I'm not sure car routes aren't important to us. My sighted wife does all of the driving, and she used to, and probably still does, use a GPS device. Since I started using MapQuest though, she prefers to let me do the navigating while she's doing the driving. I think there's a lot less tension in the car now since we started doing this!
Also, if I'm asking someone for a ride, I don't expect them to always know where i need to go. Unless they're going there as well, I think it's my responsibility to know where I need to go, the address of where I'm going and the directions on how to get there. On 09/08/12 22:05, Gail the U. S. Male wrote: > Certainly it is a tool, to be used in conjunction with cane, or dog, and > your mobility training. No, it won't get you exactly there, but it sure > comes in handy for keeping track of what streets you're walking on, and > where you are. Car routes don't matter as much to us, because *hopefully* > you're not driving, and have a sighted person doing that part, and they can > read the signs. LOL! > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Ron Pelletier > Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 4:49 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: GPS Apps & Stand-A-Lone GPS Units > > Eileen, > > I am so glad you brought that up. Ever since my very first Trekker about 5 > years ago, I have been saying that a GPS is a good mobility tool and nothing > else. As well as helping you, it can also get you killed if you pay more > attention to it than to your orientation and mobility. You must never pay > so much attention to the device that you forget to pay attention to what you > are doing. If I am about to cross a street and the GPS talks while I am > reading my traffic, I ignore it and make my crossing as I have been trained > to do and just stop and press the repeat button on the other side. It also > seems to me like too many people think that the GPS will go and place your > hand on the door knob. I am lucky to get within 10 metres of a target and > use my dog's and my ability to do the rest. > > Ron & Danvers > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Eileen Misrahi > Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 12:28 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: GPS Apps & Stand-A-Lone GPS Units > > Hi, > > I have been following this thread and I am concern that individuals are > relying too much on GPS apps or stand-a-lone GPS units. We must remember > that GPS is only a tool and it doesn't replace our orientation and mobility > skills. It's to give us information and the information is only as good as > the databases that the GPS apps or separate units have access to. This past > weekend I was up in San Francisco and all three GPS products were having > issues in giving precise information. At one point, all of them stated to > turn left where there was a "No Left Turn" sign (car route mode). I > understand that the choices we make regarding which GPS apps one will use is > a personal matter, and individual GPS apps should not be knocked. This can > give a misconception to those who haven't purchased a GPS app for their > phone. As one of the other posts stated, it will all change when the iPhone5 > will be available regarding the purchasing of GPS apps. I just hope that > Apple gets it right the first time. Now!! I will probably be cut down for > this, but it is the Sendero GPS on my Apex that I eventually turn on to get > more precise information and options that are not available on my GPS apps > on the phone. At least I have lots of options to get the info that I need > when I am out-and-about. However, these options do not replace my ability to > travel with the white cane. > > Thanks for listening. > > Eileen > > -- > 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/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail -- 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/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
