Me too! What about John May and the sindero Group, what is it they are pushing?
There is a group on the West Coast, Vancouver or Victoria who have developed something they call LoadStone GPS for cell phones too but they don't actually use maps, dead reckoning where you put in your own points and you can share them with others thus building up maps. It will tell you which direction you are going and how fast. There may be some other info however it is shareware, donations only. You need to buy a GPS receiver of course. I think all of the telephone based systems enable you to text your coordinates to another set thus allowing someone else to make their way to your location. Only useful of course if they too have a GPS receiver and software. Does no one on this list have any phone based GPS? Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: tunecollector To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 6:57 PM Subject: RE: [Bulk] RE: [BlindHandyMan] GPS So you have email and internet capabilities but not phone capabilities? How easy it to put in an address as you are walking? It seems like you would have to put the keyboard on some flat surface to key in the address.I have to admit that a price of 1600 bux is making me start to hyperventilate. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William Stephan Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 3:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Bulk] RE: [BlindHandyMan] GPS You can do either telephone or braille input, or you can use a qwerty bluetooth keyboard for inputs. There is a motorized mode, and you can do e-mail and sync with Outlook as well. Bill Stephan Kansas City, MO (816)803-2469 William Stephan -----Original Message----- From: "tunecollector"<[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:tunecollector%40sbcglobal.net> > Sent: 10/29/07 1:38:04 PM To: "[email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> "<[email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] GPS I assume Trekker is not voice recognition. Is the keypad telephone-style or qwerty? What's the cost? Could I use it for driving? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of Lenny McHugh Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 4:45 AM To: [email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] GPS I am very happy with Trekker. Even in familiar territory it saved me from getting lost with my new guide dog. Micah drifted a little too far to the left when crossing a street. When I got on the sidewalk we again turned slightly left and all of a sudden trekker told me that I was on 20th St. Knowing that I was to be on Market St. I immediately turned around and went back about 25 feet to get on course. The drift and turn that Micah made were so subtle that I did not pick up on them as a course change. I actually just thought he took me around a parked car. ----- Original Message ----- From: "tunecollector" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:tunecollector%40sbcglobal.net> <mailto:tunecollector%40sbcglobal.net> > To: <[email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 8:02 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] GPS This is probably off topic but I don't know who else to ask. Can anyone recommend an accessible GPS product. 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