[nabs-l] Using GPS apps in unconventional settings

[Karl Martin Adam]

Hi=20Kayla,=20GPS=20doesn't=20need=20streets=20if=20you=20set=20your=20own=
=20POIs,=20but=20
it=20does=20need=20either=20wifi=20or=20good=20enough=20reception=20to=20us=
e=20cellular=20
data.=20=20So=20if=20your=20camp=20is=20remote=20enough=20that=20you=20don'=
t=20have=20a=20
tower=20for=20whatever=20your=20phone=20carrier=20is=20near=20by,=20it=20pr=
obably=20
won't=20work.

HTH,
Karl

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From:=20Kayla=20Weathers=20via=20NABS-L=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Sat,=2020=20May=202017=2009:41:57=20-0400
Subject:=20[nabs-l]=20Using=20GPS=20apps=20in=20unconventional=20settings

Hi=20NABS,=20I=20will=20be=20working=20at=20a=20camp=20this=20summer,=20and=
=20was=20just
wondering=20if=20it=20would=20be=20possible=20to=20use=20a=20GPS=20app=20li=
ke=20Blind=20
Square
or=20Seeing=20Eye=20to=20create=20a=20personalized=20POI=20from=20specific=
=20places=20
such
as=20my=20cabin=20to=20the=20laundry=20room=20or=20dining=20hall.=20I=E2=80=
=99m=20not=20sure=20if=20
GPS
will=20work=20due=20to=20the=20fact=20that=20I=20will=20be=20in=20a=20large=
=20area=20that=20
doesn=E2=80=99t
have=20street=20names.=20While=20I=20know=20that=20GPs=20apps=20aren=E2=80=
=99t=20in=20any=20way=20
shape
or=20form=20a=20replacement=20for=20good=20o&m=20skills,=20I=20just=20thoug=
ht=20it=20
would=20be
extremely=20helpful=20in=20learning=20my=20way=20around=20the=20camp=20as=20=
I=20have=20
never
been=20there=20before.
Thanks,=20Kayla


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Kayla=20Weathers.
B.A.=20English=20Literature
Dalton=20State=20College

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