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HI Steve, you might want to try the trekker list over on yahoogroups.com
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On Wed, 7 Jun 2006, Stephen Ferguson wrote:
> This is a great list to be on...a lot of questions can be answered here. My
> name is Steve, my call is N4PKJ and I am not visually impaired. I am an O&M
> instructor working for the state agency in Virginia (Staunton Office). You
> all helped with me with a ham testing question a few weeks ago.
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> I have some O&M students who are techies and developing an interest in gps
> for the blind. Some are fairly savy though not hams and have means. Where
> can discussion be had as to which units work best, features, the
> future...etc. Or is this as good a place as any? I have seem some of the
> units work but have not had the opportunity to really play with one myself.
> I am generally and specifically familiar with gps operation as I own a
> Garmin Legend C. Works great from the car. But from considering it from
> the stand point of a blind traveler locating specific landmarks, I am not
> sure. No specific question but as to what is best, or where to follow the
> discussion. Some one said that a "major" improvement in general gps
> useability was coming out due to the europeans having launched a new series
> of satelites which again improve the accuracy of gps? Is this true or just
> an urban legend?..thanks...de Steve Ferguson/N4PKJ
>
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