VolksNav

Basing on tests with street children, VolksNav makes StreetSmart was developed for children, the blind, those who can't read maps etc. It divides 500 cities allover the world 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, and this with text and graphic !! Following the instructions on www.volksnav.de/StreetSmart, such tools allow a self-guiding like in Rio de Janeiro around the Christ statue: - inwards/outwards and - clockwise / counter clockwise. The main benefits are - awareness improvement concerning locations, directions, distances, cardinal points and angles;  - sharping of orientation sense. - a language for international understanding (Orientation Esperanto)