[pct-l] Smart phones

[Gerry Zamora]

I have downloaded backcountry maps from the android store I find the maps
hard to follow if u hook up your droid via usb to your pc u can find where
the app is installed and add the files from halfmile.  I have used the app
on local trails works great I like run keeper pro better u can't download
maps but it will show u where u are and where u have been and where u can
go. Its free to try. Also tracks your pace and elevation change.
Gerry0625
On Jan 17, 2011 7:04 PM, "AsABat" <asabat at 4jeffrey.net> wrote:
> On my Droid X I have Backcountry Navigator. I loaded Halfmiles waypoints
by copying his gpx file to the same folder Backcountry Navigator stores its
maps. This gives me waypoints every half mile. I haven't tried and don't
know if out can download the trace itself. I'm in no hurry (meaning I will
let somebody else figure it out first).
>
> I've used it on a few short trips and its worked great. Yes the gps works
when you don't have a cell signal. I'm told there is a bug where you need a
cell signal to get the first gps fix and after that you are fine without
cell coverage. I'm not sure if that means first time ever, first time each
time you turn the phone on, or what. I haven't played with it enough to know
what this means
>
>
> AsABat
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> "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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