[nagdu] GPS was process of getting a guide dog from leader dog

[Gary Steeves]

I use aroud me a bit.i know for android phone there several acceivle gps apps.

Gary

On August 23, 2015 1:16:27 PM PDT, Cindy Ray via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>Julie, wasn't the app you are speaking of Look-Around? It think is was
>sindero.
>Cindy Lou Ray
>cindyray at gmail.com
>
>
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>From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Julie J. via
>nagdu
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>Cc: Julie J. <julielj at neb.rr.com>
>Subject: Re: [nagdu] GPS was process of getting a guide dog from leader
>dog
>
>I was thinking about this exploring your environment and planning
>routes
>thing...I used to have an ap that had categories of stuff, gas
>stations,
>grocery stores, theaters and so on.  when you tapped on a category it
>popped
>up with a list of things in that category and the distance.  Tapping on
>an
>item there would give you directions.  I'm thinking it used Google
>maps,
>which have pedestrian directions.  I'm thinking the ap was called
>"Around
>Me".  However it's been a couple of years since I used it and I've long
>since taken it off my iPad.
>
>At any rate, I'm sure that ap or an assortment of similar aps are
>available
>that could certainly help in exploring your area, while still at home. 
>I'm
>less intimidated to go out and explore if I have some advance
>information 
>and a goal in mind.   While I've wandered around totally unfamiliar
>areas, 
>popping into shops to ask questions about what stores are about, it's
>not at
>
>the top of my list of most loved things to do.   However if I know in 
>advance that there's a new restaurant and I have a street name, I'm
>much
>more likely to head out, asking directions as needed along the way.
>
>I only have an iPad and while I do have cell data for it, it's not
>ideal for
>using while in route.  Mostly I check out what's around from home or my
>
>hotel room.   I leave the iPad behind and use your basic O&M skills to
>get 
>where I'm going.  I do hope to get an iPhone in the next few months,
>but in
>the meantime I'll keep using what works for me.
>
>John you've been given a lot of ideas: a mobility instructor, GPS,
>friends,
>local NFB chapter, go out and explore on your own and you mentioned
>moving. 
>those are all good.  I do hope you find the combination of things that
>works
>for you. It doesn't have to be a single tool that works for you though.
>
>Most people use a variety of resources, putting them together in
>creative
>ways.  the only way to figure this out is to practice and see what
>works for
>you.
>
>Julie
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Debby Phillips via nagdu
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>Subject: Re: [nagdu] process of getting a guide dog from leader dog
>
>John, do you have some friends that might be able to help you learn
>some
>routes? Perhaps they could help you find some other places that you
>could
>walk.  I do hope that you are able to move to Kalamazoo and that the
>job
>works out.  If that happens, you
>just have more places to go, as well.    Debby
>
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