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Brilliant, Michael!
Thanks!
Max, you're welcome ;)
k
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 12:30 PM, michael trommer <>wro=
te:
> BTW - another great android GPS app is LDLog - I particularly appreciate
> its
> extremely low battery consumption.
>
> Cheers...
>
> Michael
>
>
> On 27-06-13 2:19 PM, "Max Catterwell" <> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi all
> > I'm not sure who posted about GPS Essentials, but whoever it was,
> thankyou! I
> > downloaded it onto my Android phone this morning, and am extremely
> impressed!
> > 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:
> >
> >> >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 c=
an
> >> >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 Smit=
h
> >>> >> 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, an=
d
> >>>>> >> > > 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
> may
> >>>> >> > 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
> the
> >>>> >> > 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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> >> >sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie
> >> >Krause.
> >> >
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> sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause.
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