[gps-talkusers] Re: New feature October 17

  • From: Chris Grabowski <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:32:10 -0400

One thing to keep in mind if you get disorientated while recording the
replay the route will be created the exact same way the replay goes.
never fear, you can edit a route created from a replay and remove
waypoints in essence removing the disorientation.

Chris
On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:32:11 -0400, Alex Hall <mehgcap@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>Wow!!! So I can take a walk around a route in a big field and 
>some woods near my dorm, record it, then be able to walk there 
>with no sighted guiding?? (It has no landmarks at all so sighted 
>assistance is usually required to keep me from getting lost.) 
>That is great! Now I just have to figure out how to get from 
>4.0...
>
>Have a great day,
>Alex
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>From: Chris Grabowski <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>To: gps-talkusers <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Date sent: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:21:25 -0400
>>Subject: [gps-talkusers] New feature October 17
>
>>The new feature I will be discussing today is the ability to 
>create a
>>route from a replay file.
>
>>In version 4.0 we introduced the ability to record your GPS 
>session,
>>We call it the GPS replay functionality.  This is where you can 
>record
>>the GPS signals to a file and play them back whenever you wish.  
>Until
>>now you could only create an automatic route and hope the replay 
>went
>>along that route.
>>Now you can convert that replay into a route with turn by turn
>>instructions.  If you are walking along the city streets and have 
>a
>>map loaded the street names will be used for the turns.  If you 
>are
>>walking along the beach or woods and there are no streets to 
>travel
>>along, no problem as you will still receive turn by turn 
>instructions
>>to when you actually made the turns.
>>You also do not need to set a destination as the system knows the 
>end
>>of the replay file is your destination.  You can now also add 
>notes to
>>a replay file as you are recording it.  We call them annotations.  
>When
>>playing the replay back the annotation will be announced at the 
>exact
>>time it was recorded.    The Route created from the replay file 
>will
>>use the annotations as waypoints along your route as well.
>
>>To create a route from a replay file: from within GPS press R for 
>the
>>route commands menu, then press F to create a route from a replay
>>file.
>
>>Hope you have enjoyed this sneak peak into what's to come in 
>Sendero
>>GPS version 5.0.
>
>>Chris Grabowski
>>- Customer Support and Product testing
>>Sendero Group
>>"The GPS company." Also, distributors of the mPower, PK, Victor
>>Stream, Voice Sense, Braille Sense, KNFB Mobile Reader, Talks, 
>Miniguide and ID Mate
>
>>Phone: 888-757-6810 EXT.  113
>>Email: chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
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Chris Grabowski
- Customer Support and Product testing
Sendero Group
"The GPS company." Also, distributors of the mPower, PK, Victor 
Stream, Voice Sense, Braille Sense, KNFB Mobile Reader, Talks, Miniguide and ID 
Mate

Phone: 888-757-6810 EXT. 113
Email: chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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