[gps-talkusers] Re: iPhone orientation while using the Seeing Eye GPS app
- From: "Michael May" <mikemay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 21:54:38 -0700
Unless you are using the Lookaround wand, which way the phone is facing has
little influence. Your movement is what determines what the app should
return for your direction of travel and relative points and turns.
One thing that does happen with the phone in the pocket is that the shake
feature triggers a bit too often. I think that is something we need to
adjust so jostling as you walk doesn't keep triggering it. It is supposed to
be quiet when the phone is upside down.
Mike
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GPS app
Bravo, my points exactly even though I have no app.
On 11 Jul 2013, at 04:14 AM, Jenny Wood <kc5gni@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Good day all.
>
> So, I have just recently purchased the Seeing Eye GPS app, and I
> decided to give it a spin this evening while tackling a fairly new
> route. Actually, I knew generally where I needed to go, but it's a
> rather long route, and I mostly needed assistance with street names so
> as not to make a wrong turn. First of all, I have to give credit
> where it's due. I really appreciate the fact that the Seeing Eye GPS
> will track me as I walk, even though I don't necessarily have a
> particular route or POI programmed in. Furthermore, I absolutely love
> the additional information given, such as which street is ahead and
> behind me and which is to the left and right. To some, this type of
> information might be obvious, but that's not necessarily the case when
> you live in a area where the surrounding neighborhoods have many roads
> and streets that like to bend, curb and change names on the fly. I am
> personally, a big fan of Navigon, and I use it on a very regular
> basis. However, neither of the
se
> features are available in Navigon.
>
> I would say the one sticking point I have with the Seeing Eye app thus
> far, is the sensitivity to the positioning of my iPhone. For the life of
me, I can't figure out which position makes it the happiest, and just how in
the world to keep it there. For some reason, I don't have this trouble with
either Navigon or Blind Square. I just shove the phone into either of my
two short pockets, where it may or may not stay upright, and both of these
apps seem to handle it just fine. The Seeing Eye app however, will become
confused very easily, and next thing I know, the directions and intersection
information I am being given are 180 degrees off. It's very difficult to
keep one hand on the phone in my pocket to constantly make adjustments,
while holding on to the harness handle of a guide dog and gesture as needed.
Not to mention I feel slightly creepy digging around in my pocket as I walk
down the street. :-) If anybody has any suggestions that might be helpful in
this case, I would greatly appreciate what you have to say.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
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>
> Jenny Wood
> Phone: (972) 989-3894
> Email: kc5gni@xxxxxxxxx
> Facebook/Twitter/Skype: kc5gni
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