[pct-l] Best iphone gps app

[Kevin Cook]

Halfmile is quick!

I've settled on GaiaGPS on my iPhone. It lets you download offline map data
and it will import all of halfmile's waypoints. I'm really liking it. I have
Topo Map too. Halfmile is right, it's nice. I don't like that it doesn't
show the trail on many of the topos. Since I have both, I'll probably use
both. I'm just not sure I'll download the hi res maps in Topo Maps.

As he said, Backcountry Navigator is an Android app, so you can't get it on
the iPhone.

One more thing Will, you were misinformed about the iPhone's GPS needing a
cell tower. It uses satellites just like any other good GPS. It has an
advantage over the GPS only devices, in that it CAN use the cell towers to
help fix your location. They aren't needed though. I've compared it with my
Garmin and DeLorme GPS's, and the iPhone appears to be about the same
accuracy. It's usually within 20 ft. Good enough for me. I'm either right
where I'm standing, or about 10 feet to either side of myself LOL

On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Halfmile <list at lon.net> wrote:

> My favorite iPhone GPS apps are:
>
>
> http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/basic-gps-now-utm-mgrs-email/id293699773?mt=8
>
> http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/topo-maps/id306014271?mt=8
>
> Basic GPS has nothing to load, but you will need paper maps with UTM
> grids printed on them. If your unfamiliar with UTM see this:
> http://www.maptools.com/UsingUTM/quickUTM.html
>
> Topo Maps allows downloading of USGS topo maps and importing of
> waypoints for offline viewing. You will want to pre-load data when you
> have a WiFi connection.
>
> -Halfmile
> www.pctmap.net
>
> ps - Backcounty navigator is good too, but it's an Android App.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 2:19 PM, Will M <jalan04 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm looking to try out the iphone gps.  I'm told that without maps stored
> on
> > the iphhone itself, the gps function will not really work without a
> signal
> > from a cell tower.
> >
> > With that in mind, can someone recommend a good app or software that they
> > would recommend for the iphone.
> >
> > Thanks
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