From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx04.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.14]) by lists01.pubmisc.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id v5JMU8XR027471 for ; Mon, 19 Jun 2017 18:30:08 -0400 Received: by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) id 9B69318343; Mon, 19 Jun 2017 22:30:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx1.redhat.com (ext-mx07.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.110.31]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 96BF3179D3 for ; Mon, 19 Jun 2017 22:30:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from hurricane.the-brannons.com (hurricane.the-brannons.com [71.19.155.94]) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44037C04B943 for ; Mon, 19 Jun 2017 22:30:05 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mx1.redhat.com 44037C04B943 Authentication-Results: ext-mx07.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=the-brannons.com Authentication-Results: ext-mx07.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=chris@the-brannons.com DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 mx1.redhat.com 44037C04B943 Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2602:4b:af6e:e500::35bb:7ca9]) by hurricane.the-brannons.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B4E177933B; Mon, 19 Jun 2017 15:29:59 -0700 (PDT) To: Amanda Lacy Subject: Re: Exploring maps on my PC? References: Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2017 15:30:04 -0700 In-Reply-To: (Amanda Lacy's message of "Mon, 19 Jun 2017 16:19:31 -0500") Message-ID: <877f07r4pf.fsf@the-brannons.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Greylist: Delayed for 120:00:19 by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.31]); Mon, 19 Jun 2017 22:30:05 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: inspected by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.31]); Mon, 19 Jun 2017 22:30:05 +0000 (UTC) for IP:'71.19.155.94' DOMAIN:'hurricane.the-brannons.com' HELO:'hurricane.the-brannons.com' FROM:'chris@the-brannons.com' RCPT:'' X-RedHat-Spam-Score: 0.788 (BAYES_50, SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_PASS, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD) 71.19.155.94 hurricane.the-brannons.com 71.19.155.94 hurricane.the-brannons.com X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.78 on 10.5.110.31 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.14 X-loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Cc: Linux for blind general discussion , emacspeak@cs.vassar.edu From: Linux for blind general discussion X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: junk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2017 22:30:08 -0000 Amanda Lacy writes: > I just found an app which will supposedly allow me to do this for the > reasonable price of just $498/year! Is there a way to do this for free > the way sighted people are able to? (Not GPS, just using commands to > virtually explore a map like in a computer game.) Is emapspeak still a > thing? Yeah emapspeak is still a thing. Start it with M-x gmaps. You'll need to look at the mode help with C-h m to get a list of the keyboard commands. But this is just for getting directions and finding nearby places, not textually exploring a map. The nearby places feature requires one of those annoying API keys. I'm going to try to get mine after I send this. The directions don't require the key. A good friend of mine has been saying for years that it would be great if we could explore the map for an unknown physical area using MUD-style interaction. It would especially help those of us who really struggle with orientation. I know people who can navigate in a MUD just fine, but they have difficulty with orientation to real streets. As far as I know, there's no free software on Linux which does this. If you have an Android device, there's a free app called Intersection Explorer that does let you explore a map. The paid navigation app Nearby Explorer also has that feature. It only costs a $79 one-time fee rather than a yearly $498. The free Intersection Explorer came out of the eyes-free project at Google. At one time, it was part of Google Maps, but it seems to have been split off into a separate application once more. -- Chris