[pct-l] Iphone GPS Question

Halfmile list at lon.net
Sat May 22 00:01:39 CDT 2010


It's been awhile since I looked at Topo Maps app, but after the last
update it's much improved. I really like how it imports waypoints. I'm
impressed.

BIgfoot, how does Topo Map behave once you load a few hundred quads of
the PCT into the iPhone?

-Halfmile



On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 9:11 PM, Tom Holz <tom.holz at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>



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