Hi guys I haven't followed too closely on this thread, because I wasn't sure that I could make any intelligent comments. However, I would like to say that I really wish somebody would develop better a GPS for us! Last night, I was messing with the GPS on the iPhone. You know, the one that comes with it. I got Siri to put in the address because my husband had it on his iPhone. Of course, it brought up the map and I chose Gaubert by bus. The problem is as you know, the app tells you to walk to the bus stop and probably shows a map of doing that. However, it also tells you to walk to your destination after you get off the bus stop, giving no details of how to get there, at least I couldn't figure out any verbally. Me and my seeing-eye dog have been traveling around for 42 years successfully. However, the last thing I need is complications on mobility with dealing with the computer. Therefore I am the kind of person that would keep a developer in business. I don't want to even want to look at a map! Regards Gigi
Sent from my iPhone On Jan 19, 2012, at 3:39 AM, Krister Ekstrom <[email protected]> wrote: > But before the app can guide you back to your destination, or for that matter > anywhere else, you actually have to draw a map yourself of the way you want > to go, as far as i understand the loadstone concept, and i could be totally > wrong here, but i want to have maps drawn for me and then follow them, i > don't want to go fumbling around in foreign teritories and then try drawing > up some kind of map especially not if you have to provide lat and long > coordinates yourself. As i said earlier call me lazy but and this is why i > don't like opensource at all, i want a program that's ready and that works, i > don't want to make the program myself, because i am an idiot when it comes to > programming in any shape or form. I just want the thing to work. I'll gladly > leave programming, map drawing and other such stuff to the experts, the > knowledgeable ones. > /Krister > > 18 jan 2012 kl. 22:06 skrev Emrah: > >> This is definitely not an app where you can input an address and expect to >> be guided to it. I would love to find an app that would work well with >> VoiceOver and provide accurate pedestrian navigation instructions. >> Last time I used Navigon in pedestrian mode, I felt like an idiot when it >> said "At the roundabout, take the second exit." >> >> This app is great to find directions in large open spaces. If you have a >> guide dog and like having nice refreshing walks together, this app opens new >> horizons to you and your friend. You can just walk freely in any open area >> and ask the app to guide you back to your point of origin. >> >> Cheers! >> On Jan 18, 2012, at 8:21 PM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: >> >>> But as i understand it, you have to put in your own points and stuff >>> yourself, this is why i never used loadstone, because if you hadn't made >>> points yourself or if there weren't readymade maps, made by users it was >>> as good as useless. Call me lazy if you will, but i'd much rather prefer >>> walking a readymade rout to learn it than first have to build the route >>> then learn it. >>> /Krister >>> >>> 18 jan 2012 kl. 18:33 skrev Emrah: >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
