[gps-talkusers] Re: 'Everything ... but the view'
- From: "Baracco, Andrew W" <Andrew.Baracco@xxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 10:20:20 -0800
Oh! That's right! I forgot!
Andy
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Hello all,
Well I can't be for sure here but since his phone is N82 which is
Symbian
then its either WayFinder Access or Loadstone, my guess would be Load
Stone.
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I looked at his Facebook page, and he mentions using a Nokia N82?, GPS,
and
GPRS, but not what the GPS software is. Does anyone have any clue what
he
make be using?
Gene
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[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Gassman
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Hello,
this article appeared in the Tribune newspapers on February 26.
John
'Everything ... but the view'
David Joles, Star Tribune
Mike Hanson navigated a snowy hillside recently
while hiking along a trail in St. Louis Park. The
44-year-old, blind since birth, will begin hiking
the 2,174-mile Appalachian Trail next week,
guided by GPS technology that he has programmed into his cell phone.
Blind since birth, a St. Louis Park man is
hitting the Appalachian Trail with GPS technology and a shot at making
history.
By LAURIE BLAKE, Star Tribune
Last update: February 26, 2010 - 6:37 AM
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All you neigh-sayers stay right where you are!
ON THE COUCH! Let this man go for it and follow
his dreams. All the others can keep their arm-chair comments to
themselves.
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Hanson listens to his GPS.
David Joles, Star Tribune
Along the Greenway Trail
David Joles, Star Tribune
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Mike Hanson plans to hike the 2,174-mile
Appalachian Trail end to end, without ever seeing the ground under his
feet.
On Monday in Georgia, the St. Louis Park man --
who lost his sight at birth -- will start his
seven-month trek to Maine, navigating by GPS. He
has mastered its use by cell phone and trusts
global positioning technology to steer his every step.
"It gives me everything I would need to know
about the trail but the view," Hanson said. "I
will be able to hear and smell what is going on."
If he makes it, he'll be in select company.
More than 11,000 people have completed the trail
but only three or four were blind, said Laurie
Potteiger of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy.
One was Bill Irwin, author of "Blind Courage,"
who did it in 1990 with a guide dog.
Steep, rugged terrain, strong winds, split-log
bridges and changing elevation make hiking the
Appalachian Trail a trial, Potteiger said.
Veteran hikers commenting on a trail website are
skeptical that GPS will give Hanson all of the information he needs, she
said.
Hanson, 44, is driven to prove that visually
impaired people are more competent, capable,
independent and employable than is generally
assumed. He arranged for his trek to be filmed as
a documentary by Gary Steffens, of Fresh Image
Video Productions in Mound. Steffens and Hanson met through a mutual
friend.
The trip will cost them about $25,000. They have
raised about $9,000 and hope to attract media
attention as they go to raise the rest.
Wielding a white walking stick in each hand and
carrying a pack filled with food, clothes, and
batteries, Hanson expects to cover about 15 miles
a day. He'll stop once a week in towns off the
trail to shower, do laundry and recharge equipment.
Like other hikers, Steffens and Hanson will cook
and eat together on the trail. But there is a
strict agreement that Hanson alone will navigate.
"Mike is in charge," Steffens said. "I am just
following him. I am not leading. If he gets lost, I get lost with him."
If he gets into physical danger, "I would have to
do something about that," Steffens said. "I can't
let him get hurt. Any group of people would do
the same. Mike doesn't have to do more than the average hiker."
Hanson's quest grows from a life begun with a bad
medical decision that cost him his sight. (He was
born prematurely, and oxygen treatments burned
his retinas.) Now, he is striking out to apply
his skills and self-reliance to a
once-unthinkable challenge. After two years of
fundraising, planning and getting in shape,
Hanson hopes his unusual journey will educate
people and -- as a side benefit -- land him a job.
With a law degree from the University of St.
Thomas, Hanson has practiced law through a
volunteer lawyers network. He left a job in
telemarketing, in which he felt underemployed, to prepare for his hike.
"He has direct experience with the fact that you
can be tremendously skilled and not be employed," Steffens said.
The skills needed for the hike -- computer
know-how, knowledge of technology, blogging savvy
and independent thinking -- are all assets in the
workplace, Hanson said. If people see in the film
that technology is available that would allow
them to hire a blind person, "I will have done what I wanted to do."
Hanson, who hunts, fishes and backpacks, said he
would not have tried such a long hike before GPS
technology became available. "Getting lost would
have been highly likely and there were certain
risks associated with getting lost in an outdoor
setting that I am not prepared to take," he said.
Hanson chose the Appalachian Trail because it offered the most GPS data.
Three years ago he hiked 40 miles of the trail in
Virginia's Shenandoah National Park. He came away
convinced that his equipment would work well
enough that he could hike the entire trail.
He programmed his GPS software with points for
roads, water sources, campsites, shelters,
re-supply points, and landmarks every 100 yards.
Pressing a button prompts a voice from the phone
to tell him where he is, which direction he is
heading, and how far to go to the next trip marker.
It took months to acquire the technology and
master its use. He outfitted his phone with a
program that verbally reads everything that
appears on his phone screen. He was thrilled to
find a receiver with a 32-hour battery life.
Finally, he installed the GPS, experimented with
commands, and spent weeks learning how to use it
as a guide to parks, stores and friends' houses.
That freed him from having to choose a route
ahead of time and memorize every turn.
"For the first time in my life I had something
where I could walk out a door, hit a few keys and
not have to spend a lot of time planning a trip," he said.
Steffens plans to show the documentary at film
festivals next year. He and Hanson also plan to
make regular blog entries on Facebook and make
footage available for media. The Web address for
the trip is www.hansonatcampaign.com.
Laurie Blake . 612-673-1711
John Gassman
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