Gps relies on satellites, whose signals are blocked by buildings. You
may be able to pick up a signal indoors but there is no way you will be
able to navigate a building with it.
A jump drive would work but I recommend a cf or sd card which can be
left in the unit more easily and does not stick out. The maps come on
an 8gb card, but you can get anywhere from a 1gb to 16gb. What size you
get depends on how many maps you will need at a time and which maps they
are--the Maine maps are much smaller than the California maps.
Have a great day,
Alex
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tina B." <tinabir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date sent: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:24:06 -0700
Subject: [gps-talkusers] gps inside?
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
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