{"id":534383,"date":"2010-04-19T13:51:27","date_gmt":"2010-04-19T17:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/?p=14705"},"modified":"2010-04-19T13:51:27","modified_gmt":"2010-04-19T17:51:27","slug":"pocketnavigator-tactile-pedestrian-navigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/534383","title":{"rendered":"PocketNavigator: Tactile Pedestrian Navigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"KonaBody\">\n<div class=\"tweetmeme_button\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/api.tweetmeme.com\/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.androidguys.com%2F2010%2F04%2F19%2Fpocketnavigator-tactile-pedestrian-navigation%2F\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/api.tweetmeme.com\/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.androidguys.com%2F2010%2F04%2F19%2Fpocketnavigator-tactile-pedestrian-navigation%2F&amp;source=AndroidGuys&amp;style=normal&amp;service=bit.ly\" height=\"61\" width=\"50\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p class=\"first-child \"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/pocket_nav_01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-14706\" title=\"pocket_nav_01\" src=\"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/pocket_nav_01-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>As many of you are beginning to find out, there are scores of turn-by-turn driving apps for Android handsets.\u00a0 Everyone has their own preferences, be it TeleNav, waze, CoPilot, or another.\u00a0 But what about those of us who spend their days walking to and from our destinations?  Google Maps offers pedestrian routes and there are those apps that take advantage of this. \u00a0 The biggest problem with these apps designed for walking is that they pretty much require you to constantly be looking at your phone.  Wouldn&#8217;t it be nice to throw your Droid into your pocket and still know which way to turn? <span id=\"more-14705\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Researchers from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offis.de\/\" >OFFIS <\/a>&#8211; Institute for Information Technology have put together an Android app that uses tactile feedback to help pedestrians find their way.\u00a0\u00a0  Called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pocketnavigator.org\/\" >PocketNavigator<\/a>, is uses different rhythms and durations to tell users when it&#8217;s time to turn left or right.\u00a0 All without the need to remove your phone from the pocket.\u00a0 The premise seems simple enough: If the first pulse is longer than the second one, the user has to turn left a bit. Accordingly, if the right pulse, is longer the user has to turn right.  If both pulses have the same length, keep going straight.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 110px\"><a href=\"market:\/\/search?q=pname:org.haptimap.offis.pocketnavigator\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chart.apis.google.com\/chart?cht=qr&amp;chs=100x100&amp;chl=http:\/\/cyrket.com\/qr\/88797\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scan to download PocketNavigator<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Starting immediately, you can download PocketNavigator from the Android Market for free.  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