[Electronics-talk] GPS in the Big City

[Baracco, Andrew W]

And this is because the iPhone uses cell tower data as well as info from
the GPS receiver.

Andy


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Behalf Of Jim Barbour
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 9:52 AM
To: Tracy Carcione; Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
Cc: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] GPS in the Big City

Hey Tracy,

I can say for sure that the iPhone works better New York City then the
Sandero braille note PK solution.

I used to used the Sendero  Solution several years ago, but used iPhone
the last two times I was in New York. Much, much better.

Hope that helps,

Jim

Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 10, 2013, at 8:49 AM, "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
wrote:

> I work in midtown Manhattan.  I have Sendero GPS, running on a
Braillenote PK.  I find it pretty unreliable in New York City, probably
because of the many tall buildings.  It frequently says I'm 2 blocks
away from where I know I am, and heading in a different direction than
I'm heading.  My question is, does this happen with all GPS in big
cities, or is it because the GPS is running on a PK, not the most
powerful system in the world?  Would, say, IPhone GPS be more reliable
in the big city?
> I am only interested in the big city aspect.  At home, in north
Jersey, the Sendero and PK work reasonably well.
> Thanks.
> Tracy
> 
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