iPhone GPS

[Tad]

Anyone use MotionX-GPS?
Experience?

Tried a few free versions.
One came back with "Accuracy within 19,510'" four miles is a joke.
So far MotionX is spot on in a large metro area using Bing maps, going to test it in the sticks this weekend.

Not looking for another device, got enough stuff to charge on the road.

[Stuka]

All GPS apps use the built in assisted-GPS in the iPhone. The iPhone receives an actual GPS signal, but also uses cell towers to make it more accurate. If you do not have cell coverage, it will not be as accurate.

If you look inside Compass, at the bottom you can see the coordinates that it is currently getting.

Are you looking for like a turn by turn directions app? I have not used MotionX, so not familiar with what it does. I find Google maps works great for basic directions. And if I pre-load a map while I am in cell coverage, and then move out of cell coverage, the GPS will update where I am on the pre-loaded map.

[HowardT64]

I just use the GPS on my smart phone. The navigator works
rather well;)

Samsung Spectrum 1 Carrier= Verizon

[Julep4000]

I use Navigon and think its great...

[Tin Medic]

Tad, I have that app and it is pretty good. The accuracy has been fine for my location and tracks fairly well in the mountains.

[FSJ Guy]

My wife uses Motion X. She is quite happy with it.

Personally, Maps works just fine for me. Siri is less chatty than Motion X which I prefer. I don't need it to announce that "Motion X is calculating your route".

[RamJetFSJ]

I downloaded maps for Berlin, Germany for offline use (without massive data charges) with Motion X. Worked good. In the States, I mostly use Apple maps, although I often double check the accuracy on Google maps just to be sure. I haven't had any issues for quite a while with it (unlike in the beginning).

[carnuck]

I use my iphone one, BUT I program the destintation where I have good signal for accuracy

[jeepguy77]

Try google maps they added turn by turn directions. I use both the built in maps and the google app. Haven't had any problems except the built in app sucks when it comes to searching for restaurants and gas stations.

[Tad]

Tad, I have that app and it is pretty good. The accuracy has been fine for my location and tracks fairly well in the mountains.

Thanks, that's the info I was hoping to read.

I guess I should have been a bit more precise or put this in Off-Road.
I understand how to use my phone for in-town directions, it does that very well all by itself.
I was wanting to record tracks and add waypoints Off-Road and then export them to share or use later.
SoAZ pretty much has cell coverage everywhere for Verizon so I think it will do fine, NM is a different story.

I wonder how much data this app is using.

[UKJeeper]

All GPS apps use the built in assisted-GPS in the iPhone. The iPhone receives an actual GPS signal, but also uses cell towers to make it more accurate. If you do not have cell coverage, it will not be as accurate.

With the greatest respect to your SJ contributions and knowledge, that's...inaccurate.

A-GPS main use is to get a faster Time To Fix (TTF). Locking onto 3 satellites can take a while, A-GPS reduces that time by using cell towers to triangulate your position until the GPS (at least 3 satellites required) catches up.

The 'A-' part puts you in the ballpark, until the 'GPS' part can tell you which seat in the ballpark you're sitting in.

A-GPS also 'assists' in areas where GPS signal may not be strong (IE Indoors).

Losing the 'A-' part (cell coverage) doesn't (or shouldn't) reduce the GPS accuracy as long as there is a decent satellite signal.

I've been using an app called Viewranger on my smart devices for about 6 years, for hiking and wheeling, both over here and So Cal.

When i'm over there i turn off data (UK sim = $$$) and still get perfectly good GPS locks and tracking (http://www.shareyouradventure.com/map/g ... 2011-03-15).

Over here i hike places with no cell coverage (Peak District, Lake District) and don't have a problem either. (http://www.shareyouradventure.com/map/o ... March-2012)


BTW, Viewranger maps for the US are available, http://www.viewranger.com/en-gb/world-o ... y=us#step2. well woth the money if you want to have topo maps in your pocket. And the maps are stored on your device, no data connection is needed.



http://www.gsmarena.com/glossary.php3?term=a-gps

http://gpssystems.net/agps/

http://ecomcanada.wordpress.com/2012/06 ... ifference/

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/16 ... 0&tstart=0

[Stuka]

All GPS apps use the built in assisted-GPS in the iPhone. The iPhone receives an actual GPS signal, but also uses cell towers to make it more accurate. If you do not have cell coverage, it will not be as accurate.

With the greatest respect to your SJ contributions and knowledge, that's...inaccurate.

A-GPS main use is to get a faster Time To Fix (TTF). Locking onto 3 satellites can take a while, A-GPS reduces that time by using cell towers to triangulate your position until the GPS (at least 3 satellites required) catches up.

The 'A-' part puts you in the ballpark, until the 'GPS' part can tell you which seat in the ballpark you're sitting in.

A-GPS also 'assists' in areas where GPS signal may not be strong (IE Indoors).

Losing the 'A-' part (cell coverage) doesn't (or shouldn't) reduce the GPS accuracy as long as there is a decent satellite signal.

I've been using an app called Viewranger on my smart devices for about 6 years, for hiking and wheeling, both over here and So Cal.

When i'm over there i turn off data (UK sim = $$$) and still get perfectly good GPS locks and tracking (http://www.shareyouradventure.com/map/g ... 2011-03-15).

Over here i hike places with no cell coverage (Peak District, Lake District) and don't have a problem either. (http://www.shareyouradventure.com/map/o ... March-2012)


BTW, Viewranger maps for the US are available, http://www.viewranger.com/en-gb/world-o ... y=us#step2. well woth the money if you want to have topo maps in your pocket. And the maps are stored on your device, no data connection is needed.



http://www.gsmarena.com/glossary.php3?term=a-gps

http://gpssystems.net/agps/

http://ecomcanada.wordpress.com/2012/06 ... ifference/

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/16 ... 0&tstart=0

I stand corrected!

Thing is I knew this at one point. Guess I learned something else that cause that to get pushed out


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[UKJeeper]

I stand corrected!

Thing is I knew this at one point. Guess I learned something else that cause that to get pushed out

Homer Simpson style!

[REDONE]

I have and use MotionX GPS too and I've only had one issue and it's probably operator error.

If I don't have data coverage it won't load the actual map. I'll have coordinates just fine, but no map image, just a grey screen. I have never figured out how to store the map for the area I'll be in ahead of time when going off the data grid.

It's loaded on my iPhone 7GS-G.

[UKJeeper]

It's loaded on my iPhone 7GS-G.

How did you get an Iphone 7! AFAIK they're only selling the Iphone 5...

[REDONE]

How did you get an Iphone 7! AFAIK they're only selling the Iphone 5...

It's a prototype and it's pretty slick. It has screens on both sides, lets you make calls, listen to music, take pictures and surf the web all at the same time while driving and even has two phone lines. Only real complaints are that it's a little bulky and the Otterbox is a little chinsy with eight pieces.

Ok, it's an iPhone 3 and iPhone 4 rubberbanded together...

[HeavyIron]

My favorite MotionX screen grab

[REDONE]

Low flying airplane in France?!

[Tad]

Well, it worked fine on a test run.
Two issues:
It recorded tracks just fine but when I recorded way points they were off by quite a bit.
It was also supposed to record images with the way points but it inserted the same image for all the way points.
But for the first time I'm happy, just need to figure out what I did wrong or failed to do.

[letank]

Low flying airplane in France?!

Not a plane, a train between London and Paris, the Eurostar.