On 4/21/13, Syed Imran <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > > > Two things - Firstly, What is the best way of determining the directions > manually? > > I'm a born totally blind and Until now I was finding it difficult to > understand where do east, west, north and south lie exactly relative to my > current position. I don't know if I got it right even now - Tell me what > you > think of it. > > It's 9:45 in the morning here, and I can feel the warmth of the sun > directly > hitting my forehead, nose and the rest of my face. So I know I'm facing > east > because sun never rises on the west, north, or south. > > If I'm facing east, then north must be on my right hand side, south must be > on my left hand side, and west must be exactly behind me. > > Is this correct? > > > > And secondly, is there any software to identify the directions? It should > tell me what direction my phone is facing, for instance. > > > > > > Thanks > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > 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 > > Dear friend, Wen you stand facing east, your right hand side would be south and your left hand side would be north and your backside is your west. Regarding software to identify direction, A phone with accelerometer can show the direction. I hope you will be benefitted. Thanks with regard
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