have a look at the link I provided below and go to the various podcasts and 
listen to them.http://blindsquare.com/help/

> On 21 Jul 2016, at 22:55, Dave Mitchel <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Eleanore, how do I accomplish this? I am using whatever it comes up with, 
> which does appear to be good in my remote area. just wondering in case I need 
> to double check anything.
> Dave
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Eleanor burke
> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2016 2:47 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Blindsquare and Google Maps
> 
> you can use blind Square in association with Google maps or in association 
> with Apple maps.
> 
>> On 21 Jul 2016, at 22:45, Chip Orange <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> I recently purchased Blind Square and am very disappointed.  It uses "open 
>> source" map data from Open Street Maps, and is quite inaccurate in my area.  
>> When I wrote to them asking for some way to have a feature where we could 
>> offer map data corrections, or to ask if they could use Google Map data, 
>> they told me they only updated their map data once a year, so giving us a 
>> feature to offer map data corrections would still leave us with map problems 
>> for a long time, so wasn't worth it.
>> They were unapologetic and unconcerned about the quality of the map data as 
>> far as I could tell.
>> 
>> Blind Square, as far as this newbie can tell, does not offer you directions 
>> either; it relies on your use of Apple maps or Google maps.
>> 
>> So I also have to wonder what exactly I am getting besides street names 
>> which are wrong or missing, and no way to correct them, and map updates only 
>> once a year??? Really??? I had just assumed they would always be using the 
>> most up to date data just like Google maps, so this was a huge 
>> disappointment to me.
>> 
>> Chip
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf 
>> Of Ekstrand, Pamela A. -ND
>> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2016 4:47 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Blindsquare and Google Maps
>> 
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> I have mostly been using Google Maps to get walking directions.
>> 
>> Can anyone tell me what advantages I would gain if I purchase Blindsquare to 
>> use in conjunction with Google Maps as opposed to using Google Maps by 
>> itself?  I know Blindsquare has been discussed quite a lot on the list, but 
>> I am having trouble figuring out what I would gain by using it along with 
>> Google Maps or Apple Maps.  Sorry if I am just being dense.
>> 
>> We will be traveling to the U.K. soon, and we are not at all familiar with 
>> the areas we will be visiting, so I am trying to decide if it might be worth 
>> purchasing this app.
>> 
>> Thanks for any thoughts on this.
>> 
>> Pam
>> 
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