Dear Rajesh, I am not going to get into a discussion of which program is better. For an end-user WFA gives you automatic rerouting etc so for me, this is a viable.
Loadstone does not support automatic rerouting etc however, loadstone is very useful for a range of navigational situations. Pranav On 3/23/10, Asudani, Rajesh <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi pranav > Are they accessible? > > > Regards > > "Perhaps our role on this planet is not to worship God-- but to create Him." > > --Arthur C. Clarke > > (Rajesh Asudani) > > Assistant General Manager, > Reserve Bank of India > Nagpur > 09420397185 > O: 0712 2806676 > Res: 0712 2591349 > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pranav Lal > Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 7:40 AM > To: 'Vetrivel Adhimoolam'; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AI] wayfinder access > > Nokia maps do have good indian coverage. I have used an earlier version > before WFA came to India. > > Pranav > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Vetrivel > Adhimoolam > Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 6:24 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AI] wayfinder access > > It seems that Nokia Ovi map is being explored as an alternative. But it > works well only with some latest models like the N86, N97, N96 etc. And I am > not sure about it's coverage in India. > > Regards, > > Vetri. > > -------- > Produced in my Nokia N82 via T-mobile internet using "Talks", a screen > reader for S60 phones. > > -original message- > Subject: Re: [AI] wayfinder access > From: "Subramani L" <[email protected]> > Date: 03/20/2010 6:31 AM > > Are there any alternatives... I mean good enough alternatives? > > Subramani > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Vetrivel > Adhimoolam > Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 3:24 PM > To: jean parker; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AI] wayfinder access > > The information that I received from the Access mailing list assures the > > existence of WF till April 2011 and nothing can be sure after that. It > seems > that some companies like Talksnav in UK tried to negotiate with > Vadaphone > and they did not succeed. So the present status is that WF is certainly > going down and the question is when. Unless some other institution > manages > to buy the software from Vodephoen, the program is not going to survive > and > people are already beginning to explore alternatives. > > Vetri. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jean parker" <[email protected]> > To: "Pranav Lal" <[email protected]>; > <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 12:56 AM > Subject: Re: [AI] wayfinder access > > >> So from these comments there is no possibility of this loadstone > solution >> being a viable substitute for Wayfinder. It isn't. So besides > signing >> petitions and so forth, what is being done to attempt preservation of > the >> service in India and elsewhere? According to the man who wrote last > week, >> fifty-six of the petition signers are from India. Are they all on > this >> list? Have any been contacted personally about any plans? Are there > any >> plans? Dipendra, could you weigh in on this please? >> >> Jean >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Pranav Lal" <[email protected]> >> To: "'jean parker'" <[email protected]>; >> <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 5:51 AM >> Subject: RE: [AI] wayfinder access >> >> >>> Hi Jean, >>> My answers are inline and are prefixed by my initials. >>> >>> >>> <snip I find this whole thing most confusing. Are you saying that in > >>> order >>> to go >>> anywhere for the first time you have to look it up on the internet? >>> PL] Yes. You need to access the google maps route generator and enter > >>> your >>> source and destination and generate the check points file. >>> <snip Suppose you are out somewhere and you spontaneously decide you > >>> want >>> to go somewhere >>> else you haven't been before. Is there a way to get a route somehow? >>> PL] Yes. You can do the whole route downloading on the phone but it > is >>> not >>> easy to do. >>> <snip If it incorporates Google Maps, Nokia Maps or whatever, does > it >>> also >>> read other >>> information found on these maps? >>> PL] Loadstone does not incorporate google or nokia maps. It just uses > >>> these >>> maps to generate output it can use to navigate. >>> >>> <snip If a person is standing in a place and >>> wants to know what's around is it possible to get that information? >>> PL] In loadstone yes but it depends on the points you have loaded for > >>> that >>> location. >>> >>> <snip Is this potentially better than Wayfinder Access because > presumably >>> nokia/google >>> maps are more frequently updated? >>> PL] Hard to say. 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