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. 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