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Mmm, iPhone > Compass gives it to me easily, though it uses the obnoxious degree-minute-second format and only tells me within a second of arc (on the order of
by fennecfoxen 12y ago
Mmm, iPhone > Compass gives it to me easily, though it uses the obnoxious degree-minute-second format and only tells me within a second of arc (on the order of 30 meters, depending on the part of the earth's surface you're on -- at least as good as many verbal directions).
If easy reliable access to that information is really the main barrier, it does suggest an alternative.
- dfc 12y agoLets assume that everyone owns an iphone (because that is reasonable): What happens when you sustain an injury that has impaired your vision? I call emergency services and tell them my address or the address at the person's house I was working at. What are you going to do?