BTW - another great android GPS app is LDLog - I particularly appreciate it=
s
extremely low battery consumption.
Cheers...
Michael
On 27-06-13 2:19 PM, "Max Catterwell" <> wrote:
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> Hi all
> I'm not sure who posted about GPS Essentials, but whoever it was, thankyo=
u! I
> downloaded it onto my Android phone this morning, and am extremely impres=
sed!
> It would be even better if my phone had a built in magnetometer so that I
> could have the compass too, but I'm not complaining.
> Cheers
> Max
>
> Peter Shute < <pshute%40nuw.org.au> > wrote:
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>> >Thanks, Keith. I'll stick with this MotionX for now, as it seems very
>> >popular and hopefully there are good reasons for that. It has display
>> >modes other than DMS that show more effective decimal places that I can
>> >use if necessary, but I'll reserve judgement about whether it's
>> >necessary until I've tested out the repeatability of the iPhone's GPS.
>> >If it can lead me back to my equipment to within a few metres then I'll
>> >seek more decimal places for the seconds, otherwise I'll enjoy having
>> >to record less of them.
>> >
>> >Peter Shute
>> >
>>> >> -----Original Message-----
>>> >> From:
>>> <naturerecordists%40yahoogroups.com>
>>> >>
>>> <naturerecordists%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of Keith Smith
>>> >> Sent: Thursday, 27 June 2013 6:18 AM
>>> >> To:
>>> <naturerecordists%40yahoogroups.com>
>>> >> Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Re: Coordinates from iPhone
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Hi Peter,
>>> >> I just took my old 3G out (still use it for an alarm clock).
>>> >> I have a an App called GPS Kit that reports DDD.ddddd Sounds
>>> >> like it might be up your alley There is now a version called
>>> >> GPS Pro (of course) that I would guess has more display options.
>>> >> Even on the 3G it was a nice prog and not much money iirc.
>>> >>
>>> >> Also on Android there is GPS Essentials which has a very nice
>>> >> dashboard screen with lots of configurable data slots that
>>> >> shows DDD.MM.SS.s I don't know if it's also available on iOS k
>>> >>
>>> >> On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 12:10 PM, Peter Shute
>>> >> < <pshute%40nuw.org.au>
>>> <pshute%40nuw.org.au> > wrote:
>>> >>
>>>> >> > **
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > On 27/06/2013, at 12:22 AM, "Keith Smith"
>>> >> < <kahsmith%40gmail.com>
>>> <kahsmith%40gmail.com> > wrote:
>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > > If you enjoy the extra precision, go for it. Just don't
>>> >> confuse it
>>>>> >> > > with accuracy. You may have readings 0.01" or better and
>>> >> a limit of
>>>>> >> > > +/-5 -
>>>> >> > 30m
>>>>> >> > > at the same time, so it gets misleading. It will also
>>> >> depend on your
>>>>> >> > > location and topography, how many satellites can see you, and
>>>>> >> > > weather systems. I suspect you may enjoy somewhat better
>>>>> >> > > repeatability in .au
>>>> >> > than
>>>>> >> > > I do in .ca.
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > I must admit I haven't tried the iPhone's GPS much yet, and it ma=
y
>>>> >> > turn out that it's not as good as my Blackberry was. In an
>>> >> ideal world
>>>> >> > we would all record measurements to a precision matching their
>>>> >> > accuracy, but I suspect most of us simply record whatever
>>> >> the display
>>>> >> > says, for the sake of consistency. Eg so we can be sure the
>>> >> last bit
>>>> >> > isn't missing simply because we forgot to record it.
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > In the case of this MotionX app, I suspect it only displays to th=
e
>>>> >> > nearest second in DM=A6 format for cosmetic reasons. The D and DM
>>>> >> > formats display to the equivalent of 0.0036" and 0.006", ie they'=
ve
>> >
>>>> >> > just displayed what fits nicely. Hopefully they'll squeeze
>>> >> in another
>>>> >> > dp in the DM=A6 format, and I'll be happy.
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > Peter Shute
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> >
>>> >>
>>> >> --
>>> >> Keith Smith - Freelance Guitarist Location Recording
>>> >> Service<http://www.keithsmith.ca>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>> >
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>> >
>> >"While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
>> >sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie
>> >Krause.
>> >
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