[nabs-l] Using GPS apps in unconventional settings

[Karl Martin Adam]

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

HTH,
Karl

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Kayla Weathers via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
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Date sent: Sat, 20 May 2017 09:41:57 -0400
Subject: [nabs-l] Using GPS apps in unconventional settings

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


--
Kayla Weathers.
B.A. English Literature
Dalton State College

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