[nagdu] GPS was Test Walk?

[Cindy Ray]

I have one of those Sendero things as well, but the MPower is too heavy to lug around like that. I liked what I was using in the Iphone, but my software isn't working. The Sendero Look Around is good there for just finding where you are; I have successfully used Navigone. You can plan routes with these, and some of them give you information about the location like their phone numbers.
Cindy

On Feb 4, 2012, at 8:55 AM, Tracy Carcione wrote:

> I have the Sendero GPS running on a BrailleNote PK.  I'm not real happy
> with it, though I've seen others do better, so maybe it's me.
> It does give directions, and I have used it often to find roughly where
> something is.  But, even if I put in an address and create a route to that
> address, it doesn't reliably tell me when I've arrived.  The last thing I
> tried this with was back across a parking lot, but I thought at least the
> GPS should say I was close.  It didn't.  It's also not very useful in
> midtown Manhattan, with all its tall buildings.  It frequently tells me
> I'm on 43rd going west, when in truth I'm past 41st and heading south.  I
> was advised to stand still on the corner until the GPS catches up with
> itself, but I've got places to go, things to do.
> It has however been very helpful on buses in New Jersey, where it has
> several times helped me find my stop.  On the other hand, in NJ, I
> recently got off the bus early to walk the rest of the way, and mistakenly
> went around a round corner, and the GPS did not catch that my direction
> had changed, or what street I was walking down.
> And the BrailleNote PK crashes  about once a month, and sometimes freezes
> up in the GPS ap.  It's small, which is why I got it, but I think it
> really doesn't have enough RAM or something.
> 
> Maybe the Sendero GPS  works better in a more open area than the
> megalopolis.  Or maybe some other system works better.  I'd be interested
> to hear.
> Tracy
> 
>> William,
>> 
>> Have you used the Captain Plus?  We've talked about it briefly on this
>> list before, but it's pretty new and not a lot of people have used it.
>> I'd be very interested to know what those of you who use GPS systems
>> like and don't like about the model you use.
>> 
>> I keep thinking about purchasing one.  Then I remember the prices and
>> think about how much I would actually use it.  I can't make the benefit
>> to cost ratio work out. *smile* The Captain Plus is a lot more
>> affordable than anything else I've seen though.  So maybe...
>> 
>> Julie
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 2/3/2012 3:17 PM, William Vandervest wrote:
>>> Leader sells theCaptain Plus in their online store, and you don't need
>>> to be a Leader grad to buy one either
>>> William And LD Lynard
>>> 
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