[nagdu] GPS was Test Walk?

[Julie J.]

Cindy,

What's Navigone?  Is it a stand alone product, an ap for a phone or 
something that runs on something like a Braille Note?  I'm truly 
clueless about GPS.  I'm facinated by what it can do and how I might use 
it though.  My husband just got a vehicle model GPS before Christmas and 
it made such a difference in his stress level when we went to visit 
family.  No worries about missing a turn or getting directions if you 
make a wrong turn.  I don't know how much use I'd get out of it here in 
my home town, but the advantages when I travel would be great!

Julie
On 2/4/2012 9:02 AM, Cindy Ray wrote:
> 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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