I found NE to be a robust program that did its job well, but I never liked
the interface which i found to be counterintuitive and difficult to master
and to recall. I was constantly consulting the user guide or posting
inquiries whenever i wanted to create a route, etc.
Andy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Vercellone" <benv@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2021 11:16 AM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: nearby Explorer
I also sorely miss Nearby Explorer. For what it's worth, I don't believe the learning curve for Nearby Explorer was too difficult. It was less than the learning curve for any Windows Screen reader, in my experienced opinion. I understand if financial limitations became too much. Maybe a subscription model would have been good enough for some people. Many people would be upset, but many people would not. But I am not a financial expert. All I know is that if anyone is a decent Android or iOS user, he/she will be a decent Nearby Explorer user. Well, I guess that's my opinion, actually. It's an opinion based on experience, though. I teach O&M. Any of my clients who did not find Nearby Explorer helpful seemed to be extremely limited in their understanding of their smart phone's screen reader. I still have Nearby Explorer on my iPhone, but I try to use it as little as possible so I can be with the times and the most helpful to the most clients when it comes to GPS apps. But things truly c
an and should improve with GoodMaps. I learned 4 college campuses on my own a few years ago with the help of Nearby Explorer and my own Structured Discovery skills. I asked a person or 2 for a little information, but that was about it. My learning of these unfamiliar areas was expedited by Nearby Explorer. I haven't found a single app that helps me as much as Nearby Explorer when it comes to learning new areas. The frustrating thing is that GoodMaps Explore could (And I hope it will) continue on the powerful path of Nearby Explorer. I surely appreciate the indoor mapping expertise of the GoodMaps team. Thank you for this. But I by no means believe that the GoodMaps Explore outdoor navigation features are cutting edge at this time. I think this could change if more users are involved in decision-making and app-development. The future can be even brighter, and I hope it is.
Sincerely,
Ben
On May 15, 2021, at 12:20 PM, gary-melconian <gmelconian619@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
That's true. Still using near by on my android device.will continue to use it till it dies. Still think that the good maps developers should have taken the near by api's and built it into the added features and functionality of good maps. That has been the opinion and point of view of lots of near by users and don’t think ha twill change till good maps has a better implementation and feature set of what near by had.
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