[pct-l] Iphone GPS Question

[Tom Holz]

The GPS does drain the battery real quick, but I've grown to like Topo  
Maps--you can cache nice scans of the usgs quads, and it will display  
waypoints from gpx files (the help files shows downloading a zip file  
from pctmap.net).

It doesn't do tracks or recording, buts it's a nice "where am I" app,  
which I've used a couple times.  I keep my phone off most of the time,  
and wheni do have it on, I don't leave any apps running.

Bigfoot

On May 21, 2010, at 8:58 PM, Halfmile <list at lon.net> wrote:

> I still a fan of the Basic GPS app on the iPhone.
> All it does is give coordinates of your location, but it's accurate,
> doesn't require phone service,  supports UTM, and it's one of the few
> apps that supports the NAD27 map datum. It has a useful way to toggle
> the GPS off and on to save battery life. The iPhone GPS drains the
> battery pretty fast.
> http://www.basicgps.net/
>
> In one of Bill's linked email's he states "All in all, the iPhone is a
> pretty mediocre GPS compared to a full  featured GPS like a Garmin"
> which is still true especially for a PCT hiker. Be careful of iPhone
> GPS apps that look cool, but require phone service, can't store maps
> for offline viewing, use maps that don't display the correct PCT
> location, can't easily import waypoints and other data and you have a
> pretty short list to consider after that.
>
> But an iPhone (with Basic GPS) will give you accurate coordinates of
> your current location, which can be a really useful information to
> know assuming you have maps with UTM grids.
>
> -Halfmile
>
>
> On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 7:58 PM,  <PCTPANAMA at aol.com> wrote:
>> What's the best GPS app for the iphone ?     Panama
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