BlindSquare is not a turn-by-turn navigation app, as you have figured out. Yu an search for a business or address, and once found, you will find an option to begin a route, then you will have a choice of which navigation app to use.
You can leave BlindSquare running in the background when the other app, Google or Apple, takes over and blindsquare will continue giving you updates. That can get a little busy. As for exploring an area, search for the address of your new house, then keep flicking through the options to Simulate This Location. Once you start the simulation, you can use the various categories to explore what is around yu. It takes some patience and trial and error, but works quite well. Note, the data may or not be up to date. Sometimes businesses go out or change names and the digital map takes a long time to get updated. Enjoy, Richard, USA. “Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it.” -- Jane Wagner from The Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe My web site: <https://www.turner42.com> https://www.turner42.com From: rhs via VIPhone <viphone@googlegroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 6:37 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Getting started with Blind Square Hi, I just downloaded Blind Square and am a little overwhelmed by all the options. I have a couple of questions that hopefully will get me started. When I decided to get Blind Square I thought it would work in a similar way to Apple Maps or Good Maps Outdoors. After reading some of the manual, it seems that Blind Square works in conjunction with Apple Maps and not in place of it. So, what do I need to do to use them together? Second, I bought Blind Square because I want to explore routes and destinations starting from a location different than my actual location. My wife and I are buying a house in a different town. I’d like to figure out what businesses are in the area of our new house. I’d like to figure out the location of particular types of businesses such as drug stores or florists (our anniversary is coming soon) to know which I can reach by walking or by public transportation. Any pointers to get me started would be much appreciated. Ralph -- 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 <mailto:mk...@ucla.edu> . Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com <mailto:caraqu...@caraquinn.com> The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> . To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/013201d95cc3%246fc30450%244f490cf0%24%40startmail.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/013201d95cc3%246fc30450%244f490cf0%24%40startmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> . -- 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. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/020a01d95ccb%24d4461720%247cd24560%24%40comcast.net.
