| Loadstone GPS
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| License:
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GNU GPL (free of charge)
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| Platform:
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iOS
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| Version:
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1.6 (2019-11-27)
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| Languages:
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English and multiple languages
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| Website:
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http://www.loadstone-gps.com
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| Install:
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| Programming language:
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C
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for the blind
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Features
| Feature
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Value
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| Map Display
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| Display map
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no
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| Map data
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text database
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| Source
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offline
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| Rotate map
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?
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| 3D view
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no
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| Shows website
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?
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| Shows phone number
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?
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| Shows operation hours
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?
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| Routing
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| Routing
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yes
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| Create route manually
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?
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| Calculate route
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?
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| Create route via Waypoints
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?
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| Routing profiles
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foot;wheelchair
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| Turn restrictions
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no
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| Calculate route without Internet (Offline routing)
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?
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| Routing providers
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?
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| Avoid traffic
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?
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| Traffic Provider
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?
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| Navigating
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| Navigate
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no
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| Find location
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no
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| Find nearby POIs
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yes
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| Navigate to point
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yes
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| Navigation with voice / Voice guidance
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yes (Screenreader needed)
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| Keep on road
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no
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| Lane guidance
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?
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| Works without GPS
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yes
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| Navigate along predefined route
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?
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| Tracking
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| Make track
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yes
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| Customizable log interval
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no
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| Track formats
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?
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| Geotagging
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no
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| Fast POI buttons
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yes
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| Upload GPX to OSM
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no
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| Monitoring
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| Monitoring
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no
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| Show current track
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no
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| Open existing track
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no
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| Altitude diagram
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no
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| Show POD value
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yes
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| Satellite view
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yes (number)
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| Show live NMEA data
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no
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| Show speed
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yes
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| Send current position
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yes?
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| Editing
?
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| Rendering
?
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| Accessibility
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| Accessibility support
|
blind
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| Complete non graphics text output
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yes
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| Braille interface
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?
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| Exploration modus
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yes
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| Public Transport mode
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?
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| Danger Warnings
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no
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| Screenreader
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Nuance TALKS;Mobile Speak
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| Screenreader languages
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?
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Loadstone GPS is a free non-graphics satellite navigation software originally developed for the discontinued-since-2014 Symbian Mobile/phones using the Series60 platform, and now for iOS. Although Loadstone-GPS is a useful navigational tool for everyone, it is particularly useful for blind and visually impaired people using screen readers (e.g. Nuance Talks).
There is an online converstion tool [1] and an offline conversion tool to transfer .osm files up to 8 MB
to the loadstone import format (.txt).
Loadstone works with nodes only and imports POIs and crossing nodes from OSM.
With Loadstone-GPS blind persons are enabled to contribute to OSM by collecting tracks. See OSM for the blind.
Links
See also
Category:Loadstone users
