[gps-talkusers] Re: using dual GPS is the only way to go
- From: Aaron Linson <blindgeek1989@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2013 21:51:45 -0500
there is also Nearby Explorer for android that I am excited to try
Aaron Linson
IOS and Android Accessibility Advocate
Once an Eagle
Always an Eagle
On Mar 9, 2013, at 9:45 PM, "Dale Leavens" <dleavens@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> I am sorry to hear that. I, and I expect many many more people really don't
> have much use for those note takers so probably will never purchase a Sendero
> GPS programme so long as that remains the base platform. One might accept the
> inconvenience if they were low cost devices but they are not and all those
> battery chargers too.
>
> Is the iPhone inferiority primarily because without cell service it becomes
> essentially useless? The dependence on cellular service will prejudice Seeing
> Eye use in Canada too where, to this point, data service costs are really
> quite high. About the highest in the world. We also have some vast areas of
> empty cellular coverage. Quite a bit of it doesn't matter much, the 5 hours
> between here and Sudbury for example but there is only one road and you go
> only either north or south so GPS isn't really all that necessary there.
>
> WayFinder was a pretty good solution too except for the dependence on
> cellular service and sadly it is gone along with it's base platform.
>
> Oh well.
>
> Dale leavens.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael May" <mikemay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2013 9:14 PM
> Subject: [gps-talkusers] using dual GPS is the only way to go
>
>
>> I haven't been skiing for a few years at Kirkwood. The trip is about 2 hours
>> and more than half is completely out of cell range. I like using the Seeing
>> Eye GPS app on the iPhone at the same time as the Sendero GPS on the PK in
>> order to understand the strengths of both. Of course, the PK version has had
>> over 10 years to mature so it is really the bench mark for accessible GPS.
>>
>> On Highway 16 and 88 where there was no cell service, the iPhone would track
>> the route as long as we didn't stray from it.
>> I really couldn't choose a new destination, which turned out to be necessary
>> when we got within 10 miles of Kirkwood and the road closed due to a 3 car
>> accident. After putting chains on and driving at 10 miles an hour, we turned
>> around. There were 3 tow trucks within 100 feet of us and two police cars,
>> one was in the ditch.
>>
>> We had to decide, do we wait to see if the cars clear and the road opens, do
>> we find a hotel or do we go home. This is where the search capabilities of
>> the Sendero GPS and explore mode came in very handy. We had lots of time to
>> talk about the options. It gave us something to do as we waited for the
>> police car to be pulled out of the ditch so we could proceed back the way we
>> came. About every 5 miles, there was another car off the road and so we
>> would wait again.
>>
>> I located a hotel about 30 miles down the road. By the time we reached it,
>> we decided it wasn't that far to go back to Sacramento so we did end up
>> going home, a six and a half hour trip that should have taken 2 hours. We
>> did try again in the morning and made it to Kirkwood in 3 slow hours but no
>> major issues.
>>
>> It was both entertaining and useful to have GPS on this trip. Kim from
>> Sendero was driving. She had her hands full dealing with snow and other cars
>> so it really was helpful that I could be the navigator. As much as I am
>> excited about the iPhone version coming out, when it comes to hard core
>> navigating, give me my PK any day. I do like having the best of both worlds,
>> power and convenience.
>>
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> Michael May, CEO Sendero Group
>> Developers of accessible GPS and distributors of technology for the blind
>>
>> Office Phone: 888-757-6810, extension 101
>> Email: MikeMay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sendero web: http://www.senderogroup.com
>> General GPS Web: http://www.AccessibleGPS.com
>> Mike May Personal: http://www.CrashingThrough.com
>>
>> Sendero Address: 1857 Glenmark Way, Roseville, CA 95747
>>
>>
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