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2015-10-12 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hey, As i understand it and i could very well be wrong, thus my request for explanation, Loadstone has no maps or such by default, the user has to create the maps themselves. If so this is a great showstopper for me. I don’t want to draw the maps for the orientation tool to then follow because

Re: A little explaining requested plus a rant about Loadstone was Re: Loadstone GPS: a campaign to get an accessible GPS app started on iOS

2015-10-12 Thread Paweł Masarczyk
Hello everyone, Thanks for the replies and explanations. Krister, as far as I remember you're right, except local communities of users have created databases for a lot of areas of the world by converting the data of already existing projects, E.G. in Poland UMP (the Universal Map of Poland)

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2015-10-11 Thread Lars Billgren
Hello! You might also test MyWay Classic. I’m using it when I have to pass through a park or any place where there are no roads. . Just walk the route with a friend and shake the phone where you want your points. Save the route. You can’t go wrong next time you are folling the raout.

RE: Loadstone GPS: a campaign to get an accessible GPS app started on iOS

2015-10-11 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Paul, Do you have any details about this? I followed your link to the GoFundMe website, but apart from the fact that they are looking to raise $2,000 and have raised $65 in the last 13 days there is no other information. I would have questions like this: Is there an ending date by

RE: Loadstone GPS: a campaign to get an accessible GPS app started on iOS

2015-10-11 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I thought Loadstone also had maps and gave turn-by-turn directions. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Lars Billgren Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2015 3:20 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: SV: Loadstone GPS: a campaign to get an accessible GPS

Re: Loadstone GPS: a campaign to get an accessible GPS app started on iOS

2015-10-11 Thread Paweł Masarczyk
Hello Sieghart and Lars, Unfortunately I can't answer your questions as I'm not in direct touch with the developers and only saw the tweet. Does My Way allow for creating routes from point A to B through C? I think that was one of the features I heard was missing from most GPS apps available.

RE: Loadstone GPS: a campaign to get an accessible GPS app started on iOS

2015-10-11 Thread Richard Turner
MapQuest allows you to add stops to a route. Put in your destination, then find the Add Stop button, which says “pi add stop” as it must have the “pi” symbol as part of the button label. Then, put in your next destination and Mapquest will sort them by distance, but you can drag them to a

Re: Loadstone GPS: a campaign to get an accessible GPS app started on iOS

2015-10-11 Thread Andy Baracco
The Loadstone that ran on the old Nokia phones did have the ability to create routes. Andy From: Paweł Masarczyk Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2015 12:04 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Loadstone GPS: a campaign to get an accessible GPS app started on iOS Hello Sieghart and Lars,

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2015-10-11 Thread Lars Billgren
Hi Pawel! While walking you can set your point were you want. A route can contain a lot of points, named P1, P2, P3 and so on by the app. Afterwards you can put in a new point between two points. I If you want to, you can edit the point names. Normally you walk from 1 to 2 to 3, but you

Loadstone GPS: a campaign to get an accessible GPS app started on iOS

2015-10-10 Thread Paweł Masarczyk
Hello, Just today I came across a tweet courtesy of Cool Blind Tech sharing it, where the creators of Loadstone GPS, a well-known Symbian navigation solution, are asking to support their Gofundme campaign to get the money needed to get the equipment and all other costs covered for the