SEVEN ACCESSIBLE GPS OPTIONSfrom the iPhone to the PC

By: Mike May

Sendero Group LLC

429 F Street, Suite 4

Davis, CA 95616

(530) 757-6810

www.SenderoGroup.com

GPS@SenderoGroup.com

Importance of Location Information

• Cannot navigate by visually scanning environment

• Limited access to what is around you

• Dependant on others for directions or descriptions

Benefit of GPS and electronic maps

• Due to mainstream popularity, maps and millions of Points of Interest are in electronic format

• Access to information = Ability to independently navigate

• Ability to determine where you are, what is around you, and how to get to a destination.

With Sendero GPS, I am in control

Understanding GPS

• Average accuracy 9 m (30 ft) or 3 m (10 ft) with WAAS/EGNOS

• Need a clear view of sky: Generally does not work indoors, in tunnels, subways

• Triangulation: Need GPS from multiple directions. Decrease accuracy in urban canyons

• Follows Movement

After 10 years of accessible GPS, the question isn’t should I have GPS, but which GPS should I have.

Primary considerations when choosing a GPS system:

1. User Interface

Input – Braille, telephonic or QWERTY keyboard

Output – Speech and/or Braille

2. Price

3. Multifunctional

4. Portability

Accessible GPS Choices

Current Technologies: Sendero GPS

Sendero Group: BrailleNote

• Braille or QWERTY input

• Speech and/or Braille output

• Multifunctional

• $$$$

• 1.35 lbs. - 1.8 lbs

• 612 g – 812 g

Current Technologies: Sendero SDK

Sendero SDK (Software Developers Kit)

• Allows third party companies to take the Sendero core GPS engine and customize it to work on their machines, and tailor it to their customers.

• Three companies are already using the Sendero SDK to create their own GPS solution for Windows mobile devices, including smart phones.

Current Technologies: Mobile Geo

Code Factory: Windows Mobile-based Smart phones and Pocket PCs

• Telephonic or QWERTY input

• Speech output

• Multifunctional

• $$

• 0.30 lbs – 0.50 lbs

• 140 g – 250 g

Current Technologies: Sense Navigation

HIMS/GW Micro: Braille and Voice Sense

• Braille or QWERTY input

• Speech and/or Braille

• Multifunctional

• $$$$

• 0.58 lbs. – 2 lbs.

• 266 g – 914 g

Current Technologies: StreetTalk VIP

Freedom Scientific:

PacMate

• Braille or QWERTY input

• Speech and/or Braille

• Multifunctional

• $$$$

• 1.81 lbs – 4.18 lbs

• 820 g – 1,900 g

Current Technologies: Sendero GPS LookAround

Sendero Group: iPhoneAnnounces the nearest points of interest and your current location – no routing capabilities

• Touch Screen• Speech Output• Multifunctional• $• 0.29 lbs• 133 g

Current Technologies: Sendero Maps

Sendero Group: PC

• QWERTY input

• Speech and/or Braille output

• Multifunctional

• $

• Maps only no GPS

Humanware: Standalone • Other buttons

• Speech output

• GPS only

• $$

• 1.1 lbs

• 499 g

Current Technologies: Trekker Breeze

GPS@SenderoGroup.com

www.SenderoGroup.com

The future looks bright for accessible navigation, where ever life takes you