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.
>
> 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
>