For those who is not familiar with Apple Maps. Earlier i said the Apple Maps told me to turn around when walking the opposite way after about 50 meters. It does, but this time i dicided to ignore and keep walking. I wanted to see if Apple Maps still would recalculate my position. It did. Very useful. Also, today i discovered that Apple Maps turn by turn tells the name of the street when it tell you to turn. For example: «turn right into sunset boulevard» and then after 120 meters turn left into twilight street». I think the street name announcement is reassuring i.e. good for the sef - confidence. Another feature that is priceless, is to touch your finger nearly at the top on the screen where the turn by turn instruction is. This will tell you how many meters or foot there is left to the turn. If it says 0 meters, you are there or very near. I even could walk about 20 meters back and get new information about distance to the turn. It updates live as you walk. I loaded Apple Maps with Blind Square.
Google Maps also updates the distance, if memory serves, quite simular to Apple Maps, but Google Maps only says turn right or turn left. Do not announce the street names. If you think it is difficult to walk with GPS in the streets, it is. Practice in familiar area helps. I am visually impaired. i am very impressed of those peaple who are totally blind and walk with GPS in the city without guide dog. It is a gift that takes time to learn. Even with a guide dog. One question: A couple of times i have loaded Apple Maps with Blind Square with a personal POI as destination. Looks like Apple Maps sees the POI as coordinates. Only numbers. Is it true that you can use theese coordinates as a normal destination? A couple of times when theese coordinates(mumbers) wa the destinationi felt that Apple Maps was only working 50%. Not much announcements, but the finger touch on the screen turn by turn area worked. If memory serves. Take care 29. aug. 2015 kl. 13:20 skrev wayne coles <[email protected]>: hello I cant talk about the rest but I use blind square all the time with google maps and apple maps with no problems but I think it is a personal opinion but try and fint out hope this helps -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Phil Halton Sent: Friday, August 28, 2015 3:52 PM To: Macvisionaries Subject: Good points of interest app for iPhone six I will be traveling in the Virgin Islands late October and I will need a good points of interest app. I am assuming that blind Square is the best out there? I've never used it. Does anyone have any recommendations? I would like something that will work in concert with either Apple maps or NAVIGON. Thanks Sent from my IPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
