[pct-l] Smart phones

[nathan burgess]

Check out maverick on android. Online and offline mapping. Great gpx
support. I have used it a bit and it worked well for me.
On Jan 17, 2011 9:34 PM, "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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