[gps-talkusers] Re: Maps:
- From: "Chris Meredith" <tallin32@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 19:38:48 -0700
I don't suppose that the person making that call could have been blind =
and
potentially superimposing his own difficulties parsing cardinal =
directions
onto a target market of which he considered himself a part? I think =
they
have a blind exec or two there at VisuAide.
Still wonder why you occasionally get that feedback when you're =
browsing.
Does anyone know if BrailleNote GPS 3.0 will give you the realtime
intersection detection when you approach an intersection as well as have
that be a repeat announcement option? One thing I do like about the =
Trekker
is that it does at least that much automagically and, whilst it is quite
handy with the BrailleNote GPS to know how far one is from the next
intersection as you approach, particularly in suburban areas where the
blocks are ... What ... Eight, ten miles apart, this becomes a slight
problem when one is waiting for the bus and one's location doesn't =
really
change all that much.
-C-
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20
> [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of=20
> Eugene R. Iwanski Jr.
> Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 7:31 PM
> To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Maps:
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> I don't remember the name of the person I talked to at=20
> Visuaide. He felt=20
> the same way I did but was not in a position to do anything=20
> about it. I=20
> don't like the thought of spending a lot of money and having=20
> a sighted=20
> person decide for me what information I can handle and not=20
> handle. This is=20
> part of the reason why I like the BN GPS so much and wish=20
> Sendero would=20
> develop for the Pacmate. Their system just seems to be very=20
> well thought=20
> out all the way around. As a visually impaired person it=20
> makes more sense=20
> to me than the Trekker does.
> Gene and Princess
>=20
> PDAs I have owned: Casio Digital Diary SF4000, Sharp=20
> organizer, Sharp=20
> Wizard EL530, Type N' Speak, Palm 3C, Viewsonic V35, Dell=20
> Axim X5, and=20
> Pariot.
>=20
>=20
> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: "Chris Meredith" <tallin32@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 7:10 PM
> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Maps:
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> > Gene,
> >
> > Who was the entity you spoke to on this? When I'd last=20
> spoke with =3D=20
> > Michel regarding this, there were mutterings about cardinal=20
> direction=20
> > =3D information
> > being in another release. Furthermore, occasionally whilst=20
> browsing =3D
> > you'll
> > hear things like: "On West Burnside Street heading west",=20
> or something =3D
> > along
> > those lines. Just wondering, as obviously both of these=20
> things can't be
> > right, and in a case like that, I like to get a third=20
> opinion to break =3D
> > the
> > tie.
> >
> > -C-
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=3D20
> > > [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf=20
> Of=3D20 Eugene=20
> > >R. Iwanski Jr.
> > > Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 6:37 PM
> > > To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Maps:
> > >=3D20
> > >=3D20
> > > It also won't give you anything beyond left or right. What I=3D20 =
=20
> > >mean by that=3D20 is it won't tell you cardinal directions such a=20
> > >North, South,=3D20 East, and=3D20
> > > West. You also have to switch from pedestrian mode to free=3D20
> > > mode to get the=3D20
> > > distance to a POI. I have given up on the Trekker and=3D20
> > > learned that Visuaide=3D20
> > > decided against cardinal directions because they felt it=3D20
> > > would be comfusing=3D20
> > > to blind users. Needless to say I am very disappointed in=3D20
> > > the Trekker and=3D20
> > > still hope Mike May will port his GPS system over to the=3D20
> > > Pacmate in the=3D20
> > > future.
> > > Gene and Princess
> > >=3D20
> > > PDAs I have owned: Casio Digital Diary SF4000, Sharp=3D20
> > > organizer, Sharp=3D20
> > > Wizard EL530, Type N' Speak, Palm 3C, Viewsonic V35, Dell=3D20
> > > Axim X5, and=3D20
> > > Pariot.
> > >=3D20
> > >=3D20
> > > ----- Original Message -----=3D20
> > > From: "Gerry Leary" <lgerry3@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 2:30 PM
> > > Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Maps:
> > >=3D20
> > >=3D20
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I wish that the trekker would tell us both the mileage and=20
> > > > altitude.
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Mary Ellen Earls" <meearls@xxxxxxx>
> > > > To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 12:20 PM
> > > > Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Maps:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Well, it really depends on what is going on=20
> weatherwise and=3D20=20
> > > > > satellite
> > > > wise.
> > > > > Last week, one day, for example no it was the week=3D20
> > > before, I was in=3D20
> > > > > an
> > > > area
> > > > > which I walk every day and I had no signal for about 600=3D20
> > > feet. Now,=3D20
> > > > > the next day and every day since, when I have traveled in=3D20
> > > that same=3D20
> > > > > area I have had no problems with the signal at all. I have=20
> > > > > never=3D20 used the trekker in a car and plan to do so =
sometime=20
> > > > > next
> > > > week
> > > > > just to see how it operates.
