[pct-l] Blackberry GPS or iPhone

[ruffwork]

I used my iPhone last year and will do so this year.
I use the iTopoMaps app and load half-miles waypoints
and his tracks then I download all the relevant topo quads.

It really is nice to pull it up and see that I'm on the trail even when I
can't see it (ok, so I'm no orienteer ;-).

This year I'm wondering if I want to try to carry my iPad....

ruffwork

The road goes ever on and on...

> Greetings,
> 
> My reason for wanting GPS access on the trail is specific: to show my location relative to the trail.
> Say, in a high snow year in the Sierra. I am working on a process on an iPhone using the MotionX GPS app.
> It's a bit involved:
> 
> import Halfmile's section and other tracks into app (see manual for instructions)
> open one track
> show a circle or route marker that covers the track and import map tiles for that segment
> turn off Map Caching and view the track
> 
> It shows the map and track. Various zoom levels can be set for each track. Of course the higher the zoom level,
>  the bigger the file. And backup time to iTunes can take hours.
> 
> I would not use this process for general trail navigation. I think I might not need it at all.
>  But then i'm carrying the iPhone camera email browser thing anyway: 4.8 ounces. And what else am 
> I going to do until trail time?
> 
> Jim Keener ( J J )
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> jj at ridgetrailhiker.com
> 
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> http://ridgetrailhiker.com
> http://olderhealthier.com
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> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Feb 23, 2010, at 6:37 AM, Brian Lewis wrote:
> 
> > One suggestion I would make is to contact halfmile directly (email), as when
> > I hiked with him for a while in 2008 I'm pretty sure he was carrying a
> > blackberry, so maybe he has some more specific knowledge of software for
> > that product line (I don't).  Or perhaps better yet he can suggest an
> > alternative product to use.