Will try again. [smiley) This time I will ask 2 more questions about this app for a friend and myself.
1. Is there an actual podcast on this app with walking? Manuals and I do not connect. I learn by either doing or listening to someone else use whatever it is I am learning. Just my dumb brain. 2. In an earlier version of IOS in settings I believe I saw a place with all my apps listed with their corresponding MB use. Is that list still there or was I dreaming or misunderstanding what those values were? 3. I am looking for a GPS that gives right and left indications rather than feet/yards or clock face. Mostly this is for my friend who is insecure trying to use east, west, feet and yards. I think she wants a GPS that tells her to turn right and left. 4. In this app, can you name poi's on your own, for instance, perhaps a bump in the sidewalk or a tree on a route with no sidewalk? I also really like the idea of using the the compass by just holding the phone straight up. I know someone who actually walks on a ranch from place to place by finding something with his cane, naming it as a poi and after getting to his destination he makes it a route. I have an area that has big areas of sidewalkless and then sidewalk and then another stretch of sidewalkless leading to a bus stop I could access. He told me to stay close to the road but not in it and set pois to each sidewalk. To keep myself going straight I would use compass and if it said 90 degrees if it was 95 when I checked I would know to go to my left to get back to 90 degrees. Does anyone think that this is possible with Nearby Explorer? Any help with all this is appreciated. Feel free to write off list if you wish. Thanks. On Aug 22, 2016, at 11:30 PM, Alan Lemly <[email protected]> wrote: Many thanks, Richard. Putting the comma between the city and the state and using the two-letter state abbreviation did the trick. I don't believe I've yet to use an app on my iPhone that was so demanding as to the search syntax. I really do appreciate all the help. Alan Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 22, 2016, at 10:01 PM, Richard Turner <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Try without the quotes, "San Francisco, CA" be sure and put the comma between > San Francisco and CA. > Richard > > > "Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education." -Victor Hugo > (Sent from my iPod 6) > > On Aug 22, 2016, at 7:57 PM, Alan Lemly <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Anna, >> >> Thanks for your suggestion but I've been unsuccessful doing that. Have you >> successfully searched for a distant city from your physical location and >> gotten it in the results, I just searched for San Francisco California and >> got no hits. Is there some magical way to enter the city and state to get >> results? >> >> Thanks for your help. >> >> Alan >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Aug 22, 2016, at 9:22 PM, Woody Anna Dresner <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Alan, >>> >>> Use the search button in the lower left corner of the screen. In the edit >>> box, type the city and state where you want to search. Once you find it in >>> the search results, you'll find a "Search from here" option. Use that to >>> search from your chosen city. >>> >>> HTH, >>> Anna >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Aug 22, 2016, at 8:57 PM, Alan Lemly <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Keith, >>>> >>>> You haven't missed the boat at all and your suggestion is right on point. >>>> Unfortunately, for the life of me, I can't figure out how to change the >>>> state or the city to what I want so I can find locations and POIs within >>>> the 30 mile limitation. As you cycle among the Nearby Explorer items, you >>>> can either double tap and hold or do a single finger swipe down in order >>>> to access the context menu of each item. The choices available under this >>>> context menu for state and city are: >>>> >>>> 1. Save location as favorite. >>>> 2. Set location as watch. >>>> 3. Enable virtual navigation. >>>> 4. Close >>>> >>>> No option exists to provide a city or state other than where the app >>>> determines that you are. I feel that surely you must be able to do this so >>>> that you can virtually explore other locations further than 30 miles away >>>> but I'll be darned if I can figure out how to do it. >>>> >>>> If anyone out there has an answer, I'd love to hear it. >>>> >>>> Alan Lemly >>>> >>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >>>> Of Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. >>>> Sent: Monday, August 22, 2016 8:12 PM >>>> To: '[email protected]' >>>> Subject: RE: Help Needed Adding Favorites in Nearby Explorer for iOS >>>> >>>> I haven’t been following this thread closely, but have listened to the >>>> podcast. I don’t have the app, but am considering acquiring it, but will >>>> wait first for the forthcoming BlindSquare update to see what improvements >>>> arrive therein. >>>> >>>> I would imagine that to search a distant location, it would be necessary >>>> first to change the location on the first page of the app as demonstrated >>>> by Mike to the correct country, state, city and zip code. It’s not clear >>>> to me from the thread bits I’ve read on this topic if that’s been done. >>>> Once done, I suspect there’s a good chance the search function will work >>>> up to 30 miles from the location the app thinks it’s at from this >>>> information. >>>> >>>> Sorry if I’ve completely missed the boat, but with onboard maps, something >>>> has to direct the app to which location to use as its starting point for >>>> it’s 30 mile search radius.. >>>> >>>> Keith >>>> >>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >>>> Of Alan Lemly >>>> Sent: Monday, August 22, 2016 6:49 PM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: Help Needed Adding Favorites in Nearby Explorer for iOS >>>> >>>> Thanks Richard. I tried searching for the city as you suggested but no >>>> luck. If yiu can't search for locations further than 30 miles away, I >>>> consider that a serious short coming of the app. I guess we're only >>>> supposed to use it on nearby locations as the name implies. >>>> >>>> Alan >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> On Aug 22, 2016, at 5:59 PM, Richard Turner <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi Alan, >>>>> I have not bought the app yet, but in the manual it says, "Nearby >>>>> Explorer can search within approximately a 30-mile radius of your actual >>>>> or virtual position." >>>>> >>>>> So it could be that it can't search farther away than that. Perhaps try >>>>> searching for the city, then set that as your virtual location, if that >>>>> works, then you could search for a place and add it as a favorite. >>>>> Good luck. >>>>> Richard >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> "Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education." -Victor >>>>> Hugo >>>>> (Sent from my iPod 6) >>>>> >>>>> On Aug 22, 2016, at 3:05 PM, Alan Lemly <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> I apologize for posting this message here but I'm getting no response on >>>>>> my posts to the Nearby Explorer for iOS email list. >>>>>> >>>>>> As I understand Nearby Explorer, in order to simulate a location in >>>>>> virtual mode, it has to be available in your app favorites or come up as >>>>>> a location following a search. I'm trying to place a location in >>>>>> virtual mode to which I'll be traveling later that is several hundred >>>>>> miles away from my current location. The Nearby Explorer search results >>>>>> appear to be limited to locations a maximum of 30 miles away. 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