Hello, There are no GPS apps which will provide the degree of accuracy you are hoping for. With a good GPS signal, the apps will get you to within a few shops of where you wish to go. However, many factors, including how big are the buildings around you, how clear is your view of the sky where the satelites are, how sunny vs cloudy the sky, and so forth.
There is a free app called Be My Eyes which can help. When one gets to the GPS announcement of arriving, one can use Be My Eyes, and ask the volunteer to describe where you are. Be My Eyes uses the back camera on the phone so the volunteer can see what the camera is looking at. I do not use the bone induction headset. I do use Apple's Air Pods. I find that one AirPod does not eclude my hearing too much, so I am still able to hear the environmental sounds for orientation. There is an audio shadow, but I find it workable. Kind regards, David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: [email protected] Mobile: +61 488 988 936 Sent from my iPhone > On 6 Jul 2018, at 05:26, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I know from many previous posts that many of you have been using your iPhone > to orient yourselves around unfamiliar environments, including finding > doorways, shops, businesses etc. I’m in this position now that I have to be > able to find a a particular doorway/entrance, in a row of entrances in a > street. I want to ask you how you accomplish this, what navigation software > you use & how accurate it is. I’ve just tried Google Maps but it informed me > I had arrived at my destination about a hundred of steps before I actually > found the door almost having to feel for it doorway by doorway. This was a > bit humiliating. There are so many navigation apps that I’m truly lost - > Lazarillo being the latest I’ve seen. How can I walk along a street and find > with a good degree of accuracy the entrance I need? > > Also, I feel that if I want to use my iPhone to navigate round town, I need a > bluetooth headset that wouldn’t muffle other sounds that may be crucial for > my safety. What do you use/recommend? I am a long cane user by the way so > all this has to do with walking. Feel free to email me off-list. > > Many thanks > > Andrew > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > 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. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. 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. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
