I had some fun with the lat/lon function on the BrailleNote a few years ago when I had the trial on my machine. Sometimes I would put in random coordinates just to see where I would end up, other times I would put in the coordinates of one of our local station's towers so I could get a route to where it was. That's how I found that KNBQ now KYNW's transmitter was on Capital Peak w/sw of Olympia. I thought it was closer to its actual col of Centralia. Is this feature going to be available on the phone soon? -----Original Message----- From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael May Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 9:28 AM To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: nifty use for lat lon info and Sendero GPS on a notetaker This is very cool indeed. We can also do the same thing in reverse. If I am at a location off the grid, say in the middle of campus or lost in the woods, I can get the lat/lon using the Y command and then give that to a person trying to find me. We had a less diar use for this years ago in Dublin when a bunch of us were in wsearch of good pubs and the maps weren't very good yet in Ireland. We had two way radios and when we found a happy hour at a certain pub, we just radioed our position to the others and suddenly that pub had 30 blind people descending upon it. Mike -----Original Message----- From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Gammon Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 9:40 PM To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: nifty use for lat lon info and Sendero GPS on a notetaker Great post Sue, for some reason I guess it was because you sent this, I remembered back to my one and only visit to CSUN in 2009 when we went to dinner with Mike, the sendero crowd, which also included you and Bob and Stevie! Then were fun times! Best, Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Sweetman" <sue@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date sent: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 19:13:12 -0700 Subject: [gps-talkusers] nifty use for lat lon info and Sendero GPS on a notetaker Bob had an appointment to do some training at UCLA today. A friend dropped him off at the dorms, and he left a few hours later via paratransit. There are only a few places where they will pick you up on campus, and of course in the wisdom of the bureaucrats who make such decisions, none of the stops are very close to the dorms. His pickup was to be at the flagpole near Royce Hall. I was able to see the flagpole using mapquest.com, and with a little mouse click, I could get its latitude and longitude. Voila, you just set that lat lon as your destination, use the getting warmer method, and after a little hike, you're there. This method does require a sighted guy who has access to a computer and the internet, but unless it's already a public user POI or you've been there before, it is pretty cool! Sue Sweetman To change your email settings (unsubscribe, digest only, or vacation mode): http://senderogroup.com/social_media/email.htm Additionally, to unsubscribe send an email to gps-talkusers-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To change your email settings (unsubscribe, digest only, or vacation mode): http://senderogroup.com/social_media/email.htm Additionally, to unsubscribe send an email to gps-talkusers-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3408 / Virus Database: 3222/6661 - Release Date: 09/12/13 To change your email settings (unsubscribe, digest only, or vacation mode): http://senderogroup.com/social_media/email.htm Additionally, to unsubscribe send an email to gps-talkusers-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To change your email settings (unsubscribe, digest only, or vacation mode): http://senderogroup.com/social_media/email.htm Additionally, to unsubscribe send an email to gps-talkusers-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject.