My hike-related website is n longer up. Like you, I have nothing even close to unlimited funding. Information is in the documentary, which the Discovery Channel might be considering. I have talked to Gary Steffens and we might include something about technological changes since 010, including the need to switch to the IPhone. I can think of a way to put a plug in if we do that.
Mike Hanson On 8/16/17, loadstone-requ...@loadstone-gps.com <loadstone-requ...@loadstone-gps.com> wrote: > Send Loadstone mailing list submissions to > loadstone@loadstone-gps.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.loadstone-gps.com/listinfo/loadstone > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > loadstone-requ...@loadstone-gps.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > loadstone-ow...@loadstone-gps.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Loadstone digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Maybe Figured Out (Mike Hanson) > 2. Presentation (Mike Hanson) > 3. Re: Presentation (Shawn Kirkpatrick) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2017 16:19:28 -0500 > From: Mike Hanson <brewmeiste...@gmail.com> > To: loadstone <loadstone@loadstone-gps.com> > Subject: [Loadstone] Maybe Figured Out > Message-ID: > <cae-bpeuek+yjfjj9n_89uquzash1rov5jm91jutoabvsdzt...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > I think I might have figured out part of the point share issue I wrote > about in an earlier message. I needed to turn two fingers clockwise > to activate the picker. I am not sure what that particular gesture is > called. > > > Mike Hanson > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2017 16:39:25 -0500 > From: Mike Hanson <brewmeiste...@gmail.com> > To: loadstone <loadstone@loadstone-gps.com> > Subject: [Loadstone] Presentation > Message-ID: > <CAE-BPetZtF=mjdry+xxbvq1-qhznm+1ysp4bzoetb3qeexb...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > I gave a presentation over the phone to the Perkins School for the > Blind in Massachusetts today about my hike of the Appalachian Trail > and was able to give Loadstone something of a plug. Presentations > might be a way I can ask for donations on Loadstone’s behalf. Is > there anything in particular you would like me to say? Is there > anything in particularly you would like me to avoid saying? > > One unique strength of Loadstone in my opinion is that it does not > require a data plan. This is important for two reasons. First, you > can use Loadstone where you don’t get a cell phone signal, as opposed > to GPS apps that come standard on an IPhone in my experience. I have > used Loadstone when I needed to get up at night while camping. I > activated it and went from there. I have also used it to mark hunting > stands and fishing spots and other points of interest that are well > out of cell phone coverage on my Nokia N82 and N95. Although I don’t > have either of these phones, I am confident that I will be able to do > the same things with my IPhone. > > Second, you can use Loadstone if you don’t want a phone contract but > want its GPS capabilities. I don’t know why someone would have an > IPhone just to use Loadstone but that is an option. > > Loadstone is the only GPS app that does not require a data plan and is > accessible to blind users in my experience. I have heard of blind > people using Gaya GPS. That program is, at best, marginally > accessible in my opinion. > > Loadstone does not seem to require much more of a user than other GPS > programs. You need to create checkpoint lists but the tradeoff is > often greater accuracy than you might get with, say Google or Apple > maps in my experience. Those programs can often leave you across a > parking lot from your intended destination. You can get much closer > than that by saving a location with Loadstone. That is well worth the > tradeoff! > > > Mike Hanson > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2017 14:53:02 -0700 (PDT) > From: Shawn Kirkpatrick <sh...@loadstone-gps.com> > To: loadstone <loadstone@loadstone-gps.com> > Subject: Re: [Loadstone] Presentation > Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.10.1708151445030.9318@odyssey> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" > > I aggree, presentations are a good idea. We plan to send at least > informational messages to as many of the blindness-related institutions as > possible. To get an idea of the current goals of the project have a look at > the GoFundMe video on the Loadstone website. This is a brief summary of > what's needed at the present time. > Is your site about your hike still up? This would be a very good testimonial > to link to. > Not needing a data plan is one of the top goals of Loadstone. Hear in Canada > we pay some of the worst rates in the world for cellular data. For this > reason my pay as you go phone plan has no data. This means I needed a GPS > app that didn't require data while on the move. None of the other apps > seemed to do this. > Accuracy is also very important. Loadstone sets the phone's hardware to use > the best accuracy it possibly can. The trade off is a slightly higher > battery usage but for pedestrian use I think it's well worth it. I've been > able to do a side by side comparison with Loadstone and apple maps running > on two different phones and the difference was quite surprising, sometimes > half a block or more. Maybe for sighted people driving this works but not so > well for blind pedestrians. > > On Tue, 15 Aug 2017, Mike Hanson wrote: > >> I gave a presentation over the phone to the Perkins School for the >> Blind in Massachusetts today about my hike of the Appalachian Trail >> and was able to give Loadstone something of a plug. Presentations >> might be a way I can ask for donations on Loadstone’s behalf. Is >> there anything in particular you would like me to say? Is there >> anything in particularly you would like me to avoid saying? >> >> One unique strength of Loadstone in my opinion is that it does not >> require a data plan. This is important for two reasons. First, you >> can use Loadstone where you don’t get a cell phone signal, as opposed >> to GPS apps that come standard on an IPhone in my experience. I have >> used Loadstone when I needed to get up at night while camping. I >> activated it and went from there. I have also used it to mark hunting >> stands and fishing spots and other points of interest that are well >> out of cell phone coverage on my Nokia N82 and N95. Although I don’t >> have either of these phones, I am confident that I will be able to do >> the same things with my IPhone. >> >> Second, you can use Loadstone if you don’t want a phone contract but >> want its GPS capabilities. I don’t know why someone would have an >> IPhone just to use Loadstone but that is an option. >> >> Loadstone is the only GPS app that does not require a data plan and is >> accessible to blind users in my experience. I have heard of blind >> people using Gaya GPS. That program is, at best, marginally >> accessible in my opinion. >> >> Loadstone does not seem to require much more of a user than other GPS >> programs. You need to create checkpoint lists but the tradeoff is >> often greater accuracy than you might get with, say Google or Apple >> maps in my experience. Those programs can often leave you across a >> parking lot from your intended destination. You can get much closer >> than that by saving a location with Loadstone. That is well worth the >> tradeoff! >> >> >> Mike Hanson >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Loadstone mailing list >> Loadstone@loadstone-gps.com >> http://lists.loadstone-gps.com/listinfo/loadstone >> >> > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Loadstone mailing list > Loadstone@loadstone-gps.com > http://lists.loadstone-gps.com/listinfo/loadstone > > ------------------------------ > > End of Loadstone Digest, Vol 117, Issue 6 > ***************************************** > _______________________________________________ Loadstone mailing list Loadstone@loadstone-gps.com http://lists.loadstone-gps.com/listinfo/loadstone
