What if you went to a POI near the road and gave the name and address to the
sighted person, so they'd have an idea where it was. I remember in one of
the previous versions there was a poi called Whiskey Hill, by the 12th
Avenue exit off Highway 99. My husband had never heard of Whiskey Hill, and
we still don't know why it was a poi, but it was fun talking about it.
<grin> I haven't seen it on later versions of the software.
Peggy
http://kernsac.livejournal.com/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sarai" <bucc7465@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 3:40 PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Strange question
Hi: Occasionally roads are known by other names, but unfortunately a sighted person can't see the maps. Now, I don't know if using your PC as a visual display would work.
Sarai D. Bucciarelli
-----Original Message----- From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sarah Lanier Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 5:30 PM To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gps-talkusers] Strange question
Hi Everybody, I just received my GPS on Friday, and am really new. I haven't found the tutorials very helpful, but I think that's just because I do better with Braille and pressure. Anyway, I'm learning as I go, but I do have a question that I have no idea where to look up in the manual. Is there a place online or on the software disk where sighted people can see the maps that the gps is using to get the road locations? I ask this because I was discussing the gps with some of my coworkers. I was talking about how I didn't know so many places around us existed, and then I asked about a road. That road seems to be an unknown road, and one of my colleagues said that somebody else had asked her about it. She can't find it--so I wanted to show her the map, and see if maybe it's just been renamed.
Thanks, Sarah
