Hi, On the contrary, my experience with WFA on highways has not been all that great. A lot of times, WFA reported that I was off-track when we were still cruising on the highway. It appears to me that the turns on highways are not correctly mapped. Of course, Delhi-Jaipur highway is probably more popular than Bangalore-Mysore. However, I was able to know names of most of the towns and cities on the highway. Inside cities, WFA maps are really good.
Regards, Kiran On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Vedprakash Sharma < [email protected]> wrote: > Let's not get carried away in the contentious issues like this. there are > people who assume that the rules are to be broken only. but there are also > the people who wish to abide by the rules. two wrongs do not make one right. > if other yahoo groups break the rules, why should we follow them? there are > the means to get the required results without breaking the rules. if the > alternatives are available, why the rules should be broken purposelessly? we > should not defy the laws unless there are no other alternatives. hope it > solves most of the queries. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Pranav Lal > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 6:30 AM > Subject: [AI] a way finder access experience on a trip to Jaipurr > > > Hi all, > > I recently made a quick business trip to Jaipur. I travelled by road. I > was > in a taxi with a sighted colleague who was using Google maps. I was using > way finder access. > > As luck would have it, our taxi driver did not know a thing about the > inside > of Jaipur.. Don't ask me why he was assigned to drive us. I was astonished > at the number of petrol pumps on the Delhi Jaipur Highway namely national > highway 8. Also, several small eating establishments were marked on way > finder access. Once inside Jaipur, I was able to navigate directly to the > building where I was lodged. This navigation was flawless and, we did not > need to ask anyone. > > There were portions on the highway when no information was reported in the > vicinity views. My sighted colleague verified that there was actually > nothing around us at that point. however, if you plot a route to Jaipur or > anywhere else, the around you view keeps giving you instructions on what > to > do even in such situations. Also, be warned, that there are a few patches > on > the highway where you may lose phone signal. This happens for a few > seconds > but it is enough to trigger way finder access to warn you about this. > > Pranav > > > Wishing all on Louis Braille Bi-centinal birthday, January 4! > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] > the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > Wishing all on Louis Braille Bi-centinal birthday, January 4! > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] > the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > Wishing all on Louis Braille Bi-centinal birthday, January 4! To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
