BlindSquare does rely on data. In addition, I use it on a regular basis on the bus and the intersections are announced as they are past. I find it to be a very reliable option while traveling on the bus.
Sent from my iPhone On Jul 1, 2013, at 1:52 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Raul, > > I thought BlindSquare uses data for it's maps. I don't recall ever > downloading maps for BlindSquare and if it relies on data then it wouldn't > work with an iPod Touch unless you had a Wi-Fi connection which normally is > not the case when you are walking around. Using an external GPS receiver may > give you a GPS signal, but BlindSquare, Sendero LookAround or Ariadne > wouldn't know what to do with it unless they have access to maps. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Raul A. Gallegos > Sent: Monday, July 01, 2013 9:40 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: GPS issues - request clarification > > Hi, Blindsquare does an ok job of telling you how far you are from the > intersection. It tends to work better if you are walking rather than moving > in a vehicle like a bus or someone's car though. Yes, as far as I know, if > you have an iPod Touch with a compatible GPS it can connect to, then it > should work just fine. I have personally never tried this though. > > -- > Raul A. Gallegos > I just love using big words to sound smart. I mean utilizing gargantuan > idioms to fabricate intelligence. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user > ID: rau47 > > On 7/1/2013 7:29 AM, Tim Mehok wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Will any of these systems work on i-touch with GPS interface and will >> they tell how far one is from the intersection? >> >> Thanks, >> Tim >> >> On 7/1/13, Raul A. Gallegos <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi, Blindsquare will do this will no changes in the settings, >>> although I usually set the filter to street names and intersections >>> only. When I'm traveling in a new area and I want to know where I am >>> in terms of the streets, I don't care about businesses around me. >>> Now, when I'm more familiar, then I'll usually like knowing what else >>> is there. Ariadne is excellent as well as long as you follow the >>> below suggestions of making sure the app is in the foreground, start >>> monitoring is enabled and you will then get the current location spoken > by Voice Over itself. >>> >>> -- >>> Raul A. Gallegos >>> Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 >>> >>> On 6/25/2013 12:58 PM, Pete Nalda wrote: >>>> This is sort of inline with a post asking about the vOICe for iOS. >>>> I was wanting something to read me intersections on a bus. Seigard >>>> (sp?) mentioned blind square would do this, and I've found that >>>> Ariadne GPS will too, as long as it's open, in the front, and VO is >>>> turned on. The "Start Monitoring" button is what's needed to >>>> activate this feature. I'm running Ariadne on an iPhone 4 btw. >>>> >>>> On Jun 25, 2013, at 11:32 AM, "Donald L. Roberts" >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Recently, someone asked a question regarding GPS programs which >>>>> would verbalize the names of intersections. I apologize for not >>>>> saving the message in question as I cannot quote it or even >>>>> approximate what the respondent said. But, if I remember it >>>>> correctly, I understood the message to say that none of the GPS >>>>> programs would verbalize the street names unless one were using an >>>>> iPhone 4S or 5. I want to be sure I understand this. Am I to >>>>> understand that if I am running either a 3GS or 4, there are no GPS >>>>> programs which will verbalize the names of streets as one is > approaching? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks. >>>>> >>>>> Don Roberts >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>>>> Google Group. >>>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>>>> --- 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]. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> Egun On, Lagunak! 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