[Electronics-talk] GPS in the Big City

[Tracy Carcione]

Occasionally, I have asked Sendero GPS to create a pedestrian route, hoping 
it would give me a non-highway way to get somewhere, and it has told me to 
walk on the highway.  NOT!
Tracy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kaye" <kayezimpher at comcast.net>
To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
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Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 5:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] GPS in the Big City


>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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