Yes about whipping the Miniguide out, I often did this because of a traffic light in the middle of a bridge, and was able to teach my dog where the light was because the guide located it. Just a funny sidenote: She was so happy about finding the light pole she'd wrap herself around it and wag her tail when she found it making me laugh. I would praise her every time she found the pole. The pole of course being on the bridge had no landmarks so I could not have found it without some device. Karen and Harpo
----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Bingham" <steven.bingham1@xxxxxxxxxxxx To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date sent: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:06:05 +0100 Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: The mini guide
The beauty of the mini guide is that you can easily whip it out
of a pocket
and turn it on when you need to locate something like a traffic
signal post
or a letter box. This is particularly useful in strange areas
where the dog
might not know what to look for.
Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Hall" <mehgcap@xxxxxxx To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 2:21 PM Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: The mini guide
I have seen something like that, but for some reason the handheld type seems to have taken off. I have heard of ones you can mount to canes, but you could never let the cane rotate and that would be kind of strange when tapping along; the cane would move too fast for the computer to take in what the beam is "seeing". I am not sure how those work.
Have a great day, Alex
----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Granados" <gsgranados@xxxxxxxxxxx To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date sent: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:05:45 -0700 Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: The mini guide
I wish you could mount that on glasses! Have them either vibrateor beep inyour ear. Leave the hands out of it!
----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Hall" <mehgcap@xxxxxxx To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 6:44 PM Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: The mini guide
Question: how can you operate a cane/dog, gps/bn, and mini guideall atthe same time? I had a hard enough time with just the cane andmini guide,but I was amazed when I had an opportunity to use the mini guide(a devicelike it anyway). I avoided countless collisions with people ina verycrowded school that my cane would not have picked up because ofhow shortI have to hold the cane in those crowds. I have just not hadthe money toget a mini guide, plus I have found my cane to be quitesufficient...until I run into something (figuratively and literally) where Irealizethat one of those magic Milky Way bars (as another poster putit) wouldhave been quite handy. Also, for those interested, the device sends out an ultrasonicbeam fromone of the two front ports. The other port senses thereflection of thatbeam and sends the strength of the reflection to a processorwhich tellsthe vibrating motor how fast to go (in my case it used pulses;the closertogether the pulses were, the closer the object).
Have a great day, Alex
----- Original Message ----- From: Wendy Slominsky <wendyslominsky@xxxxxxxxxxx To: "gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date sent: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:57:52 -0400 Subject: [gps-talkusers] The mini guide
This is what I use as well. The GPS can only be as accurate asishumanly possible and it will not help you find anything that specifically. The mini guide has saved me many times trying tofindpoles, benches etc. It's thankfully not too expensive. www.senderogroup.com Good luck!