I cannot find this on the U.S. App store? Chip
-----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kelly Pierce Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2017 1:51 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Another question about gps apps The app is called My Way Lite from the Swiss Federation of the blind. It provides breadcrumb navigation and directs the blind end user through a path not a particular endpoint. it is free. Kelly On 7/9/17, Chip Orange <lists3...@comcast.net> wrote: > I really like Near-by Explorer, but I don’t think it would be all that > helpful in traversing a specific route which isn’t based on named roads > (that is, I don’t think it can record “routes”). Just like Blind Square, it > could only record the end of the route and aim you at it. Either of these > could also allow you to record way points along your route, but you would > have to remember to switch to the correct next waypoint each time you > arrived at one. I believe Near-by Explorer is better at getting you to a > point in that it allows you to use your phone as a “pointer”, and it will > indicate to you when you have the end of your phone pointed directly at the > desired point. > > > > I think Seeing Eye can record a route of waypoints however. > > > > > > Hth, > > > > Chip > > > > > > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Robert Doc Wright > Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2017 2:30 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Another question about gps apps > > > > To help her out she and her husband are moving to a new complex and are > hoping to create a POI at the mailbox then set a gps app to plan a route to > that poi. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Richard Turner <mailto:richardturne...@outlook.com> > > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > > Sent: Saturday, July 8, 2017 1:38 PM > > Subject: Re: Another question about gps apps > > > > > > Blind Square is not strictly speaking a GPS app. It does not do turn-by-turn > directions. > > But, once you find the point of interest you want, Blind Square can launch > Google maps, Apple Maps, or several paid GPS apps. > > If all you want is the turn-by-turn directions, Google Maps does a fine > job. > > Richard > > > > > On Jul 8, 2017, at 12:54 PM, Lelia <leliastr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, so here is a question, I know with google maps you can get > directions say from your place to a store or something like that. Can you > do the same with a GPS app like blindsquare? Say can you get directions from > my house to a point of interest? Is there a GPS app that can do something > like that? > > Thanks for any tips you can give. > > Lelia > > -- > 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. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. 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