Dan wrote:
"Google is already doing it.  You can already get
guided directions in a dozen airports, and a whole
bunch of casinos in Vegas, since they did all the
mapping prior to the Computer Electronics Show." 


Now that's what I needed to hear. Thanks, Dan. I'll
move on now. It seemed viable, and now I know too, that
it's already being done. I look forward to the day when
it's commonplace. Thanks all. ;-)

Blessings,
Everett


----- original message ----- 
 ... I will also point out that interior navigation has
huge implications for 
everyone, not just the blind.  How great would it be
for any person, to 
walk into an unfamiliar  mall and be able to have their
phone show them 
the way to a store.  Or, walk into an airport and
quickly see all the 
shops available and then a guided map to one they
select.  That is just as 
useful for a sighted person as a blind person.  As long
as they pitch 
these kinds of projects as being quote for the blind
quote, they will go 
nowhere.  Once they do it for everyone, it becomes much
more possible 
because you don't have the small community issue to
deal with.
And, lastly, if you have bothered to read this far,
Google is already 
doing it.  You can already get guided directions in a
dozen airports, and 
a whole bunch of casinos in Vegas, since they did all
the mapping prior 
to the Computer Electronics Show.


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