Does blind square use open street maps for its Street data? Sent from my iPhone
> On Jul 22, 2016, at 2:54 PM, Wayne Merritt <[email protected]> wrote: > > Chip, > You can in fact have BlindSquare announce the streets as you come upon > them, either by walking or riding in a vehicle. When you open the app > your focus is placed on the Search button. If you then swipe/flick > right to the Filter Announcements button and activate this, you can > use a picker and set what you want announced. I generally leave it on > streets and my places, which are like favorites, this way I get both > automatically. There are other choices though, like streets only, my > places only, etc. BlindSquare will detect whether you are walking or > riding in a car, train or bus, and adjust accordingly. I'm sorry you > did not have a good experience with the BlindSquare support team. > Perhaps you can get your money back. If anyone else is thinking of the > purchase, go for it! Before I bought BlindSquare, whenever I would ask > for good GPS apps for the blind or in general, it seems like > BlindSquare was always one of the first ones mentioned. That says > something about the app's quality and reliability to me. > > Wayne > >> On 7/21/16, Eleanor burke <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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 >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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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