RE: gaps app to help find stuff around an apartment complex?
Yes, WY Fi is important, but turning on Blue Tooth also helps improve GPS accuracy. A little while back, I was speaking with Apple Accessibility about some issues with Apple Maps and they told me that I should also have blue tooth turned on for best GPS results. I have included some text from an apple web site explaining why blue tooth helps improve accuracy, you can read the whole article by going to: http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201357 About location precision or accuracy Depending on your device and available services, Location Services uses a combination of cellular, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS to determine your location. If you're not within a clear line of sight to GPS satellites, your device can determine your location using crowd-sourced Wi-Fi5 and cell tower locations or iBeacons. Apps that can show your location on the screen, including Maps, indicate your current (approximate) location using a blue marker. If your location can’t be determined precisely, a blue circle also appears around the marker. The size of the circle shows how precisely your location can be determined—the smaller the circle, the greater the precision. A relatively small location circle Note: When Location Services is active, a purple or gray arrow icon appears in the status bar. Maps, directions, and location-based apps depend on data services. These data services are subject to change and may not be available in all geographic areas, resulting in maps, directions, or location-based information that may be unavailable, inaccurate, or incomplete. Compare the information provided on the device to your surroundings and defer to posted signs to resolve any discrepancies. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2014 12:24 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: gps app to help find stuff around a apartment complex? Do you mean wifi? I know GPS accuracy is improved when wifi is enabled and your phone can look for near by hot spots. I've never heard this about bluetooth though, and I'd be surprised if it were the case given how bluetooth works. BTW, I agree you'll get better results with wifi enabled, but you should still get good results without it. On 11/16/2014 09:36 AM, M Tobia wrote: Make sure that you have blue tooth turned on when using these GPS apps. You will not get good results with blue tooth off. This is true using Apple Maps and Google Map and I assume that is the case with these other GPS apps as well. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Andy Baracco Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2014 8:21 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: gps app to help find stuff around a apartment complex? Any responsible person will tell you that these systems are adjunctive at best, and are no substitute for good mobility skills. Andy -Original Message- From: RobH. Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2014 9:33 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: gps app to help find stuff around a apartment complex? Yes, I keep trying it, 200yards and past two other junctions and it still thought I was at the previous one. It mentioned relative house numbers a few times, and still missed I'd taken a turn, good job I was on familiar territory! This wasn't even that built up an area. It missed announcing another junction, which I took anyway; then declaired a house number that doesn't exist as a close tends to be too short for 3 digit numbers. I never fail to be amazed at the difference between those that rate it and rave about it, and my direct experience which usually leads me to abandon it again as next to useless. It's your choice, there's still no real substitute for a real sense of direction and awareness. Rh. - Original Message - From: Feliciano G theblindman...@hotmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2014 11:23 AM Subject: Re: gps app to help find stuff around a apartment complex? BlindSquare for sure. You have the ability to be to add a place (landmark) very very great application. The best application that you can get for $30. Regards, Feliciano Like my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/theblindman12v Follow me on Twitter: Www.twitter.com/theblindman12v Sent from the Super-iPhone On Nov 14, 2014, at 6:51 PM, Becky platinum42...@gmail.com wrote: I would recommend blindsquare. it can do this On 11/14/14, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona hank.smith...@gmail.com wrote: Hello I just moved in to my apartment complex I was wondering if there is any apps that I can get that will allow me to for example when I get to the mail box have it remember that location this way until I get the root down so I can then select mailbox and it would help me get there? Hank -- The
Re: gaps app to help find stuff around an apartment complex?
I assume when this article talks about bluetooth it's referring to iBeacons. I thought ot that when I wrote my response, and sure, if you're in a place using iBeacons, bluetooth will help, but I doubt this is very common place, and it didn't sound like it would help in the istuation being asked about. On 11/30/2014 12:30 PM, M Tobia wrote: Yes, WY Fi is important, but turning on Blue Tooth also helps improve GPS accuracy. A little while back, I was speaking with Apple Accessibility about some issues with Apple Maps and they told me that I should also have blue tooth turned on for best GPS results. I have included some text from an apple web site explaining why blue tooth helps improve accuracy, you can read the whole article by going to: http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201357 About location precision or accuracy Depending on your device and available services, Location Services uses a combination of cellular, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS to determine your location. If you're not within a clear line of sight to GPS satellites, your device can determine your location using crowd-sourced Wi-Fi5 and cell tower locations or iBeacons. Apps that can show your location on the screen, including Maps, indicate your current (approximate) location using a blue marker. If your location can’t be determined precisely, a blue circle also appears around the marker. The size of the circle shows how precisely your location can be determined—the smaller the circle, the greater the precision. A relatively small location circle Note: When Location Services is active, a purple or gray arrow icon appears in the status bar. Maps, directions, and location-based apps depend on data services. These data services are subject to change and may not be available in all geographic areas, resulting in maps, directions, or location-based information that may be unavailable, inaccurate, or incomplete. Compare the information provided on the device to your surroundings and defer to posted signs to resolve any discrepancies. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2014 12:24 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: gps app to help find stuff around a apartment complex? Do you mean wifi? I know GPS accuracy is improved when wifi is enabled and your phone can look for near by hot spots. I've never heard this about bluetooth though, and I'd be surprised if it were the case given how bluetooth works. BTW, I agree you'll get better results with wifi enabled, but you should still get good results without it. On 11/16/2014 09:36 AM, M Tobia wrote: Make sure that you have blue tooth turned on when using these GPS apps. You will not get good results with blue tooth off. This is true using Apple Maps and Google Map and I assume that is the case with these other GPS apps as well. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Andy Baracco Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2014 8:21 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: gps app to help find stuff around a apartment complex? Any responsible person will tell you that these systems are adjunctive at best, and are no substitute for good mobility skills. Andy -Original Message- From: RobH. Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2014 9:33 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: gps app to help find stuff around a apartment complex? Yes, I keep trying it, 200yards and past two other junctions and it still thought I was at the previous one. It mentioned relative house numbers a few times, and still missed I'd taken a turn, good job I was on familiar territory! This wasn't even that built up an area. It missed announcing another junction, which I took anyway; then declaired a house number that doesn't exist as a close tends to be too short for 3 digit numbers. I never fail to be amazed at the difference between those that rate it and rave about it, and my direct experience which usually leads me to abandon it again as next to useless. It's your choice, there's still no real substitute for a real sense of direction and awareness. Rh. - Original Message - From: Feliciano G theblindman...@hotmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2014 11:23 AM Subject: Re: gps app to help find stuff around a apartment complex? BlindSquare for sure. You have the ability to be to add a place (landmark) very very great application. The best application that you can get for $30. Regards, Feliciano Like my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/theblindman12v Follow me on Twitter: Www.twitter.com/theblindman12v Sent from the Super-iPhone On Nov 14, 2014, at 6:51 PM, Becky platinum42...@gmail.com wrote: I would recommend blindsquare. it can do this On 11/14/14, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona hank.smith...@gmail.com wrote: Hello I just
