RE: Using GPS Apps in the UK

2016-07-16 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
see if it "learns" after a while and has improved coverage. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] Sent: Friday, July 15, 2016 1:18 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Using GPS Apps in the UK Hi P

Re: Using GPS Apps in the UK

2016-07-15 Thread 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone
Hi Pam, Sieghard's suggestions are good ones. If you have no GPS apps, apart from Google and Apple Maps, a cheap one that is useful here in Ireland and on the continent, is Ariadne. Re the phones, indeed, we can buy Pay As You Go sim cards for as little as 5 Euros a month, which will give y

Re: Using GPS Apps in the UK

2016-07-14 Thread Dave
, 2016 6:32 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Using GPS Apps in the UK you could try blind Square which are use in the UK and Ireland. On 14 Jul 2016, at 17:44, Ekstrand, Pamela A. -ND wrote: Hi All, My husband and I will be taking a cruise that stops at ports in England, Scotland

RE: Using GPS Apps in the UK

2016-07-14 Thread Ekstrand, Pamela A. -ND
land...lol! From: viphone@googlegroups.com [viphone@googlegroups.com] on behalf of Sieghard Weitzel [siegh...@live.ca] Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2016 1:28 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Using GPS Apps in the UK Hi Pam, As for free offerings I would say

Re: Using GPS Apps in the UK

2016-07-14 Thread Eleanor burke
you could try blind Square which are use in the UK and Ireland. > On 14 Jul 2016, at 17:44, Ekstrand, Pamela A. -ND > wrote: > > Hi All, > > My husband and I will be taking a cruise that stops at ports in England, > Scotland, Whales, and Ireland. We are both blind, and are looking for > rec

RE: Using GPS Apps in the UK

2016-07-14 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Pam, As for free offerings I would say Apple Maps and Google Maps would be your best and most accessible options. You may want to check with Sendero about getting a one-month subscription for the UK version of the Seeing Eye app and Blindsquare, if you already own it, will probably work well