[pct-l] Smart phones

[AsABat]

That software site only shows street maps not topos. Backcountry Navigator easily downloads free topos when you have cell or wifi access and downloads gpx files from a computer. I couldn't download gpx files from my phone only because my browser said my phone couldn't use gpx files. I'm sure that will go away or I could probably try a different browser but its no big deal to load all the gpx files on an sd card before heading out. 

All I'm missing is the detailed trace rather than just the half mile waypoints. Maybe it can be done -I have NOT tried out. This software can't yet record my own track but Halfmile has already done that so I don't need to. Other android software will record tracks. 

I expect as Android really takes off we will see all these morph into some incredible possibilities.


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"Kevin Cook" <hikelite at gmail.com> wrote:

>I don't have a Driod, but I've seen this question so often lately, I
>looked
>into it. I'm surprised that it seems tougher to do this on a Droid then
>on
>an iPhone!
>The best option I could find was this http://www.mapdroyd.com/
>I'm not sure what formats you need the maps to be in though. There have
>been
>a LOT of hikers posting here that they are using a Droid X. Hopefully
>someone will figure out how to use offline maps and import a waypoint
>list
>on a Droid X.
>I'm not knocking Android OS, but I think I'm happy I went with the
>iPhone
>;)  It was a really close decision.
>
>On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 7:42 PM, Lisa Freathy
><rainorshinecamper at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Gerry and any DroidX users,
>>
>> I just got an Droid X and have been trying to learn different
>features that
>> can
>> help me on my hike this year. If you have time to share a bit of
>info. with
>> me
>> it would be most appreciated!! I am seriously electronically
>challenged, so
>> explanations geared towards the basics are the best for me. I had a
>few
>> questions...
>>
>> ~Did you download a backcountry GPS app? If so, which one did you
>use?
>> ~Have you been able to load up the PCT on your Droid gps? If so, did
>you
>> use
>> halfmile's maps and are there any tricks I need to know other than
>what I
>> could
>> easily read on his site?
>>
>> (I tried a search of the PCT-L archives as I thought I saw a step by
>step
>> on how
>> to do this a few months back, but could not find this thread in my
>> searches)
>> ~Was there something special that you had to do (downloads or phone
>> settings
>> or...) in order to have your back country gps work when not in cell
>> reception?
>>
>> Thank you so much for sharing some of your knowledge, I am concerned
>the 3
>> months I gave myself to learn this phone pre-hike will not be nearly
>enough
>> for
>> me!
>>
>> Happy Hiking!
>>  Lisa
>>
>>
>> "Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in
>awhile, and
>> climb
>> a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean."
>> ~ John Muir
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Gerry Zamora <gerry0625 at gmail.com>
>> To: Paul Robison <paulrobisonhome at yahoo.com>
>> Cc: Pct-l at backcountry.net
>> Sent: Mon, January 17, 2011 1:36:55 PM
>> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Smart phones
>>
>> Not saying u are wrong.  But my droid x does not get its gps fix from
>cell
>> towers when I run my app run keeper pro it tells me how many gps
>satellites
>> are visable from my location and on alot of my hikes I don't have
>cell
>> service yet its tracking my progress and speed and it will show me my
>> location on a map...  check your sources.
>> On Jan 17, 2011 1:23 PM, "Paul Robison" <paulrobisonhome at yahoo.com>
>wrote:
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