<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>I'm forwarding this on or anyone interested in the GoodMaps Outdoors app. Or are two good Mabs apps. Good maps explorer is the indoor app. If you are going to national convention they have mapped out the inside of the hotel and I highly recommend that you get the GoodMapsExplore app so that you could navigate the convention.</div><div><br></div><div>If you are familiar with Soundscape, That app will be expiring in August. It is being picked up by a new developer who has renamed it open scape. That should be available in July and is being beta tested right now. The beta testers say that it works almost identical to the original app.</div><div><br></div><div>Hope this helps, Have fun at the convention </div><div><br><div dir="ltr"><div id="AppleMailSignature"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">JODY</span></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">To Boldly Go 🖖🏻 </span></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">thunderwalker321@gmail.com </span></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"What's within you is stronger than what's in your way." NO BARRIERS Erik Weihenmayer</span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Richard Turner <richardr_turner@comcast.net><br><b>Date:</b> June 28, 2023 at 1:27:50 PM EDT<br><b>To:</b> viphone@googlegroups.com<br><b>Subject:</b> <b>RE: Nearby Explorer, Goodmaps, and GPS in General</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> viphone@googlegroups.com<br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Here is the text from a GoodMaps Outdoors press release from today:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:solid #E5E7EB 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">GoodMaps is excited to announce the release of GoodMaps Outdoors v5. This new version boasts the incorporation of 3D audio announcements, improved accuracy, and the inclusion of navigational shortcuts.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:solid #E5E7EB 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">“It’s exciting to see a much-appreciated feature of Soundscape incorporated into GoodMaps Outdoors, becoming a further milestone in its evolution. I hope sponsors will enable even more features to be added to this powerful outdoor navigation application in the future.” – Mike May, Sendero founder<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:solid #E5E7EB 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-right:0in"><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">When Microsoft Research announced it was sunsetting its Soundscape suite, users asked if it would be possible to incorporate similar functionality into GoodMaps Outdoors – which is why GoodMaps is delighted to announce the first version of an all-new feature.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">GoodMaps Outdoors’ integrated speech shortcut is as simple (and as powerful) as saying: “Create a route using GoodMaps Outdoors”.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The latest version also features its most accurate positioning ever (in both iOS and Android apps), improving its ability to pinpoint addresses and points of interest considerably.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:solid #E5E7EB 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">“It is wonderful to see the cumulation of 20+ years of development, understanding, and feedback come to fruition and help provide independence for so many people.” – Neil Barnfather, GoodMaps CCO<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:solid #E5E7EB 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information, visit: <a href="https://goodmaps.com/apps/good-maps-outdoors" target="_blank"><span style="border:solid #E5E7EB 1.0pt;padding:0in">goodmaps.com/apps/good-maps-outdoors</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Richard, USA.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">“Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it.” -- Jane Wagner from The Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">My web site: <a href="https://www.turner42.com"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://www.turner42.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Richard Turner<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 28, 2023 10:07 AM<br><b>To:</b> viphone@googlegroups.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: Nearby Explorer, Goodmaps, and GPS in General<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">GoodMaps is what used to be Sendero GPS, or Seeing Eye GPS as it became known.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">So, it is completely different from Nearby Explorer. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">There are two apps, GoodMaps Outdoors, and GoodMaps Explore, which is primarily for indoor navigation.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:17.0pt">Richard, USA.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:17.0pt">“What we think or what we know or what we believe is in the end of little consequence. The only thing of consequence is what we do” ~ John Ruskin</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:17.0pt">My web site: <a href="https://www.turner42.com">https://www.turner42.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">On Jun 28, 2023, at 10:02 AM, alban hoxha <<a href="mailto:albanhoxha1992@outlook.com">albanhoxha1992@outlook.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><hr size="2" width="98%" align="center"></div><div id="divRplyFwdMsg"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:</span></b><span style="color:black"> <a href="mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com">viphone@googlegroups.com</a> <<a href="mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com">viphone@googlegroups.com</a>> on behalf of Joe Orozco <<a href="mailto:jsoro824@gmail.com">jsoro824@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 28, 2023 6:39:14 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com">viphone@googlegroups.com</a> <<a href="mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com">viphone@googlegroups.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Nearby Explorer, Goodmaps, and GPS in General</span> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Hi,<br><br>Can someone please help explain the relationship between Nearby<br>Explorer and Goodmaps? I know Nearby Explorer was discontinued, though<br>I still occasionally use it, because it is, in my opinion, the best<br>navigation app for blind users. But did Goodmaps build on the features<br>of Nearby Explorer in some way, and is there a separate app for indoor<br>and outdoor navigation?<br><br>What other GPS apps are you using these days outside of the mainstream options?<br><br>Thanks for any information,<br><br>Joe<br><br><br>-- <br>Joe Orozco: Your Message, My Mission<br><a href="https://joeorozco.com/services/">https://joeorozco.com/services/</a><br><br>-- <br>The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list.<br><br>If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself.<br><br>Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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