Doesn't Seeing Eye GPS use Google Maps data? I thought it did.
Thanks, Ari > On Jul 17, 2016, at 8:33 AM, Chip Orange <[email protected]> wrote: > > I really wish we had a blind-friendly navigational GPS app which used Google > map data; I don’t know why we don’t, the Google data is freely available (I > wrote such an app for laptops running Window-Eyes, which had a GPS receiver). > Yes, there could be a charge from Google to the app developer if you have a > high enough volume of data queries, but it was very small, so charging a > little something for the app should easily cover it. I never had to pay > anything. > > Google would also give you all the POIs as well as the mapping data (I did in > my app), so you would not have to use four square. I think it would be a big > improvement. > > > Chip > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Andy Baracco > Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2016 10:31 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Blind Square and Four Square > > In my area i have seen 4square POIs that were as much as half a mile away > from the actual location. > Andy > > From: Chip Orange > Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2016 6:03 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Blind Square and Four Square > And I have to say it’s map data isn’t all that accurate in smaller towns > which may not have a lot of OSM volunteers to correct it. They need to allow > people who are blind to submit corrections somehow. > > Try Arriadne GPS for more accurate mapping data, but without the four square > business info. > > Chip > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Larry Lumpkin > Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 9:36 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Blind Square and Four Square > > Blindsquare uses 4 square’s database of pois. You don’t have to have a 4 > square account to use blindsquare but I think it helps you check into a place > if you wish. I don’t use the internals of 4 square so don’t know much about > it. Blindsquare uses open street maps for it’s map data. > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Dulce Muccio Weisenborn > Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 8:20 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Blind Square and Four Square > > What are the advantages of using these two apps together? > > > Virus-free. www.avast.com > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - 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