Hi Sieghard.
You're probably right about things like stores in a mall not being in some GPS apps, but these apps use more than the satellites to get their position. They use triangulation from several cell towers to get a more accurate position. This is why you can get to within ten feet or so to a location in a place like an airport, where the satellites may be very difficult to receive. The Seeing Eye app does this, and I'm sure other GPS apps do the same thing as well. What I think will happen is malls will start producing apps, and when you walk by a store it will vibrate your phone and alert you of items for sale at the store, or perhaps even producing a coupon for the store on the screen. To get these apps accessible to us VO users, we'll need to tell the mall owners of our needs. This could benefit us as blind users in a couple of ways. First, it gives us easier travel in a mall. The second is people could realize that blind people can be quite independent with the right tools. Just my thoughts. Kevin Minor, Lexington, KY [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing [email protected]. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting 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.
