[Electronics-talk] GPS in the Big City

[Kaye]

I am from Atlanta, and while that is no Manhattan, I know many blind people 
who successfully use various gps apps on their Iphones. I have only heard of 
one time that the gps advised a person to turn on to the highway, even 
though the app was in pedestrian mode. That might not have ended well if he 
had not know where he was going.

-----Original Message----- 
From: David Andrews
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 12:37 PM
To: Tracy Carcione ; Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] GPS in the Big City

I have used Street Talk on a Pac Mate, in the distant past, and in
Philadelphia, I had the same problems with tall buildings.\

Dave

At 10:49 AM 4/10/2013, you 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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