[gps-talkusers] Re: using dual GPS is the only way to go
- From: "Marco Migotti" <news@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:03:02 -0600
Excellent points. I would add the ability to creat user poi's is really
valuable in finding approximately where one's house or bus stop is located.
I agree with commercial poi's are nice, but are of little value to me as
they can be outdated, however, sometimes in a strange environment,
commercial poi's can be an aid to figuring out where one is on the street. A
feature I'd like to see sendero implement is the ability to locate a nearby
street when in an off street location so that I could figure out which way
to walk in order to get back onto a mapped area. I hardly ever use root
creation as I have good mental spacial ability and only need gps to affirm
or to inform me of where I am located.
Marco
-----Original Message-----
From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ari Moisio
Sent: March-11-13 1:25 PM
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: using dual GPS is the only way to go
Hi
With seven years and dozens of applications i have found following:
- There is no gps solution that fullfills all needs and preferences. If
someone manages to build such application it would be too complex for most
users.
- User knows better when and what kind of information he/she needs.
automatic announcements are helpful for crossings and destinations or
when user gets out of route - ie next route point is not ahead.
- User interface should be fast to use. Pressing one button (or image of
a button) should suffice in most cases. Users have different preferences and
a set of user-definable function keys is desirable.
- Bellls, whistles and other audio pollution is not needed, neither extra
verbosity. 100 meters is obiously a distance and 90 degrees is not a
temperature.
- Storing own points is critical. Storing own routes is important.
Exchangin routes and points with other users is important too.
- Exploring around current location or any other location is very
important.
- Magnetic compass is handy for pedestrian use.
- Address announcements - especially those implementations that just pick a
nearby address and claing you're on that spot - are quite pointless.
Road crossings are much more reliable and accurate way to pinpoint one's
location.
- POIs are nice to know but sometimes out-of-date. Also such resources as
Foursquare has a lot of garbage that have no real use.
- Route calculation is over-emphasized feature. Firstly only few
blind people really travel themselves every week on unknown areas and
secondly route calculation and guidance for blind users is much more than
just announce the turnings. For example how to find the road is user starts
from off-road location; howto fin the next route point; how to get notified
if user get lost in the route; how to find an off-road destination?
Offline maps are faster to access but are also more prone to get
out-of-date. They also take some space but for example Finland takes about
350 MB, quite minimal with current memory sizes.
- To me price is not an issue. i can pay for example $ 100 per year for a
working gps solution.
--
mr. M01510 & guide Loadstone-GPS
Lat: 62.38718, lon: 25.64672
hkp://wwwkeys.pgp.net B784D020
0C1F 6A76 DC9D DD58 3383 8B5D 0E76 9600 B784 D02
To change your email settings (unsubscribe, digest only, or vacation mode):
http://senderogroup.com/social_media/email.htm
Additionally, to unsubscribe send an email to
gps-talkusers-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject.
To change your email settings (unsubscribe, digest only, or vacation mode):
http://senderogroup.com/social_media/email.htm
Additionally, to unsubscribe send an email to
gps-talkusers-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject.
Other related posts:
