[gps-talkusers] Re: defaults and options for Lookaround POIs
- From: "Baracco, Andrew W" <Andrew.Baracco@xxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2013 11:12:11 -0700
The only problem with 4square POI's is that there is no uniform standard
for setting them, so they often are not where they should be.
Andy
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Subject: [gps-talkusers] defaults and options for Lookaround POIs
The nicely written review from Kelly has prompted me to explore the
following topic on the list as I suspect there will be varied opinions
as to what constitutes the ideal amount and type of POI information.
There is a somewhat gray area between too much information and not
enough information. Each person and each situation requires more or less
information.
For example, when a POI name is announced, do I also want the category?
Do I want to know the distance of that POI? Do I want the direction? Do
I want to call that business or to view the menu? The answers vary
depending on whether I am in a familiar area or a new area or if I am
looking for dinner or a hardware store.
Our approach in Sendero products has been to offer options so users can
adjust the amount and type of content to fit their circumstances and
preferences. There are not yet as many options for Lookaround
information on the iPhone app as the 13 year-old GPS products for the
Note and Sense products.
For those products, we scan for new POIs every 12 seconds and this timer
is adjustable. Not every POI in range is spoken as we have learned this
would bombard users with way too much information. We use speed to
determine how far away a POI is announced to differentiate between
pedestrian and vehicular situations. Users have the option to only have
a specific category of POIs announced.
We assume that in most situations, a user would like to know a sampling
of which points are around but giving the details of distance and
direction would add undesired chatter if one was not actually interested
in that POI.
If you do want it, you can stop and search for the POI and then do what
you like including setting it as a destination or calling it if there is
a number. One does know without hearing the specific distance and
direction that the point is within a few blocks. I believe the threshold
is up to 500 feet at pedestrian walking speeds.
What I would really like to see on the iPhone is the option to trigger
details more easily when I hear a point of real interest. Maybe I could
shake the phone right after hearing it in Lookaround and then more
details would be announced. Maybe I want to hear all categories of POIs
in general but I want details about a specific category.
In terms of the Foursquare points and viewing menus, we could definitely
switch to the Foursquare details and allow one to view a menu or even to
check into the Foursquare location. Being a big fan of Blindsquare and
user and playing the Foursquare game, I think this would be a nice
feature to have.
In terms of choosing a default behavior, we could have the direction and
distance to Lookaround points if this was preferred by the majority of
users. We will at least add this item to the feature list as an option.
Mike
Michael May, CEO
Sendero Group, Davis California
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