[gps-talkusers] Re: tracking our WayFun progress in England
- From: Charles LaPierre <charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2008 08:32:42 -0700
So I see you went down to Santa Cruz.
Have fun at the beach yesterday?
BTW whats the status of the move?
Charles
At 08:13 PM 5/31/2008, you wrote:
On June 16, 4 of us begin a 5-day walking tour out of Bath England.
I will have a Spot satellite tracking device so those who wish can
watch our progress.
If it is working correctly, Spot sends a tracking every 10 minutes
while in view of satellites. This device sends our GPS position to a
satellite which in turn sends it to a server with maps of the world.
A sighted person can see the map, the nearby POIs and even a terrain
view of the area using Google maps. For Sendero GPS users, here is
how you can follow along.
Step 1: Go to the following URL. The password is Sendero. You may
have to arrow up, then down, then press Enter for forms mode before
entering sendero in lower case. You will then be asked if you want
to go to a secure sight and just press Enter on Yes.
https://share.findmespot.com/shared/gogl.jsp?glId=1BB4PYgi9lTUFdLlqrhyiL8NVmPTDGvJh
Note: I have experienced a lock up from time to time when using this URL.
You can practice in the next few weeks as we test the Spot tracking device.
2. The track messages for the past 24 hours will be listed if there
are any. You will hear how many messages and the Pacific time for
the most recent message.
3. In order to hear details, a sighted user single clicks on the
message of interest. Screen Reader users will have to use the Jaws
Cursor and then press left click once. If you have graphics turned
on, you will hear a graphic right before the message. That is what
you want to click on.
4. Once you have clicked on the track message, the lat/lon appears.
Use Chord Y and enter it into your Sendero GPS software.
Note: The lat will always be North. If there is a minus before the
Longitude, you enter W for West afterwards. If there is no minus,
enter E for East after the Longitude.
5. Set that Lat/lon as your Virtual position. If you have POIs for
the area, you will see what the nearest POIs are. If you have UK
maps, you will also be able to here what town we are near.
Note: For the purpose of this vicarious WayFun task, we will make UK
maps available for $59 versus their normal $99 price during the month of June.
You might want to save each of these virtual points so you can then
review our route. In fact you could save each one as a POI and then
put them all into a route with waypoints.
If we have computer access, we will post photos and text from our
journey. If not, we will do that shortly after the trip.
I still haven't heard from any mini groups planning to follow in our
footsteps. Remember there are some good deals for the first to
travel. For details, go to http://www.senderogroup.com/wayfun.htm
Michael G. May
CEO Sendero Group
"The GPS company:" Sendero Featuring GPS on the mPower, PK and Voice
Sense. Also distributing Trekker, Victor Stream, KNFB Mobile Reader,
Talks,, Tiger embossers, Miniguide and ID Mate
Crashing Through by Robert Kurson available at http://www.CrashingThrough.com
MikeMay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.SenderoGroup.com
1-888-757-6810, Fax (530) 757-6830, Mobile (530) 304-0007
Sendero Group, LLC
1118 Maple Lane, Davis, CA 95616-1723, USA
Charles M. La Pierre
CTO Sendero Group
"The GPS company." Distributors of the mPower, PK, Victor Stream,
Voice Sense, KNFB Mobile Reader, Talks, Miniguide and ID Mate
1-888-757-6810
Lat. 37 15' 25" N Lon: 121 53' 04" W
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