> > > > > Now there is a place where I have to go in an=20
> enclosure to get=20
> > > > > to=3D20 the
> > > > street
> > > > > corner. I have no problems loosing the signal with the=3D20
> > > delorme but I
> > > > > would
> > > > > imagine with the trekker I may loose the signal. I dono.=3D20
> > > I think if it
> > > > isn't
> > > > > raining this afternoon I'll take the trekker down there=3D20
> > > to see what
> > > > happens.
> > > > > I also want to cross over into a park area in the middle of=20
> > > > > our=3D20 town's business district to witness what the =
trekker=3D20
> > > does. A bit of=3D20
> > > > > a round-about answer, perhaps but I have not had as much
> > > > experience
> > > > > with the trekker because I like to know the distance I=3D20
> > > have walked=3D20
> > > > > which
> > > > the
> > > > > trekker does not give me.
> > > > > Mary /ellen Earls
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: "Gerry Leary" <lgerry3@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 5:50 AM
> > > > > Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Maps:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > Are there places where one will get a signal and the=3D20
> > > other won't?
> > > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > > From: "Mary Ellen Earls" <meearls@xxxxxxx>
> > > > > > To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 9:17 AM
> > > > > > Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Maps:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > I am not quite awake so I don't know what you mean by=3D20 =
> > > > > > > sensativity.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Mary Ellen Earls
> > > > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > > > From: "Gerry Leary" <lgerry3@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > > To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > > Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 4:10 AM
> > > > > > > Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Maps:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > do you find many differences between the two systems=20
> > > > > > > > with=3D20 regard to
> > > > > > > > sensitivity?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > > > > From: "Mary Ellen Earls" <meearls@xxxxxxx>
> > > > > > > > To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > > > Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 8:59 PM
> > > > > > > > Subject: [gps-talkusers] Maps:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Lisa what a marvelous O and M. instructor!
> > > > > > > > > I need to get an O and M. instructor out here=3D20
> > > because there=3D20
> > > > > > > > > is a
> > > > > > street
> > > > > > > we
> > > > > > > > walk down which is horse shoe in shape and I know=3D20
> > > how to walk=3D20
> > > > > > > > one
> > > > way
> > > > > > with
> > > > > > > > the traffic coming toward me on the right and there=3D20
> > > is a curb=3D20
> > > > > > > > on
> > > > > > > > my
> > > > > left
> > > > > > > but
> > > > > > > > if I ever wanted to go the other way on that street I=20
> > > > > > > > can't=3D20 figure
> > > > out
> > > > > > how
> > > > > > > > to do it.
> > > > > > > > > Our village is so fabulous. It was one of the=3D20
> > > nation's first
> > > > planned
> > > > > > > towns
> > > > > > > > and is patterned after a village in England with =
all=3D20=20
> > > > > > > > architecture
> > > > > being
> > > > > > > > tudor style.
> > > > > > > > > Anyway like so many of the small English=3D20
> > > villages, the lanes
> > > > > > > > > wind
> > > > in
> > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > out of eachother and you may start on one lane and=3D20
> > > think you=3D20
> > > > > > > > are
> > > > > walking
> > > > > > > > straight and find yourself on another lane.
> > > > > > > > > This is why I have both the Trekker and the Bn=3D20
> > > Gps so I can=3D20
> > > > > > > > > take
> > > > the
> > > > > > > > trekker and virtually walk these streets as if=20
> we were=3D20=20
> > > > > > > > actually on
> > > > > them.
> > > > > > > > > It is nice because because of the makeup of these=20
> > > > > > > > > streets=3D20 the only
> > > > > > > traffic
> > > > > > > > for the most part is the folks who live on the=3D20
> > > streets so it=3D20
> > > > > > > > is
> > > > > > > > not
> > > > at
> > > > > > all
> > > > > > > > odd to see grownups, kids and dogs walking down the=3D20
> > > middle of=3D20
> > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > streets
> > > > > > > > with no car within a country mile.And we have=3D20
> > > walked through=3D20
> > > > > > > > many
> > > > > > > > a
> > > > > > soccer
> > > > > > > > and kick ball game and have watched many a game of Kick=20
> > > > > > > > the=3D20 Kan.
> > > > > > > > > I have even come across one little dog who loves to=20
> > > > > > > > > sleep=3D20 right at
> > > > > the
> > > > > > > > curb and Peggy and I have spoiled quite a few of=3D20
> > > his siestas.
> > > > > > > > > Speaking of ye ol pooch, park time!
> > > > > > > > > Mary Ellen Earls
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