VolksNav in Cameroon

Android application VolksNav in Cameroon developed by Henrique Koehler is listed under category Maps & navigation. The current version is 1.9, updated on 02/01/2022 . According to Google Play VolksNav in Cameroon achieved more than 45 installs.

Basing on tests with street children, the VolksNav family was developed for children, the blind, those who can't read maps etc.

The app divides 20 Cameroon cities like a cake into 12 sectors, forming location codes which are a better answer to the question "where?" than names, post codes, lat/lon or "here".

The app uses GPS and compass and - a worldwide innovation - indicates the direction to the centre of town not only with a graphic but also with text which also the blind can understand !!
Such tools allow a self guiding like in Rio de Janeiro around the Christ statue:

- inwards/outwards
and
- clockwise / counter clockwise.

VolksNav also can show maps with a kilometrical search grid, show the location code of clicked points and show the moving direction on map.

The main benefits are
- more awareness for locations, directions, distances and angles
- a language for international understanding (Orientation Esperanto)

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