[gps-talkusers] Re: iPhone app's [was External GPS Receivers for the iPhone)
- From: "Steve" <drum67-72@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 13:08:35 -0400
BlindSquare is by no means a Gps solution though.
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From: Peter Bosher
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Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 9:26 AM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: iPhone app's [was External GPS Receivers for
the iPhone)
Hi Laurent/All,
Yes, Motionex GPS Drive is a US specific app so no good in the
UK. You might like to check out a fairly new app called Blind
Square, which has a few of the advantages of Sendero, such as giving
you intersections and nearest POI's as you go along, without having
to be interrogated. The POI's are good and sometimes better than the
Teleatlas ones.
Best,
Peter
At 20:38 21/06/2012, you wrote:
>Thanks to everybody who took part in this discussion. Its very helpful
>from
>my perspective and I'm curious to see what Sendero will be doing with their
>more extensive iPhone programme to provide fair accuracy.
>
>BTW, I could not find the G P S Drive programme on the app store. Is it a
>US-specific app?
>
>Best wishes
>Laurent
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jacob Schmude
>Sent: 21 June 2012 17:32
>To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: External GPS Receivers for the iPhone
>
>Hi
>There are a few GPS receivers for the iPhone that do not require
>jailbreaking, but none of them even come close to an iBlue. The reason is
>that Apple does not support standard bluetooth serial protocol and GPS
>command set, but requires that manufacturers implement a proprietary
>protocol specifically created by Apple. I don't know why they did this,
>although my guess would be that it's simply to milk some more cash out of
>companies that make GPS receivers. These receivers are, consequently,
>rather
>expensive and I don't know of any that use the MTK2 chipset (used by the
>iBlue line) nor anything superior to that. From researching them, I get the
>impression that most of them are primarily for vehicle and not pedestrian
>navigation, although I do know of one that is a wearable armband.
>
>hth
>
>On Jun 21, 2012, at 9:20 AM, Aaron Linson wrote:
>
> > I have not but I need to catch up on jail reaming it seems
> >
> > Once an Eagle
> > Always an Eagle
> >
> > On Jun 21, 2012, at 12:00 PM, "Laurent Cadet de Fontenay"
><laurentd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Aaron!
> >>
> >> Have you done this?
> >>
> >> Laurent
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Aaron
> >> Sent: 21 June 2012 15:08
> >> To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: External GPS Receivers for the iPhone
> >>
> >> There is no external receiver for the iPhone at all unless you
> >> jailbreak your device
> >>
> >> Aaron Linson
> >>
> >> Once an Eagle
> >> Always an Eagle
> >>
> >> On Jun 21, 2012, at 9:56 AM, "Laurent Cadet de Fontenay"
> >> <laurentd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi!
> >>>
> >>> After having used Sendero GPS extensively on a BrailleNote device, I
> >>> have never really been very motivated to explore using GPS apps on
> >>> my
> >> iPhone.
> >>> The times that I've tried, one of the major drawbacks have been the
> >>> relatively poor accuracy of the iPhone's GPS receiver, causing me to
> >>> just revert to my trusty Sendero programme with a greatful smile.
> >>>
> >>> However, with the rumours of Sendero releasing a powerful GPS app
> >>> for the iPhone, I'm curious to know what is available or what could
> >>> be in the works for an external iPhone GPS receiver that will give
> >>> the necessary level of accuracy for effective navigation. I'm also
> >>> tempted to start using the Ariadne app, and may consider looking at
> >>> an external iPhone GPS for that purpose. Any thoughts?
> >>>
> >>> Does anyone know whether an external bluetooth receiver can be used
> >>> with the iPhone?
> >>>
> >>> Best wishes
> >>> Laurent
> >>>
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