[macvoiceover] Re: Navigon
- From: patrickneazer <patrickneazer@xxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:23:21 -0400
Hello Chris and all:
Your feeling is actually correct. If you leave the navigon software
and return to it the default is car. If however you walk to the
supermarket and then decide to go to the post office and then decide
that you want to stop off and pick up your prescription, the speed
profile will remain engaged as long as one does not exit the software.
I cannot duplicate the disappearance of buttons that you site and not
from lack of trying (smile).
There are a few things to keep in mind while using this software:
1. Switching speed profile does NOT change the information that one
will see on the map. One will not see a different route if one enters
car as opposed to pedestrian. It is a speed profile which informs the
system how fast one is going. Cars travel at 50 MPH and humans do not
unless they have invested in the Iron man flight pack (smile). So, to
expect a different route base on the alteration of the speed profile
is not a reasonable expectation to place upon the software. Not saying
that you are placing unreasonable expectations upon the software. What
I am saying is that on many occasions there has been some confusion
that the pedestrian setting somehow offers different map information.
If one wants to alter the routing information in some way then those
settings after the speed profile will be helpful.
2. Most new user's of GPS whether they be blind, sighted, walking,
running, or skipping struggle with the "I know how to get there
syndrome." When I was first testing the software with a friend in his
car he kept saying, "I would not go this way, I know how to go." While
that may be true, that does not and did not invalidate the working of
the software. Once I convinced him and later myself that in order to
properly evaluate the software I had to let it tell me where to go, it
worked out perfectly just about all the time. I had to adjust my
willingness to evaluate the software for what it does rather than upon
what I thought it should do. That came later.
Again, I am not making any accusations. I am relating the things which
I had to overcome to judge a software product fairly. After I got
myself out of the way I am happy to report that Navigon is a darn good
tool in my arsenal of getting around. Hopefully it will prove such a
thing to yourself and others. After all, you paid for the darn thing
(grin).
Please continue to ask and report. We are all here to help.
On Aug 9, 2009, at 3:03 PM, Chris Hofstader wrote:
I had found most of the things you mentioned. I have the feeling
that the pedestrian speed profile needs to be set every time one
chooses a route either by entering an address or picking from the
favorites list.
I still don't have any experience beyond walking up and down my own
street and the miserable attempt to get to the Y this morning. I
know I've more to learn but I also think the software has some very
annoying bugs (the occasional disappearance of the "back" and "main
menu" buttons). It is helpful but if they can do 3D maps, they can
certainly make a text list of streets and turns.
cdh
On Aug 9, 2009, at 1:20 PM, patrickneazer wrote:
Hello Chris and all:
I will take a shot at answering your questions.
If you are asking are you able to see the turn by turn listing of
the streets upon which you will travel to get to your destination
like you see on the maps program, I believe the answer to that
question is no. Most, though not all GPS systems run on the
principle that you do not look at the map while traveling as much
as someone who would look at a map and not necessarily use a GPS
system. I am not saying the logic is agreeable or disagreeable ...
that is just the thought behind it. So, for example, if I am
traveling and the device tells me to make a left, I look at the
lower corner of the screen (lower right hand corner to be precise)
and know that is the street upon which to turn. Trusting yourself
to the device it would seem (grin).
After you enter your complete address, there will be a done button
which I am presuming you have found already (smile). double tapping
on the done button presents you with the option to begin
navigation. double tapping upon that will activate the navigation
function of the app and will show your current location ...
again ... located in the lower right hand corner. You should also
see to the left of that the options button. If you double tap that
button it will bring you into the list of options where you can
make modifications to the settings such as whether or not you want
to move by car, motorcycle, etc. pedestrian is under that list ...
the speed profile list.
I hope that addresses some of what you were asking. If not, write
again and both ask and chastise (smile).
Be well.
On Aug 9, 2009, at 8:02 AM, Chris Hofstader wrote:
Hi,
Last night after listening to the Serotek podcast #20 which had a
segment on the Navigon North American GPS tool, I purchased and
let the AppStore install it for me. I've not gotten to the
documentation as I fell asleep before trying it out so these
questions may be an RTFM but, for now, if anyone has a little
experience with the tool:
Can one get a list of the streets on the route like the list mode
in the iPhone maps program? If so, how does one get to the screen
where this is done? Once I build the destination address, I
cannot seem to get back to a place where I might be able to set
map options. A lot of the pages have a back button but I cannot
seem to find it once I've entered the destination completely.
It does seem quite cool and its accuracy using the iPhone Location
Services really rock.
Happy Hacking,
cdh
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