There's a button called tools, in here is one called something like 'Your 
Address' 

Tapping on this will give current address details and nearest cross streets ,  
Garth


On 24/05/2012, at 7:06 PM, Fanus wrote:

> Hello Garth
> How do you get the app to give your street name and 
> intersection. I get info about pois around me but when I 
> shake the iPhone it just says "your location" but nothing 
> else.
> Regards
> Fanus
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rob Harris" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 4:04 PM
> Subject: Re: BlindSquare
> 
> 
> Ok, happier to hear this, and might yet get it to go for a 
> whirl.
> 
> Thanks, RobH.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Garth Humphreys" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 11:52 AM
> Subject: Re: BlindSquare
> 
> 
> Okay, I finally got home to some wifi and have been able to 
> download the
> app. It looks really interesting and I like the interface. 
> The app will
> automatically read out details from POI's around you. The 
> data is as stated
> taken straight from foursquare. This is not a 'yellow pages' 
> type model for
> POI data as someone guessed at. Also the app is available 
> outside the US,
> i'm in Australia and the app description states some of the 
> other
> non-english languages for which there are localisation's.
> 
> I haven't been able to go for a walk to see how it responds 
> but sitting here
> at home I can see the direction and distance to a number of 
> things around
> me. I got the app to give me my current location and I got 
> the street name
> and distance and direction to the nearest corner.
> 
> On the negative side, the whole interface seems to frees up 
> and or go slow
> when the GPS signal is poor. The app does self voice the 
> fact that the GPS
> is poor as well though.
> 
> BTW, You can turn off self voicing if you like.
> 
> Anyway i have only had a brief look so far but definitely 
> don't regret
> spending $12 on it. Not that I want to encourage more 
> expensive apps but
> lets face it, I spend that much on a whim for a few cups of 
> coffee.
> 
> Garth .
> 
> n 23/05/2012, at 7:21 PM, Krister Ekstrom wrote:
> 
>> And it's probably only available in the u.s and won't ever 
>> become
>> worldwide.
>> /Krister, the eternal optimist. :-)lol
>> 
>> 22 maj 2012 kl. 22:25 skrev Austin Seraphin:
>> 
>>> A hot new GPS app just entered the app store. BlindSquare 
>>> uses
>>> FourSquare's location database to provide points of 
>>> interest. You can
>>> also add your own private points. It will also tell your 
>>> location and
>>> nearest cross street, everything you need. I really like 
>>> it! I can't find
>>> an iTunes link yet, but you can find it by searching on 
>>> your iDevice in
>>> the app store. It doesn't have any documentation yet, but 
>>> hopefully you
>>> can figure out, and you can ask if you have any 
>>> questions. Enjoy!
>>> 
>>> - Austin
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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