>>>>> Arizona
>> >>map
>> >>>>>> on
>> >>>>>> it yet so as of thiswriting, no but I think with the situation I 
>> >>>>>> am=
>> > in
>> >>>>>> right
>> >>>>>> now I am going to go with the Braille Note gps simply because 1, 
>> >>>>>> of
>> >>its
>> >>>>>> ease
>> >>>>>> of use and 2 the choices afforded me e. g. using pois as=
>> > destinations,
>> >>>>>> using
>> >>>>>> the getting warmer method and using a planned route.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Mary Ellen Earls
>> >>>>>> Remember! Today is the Tomorrow you thought about yesterday.
>> >>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>> >>>>>> From: "gerry leary" <lgerry3@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >>>>>> To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 8:39 PM
>> >>>>>> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Gps Scottsdale and me:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Were you able to do similar things with the trekker?
>> >>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>> >>>>>>> From: "Robert Carter" <r-carter@xxxxxxx>
>> >>>>>>> To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 2:26 PM
>> >>>>>>> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Gps Scottsdale and me:
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> Hi Mary Ellen,
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> Thanks for updating us. I think what you are doing totally 
>> >>>>>>>> rocks!
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> Robert Carter
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> At 03:11 PM 1/18/2005, you wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>>Hi all you gpsers!
>> >>>>>>>>>Peggy and I just got back from about 3 hours in the open and we 
>> >>>>>>>>>did
>> >>>>>>>>>some
>> >>>>>>>>>marvelous exploring of our area.
>> >>>>>>>>>I can say without a doubt that had I not had my Braille Note 
>> >>>>>>>>>GPS,
>> >>I'd
>> >>>>>>>>>still
>> >>>>>>>>>be wandering among the maze of little streets in this 
>> >>>>>>>>>subdivision.
>> >>>>>>>>>I found it quite fascinating as I walked along to hear the 
>> >>>>>>>>>Braille
>> >>>>>>>>>Note
>> >>>>>>>>>telling me when a street changed its name.
>> >>>>>>>>>Also we have created some personal pois which have benefitted me
>> >>>>>>>>>tremendously.
>> >>>>>>>>>It was wonderful to answer that we were exploring and not lost 
>> >>>>>>>>>and
>> >>>>>>>>>when
>> >>>>>>>>>we
>> >>>>>>>>>did get in a bind we simply set our apartment entrence as our
>> >>>>>>>>>destination
>> >>>>>>>>>and used the "getting warmer" method to get there.
>> >>>>>>>>>Super cool, that.
>> >>>>>>>>>I just hope I didn't look like such a bumbling idiot but the 
>> >>>>>>>>>main
>> >>>>>>>>>thing
>> >>>>>>>>>is
>> >>>>>>>>>that the gps got us home not once but twice.
>> >>>>>>>>>Incidentally, one woman asked me where I was trying to go and I=
>> > told
>> >>>>>>>>>her
>> >>>>>>>>>I
>> >>>>>>>>>was going to get my mail and she happily said, "well! You=
>> > definitely
>> >>>>>>>>>are
>> >>>>>>>>>going in the right dirrection."
>> >>>>>>>>>I am still having difficulty following routes and this is more
>> >>>>>>>>>because
>> >>>>>>>>>of
>> >>>>>>>>>lack of familiarity with the streets. I'll remedy that by 
>> >>>>>>>>>virtually
>> >>>>>>>>>exploring the area and then won't be so unsure about where I am
>> >>>>>>>>>going.
>> >>>>>>>>>Happy traveling everyone!
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>Mary Ellen Earls
>> >>>>>>>>>Remember! Today is the Tomorrow you thought about yesterday.
>> >>>>>>>>
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