Hi Jim,<br><br>Yes, for track logs and waypoint marking, I like MyTracks too. It is easy to export tracks and waypoints as GPX. Easy as well to send tracks out to the SD card (save) or email (share) or bluetooth (upload to PC). GPS Essentials is okay too but currently it saves tracks nicely only as KML file, it has no GPX format. And the KML file does not convert well to GPX even by using GPSBabel. The author said he will have these on the next version.<br>
<br>I have been evaluating a number of GPS apps as well so I can recommend them to the destination contributors at <a href="http://waypoints.ph">waypoints.ph</a>. Turns out that a good criteria for selecting apps is its having "quick on the draw" menu navigation. With some apps, it is kinda difficult to mark waypoints while driving ... too many menu sequence before you can mark the waypoint. It becomes rather cumbersome especially with the fact that you have to switch between apps oftentimes as some apps can have good routing capabilities (Navdroyd) but it does not record tracks nor mark waypoints. MyTracks has very good tracking and marking but does not have routing. And both Navdroyd and MyTrack do not display GPS statistics like satellites or EPE. You really have to switch from app to app and the simpler the menu navigation from app to app, the better.<br>
<br>For simple marking of waypoints, I just use the default camera of the android (with geotagging activated). When I want to mark a waypoint, I just switch to camera app then wait for a satellite lock then shoot a picture. This way, I get a photo of the waypoint and its GPS coordinates are written on the EXIF data of the JPEG.<br>
<br>hope this helps<br>ed<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Noli Sicad <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nsicad@gmail.com">nsicad@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi Jim,<br>
<br>
Try MyTracks.<br>
<br>
It has a realtime waytracks on google map while you walk / run and<br>
ability to export the gps tracks in KML, etc.<br>
<br>
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Noli<br>
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<br>
On 7/6/11, Jim Morgan <<a href="mailto:jim@datalude.com">jim@datalude.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi all,<br>
><br>
> I bought one of these a couple of weeks ago for P 6900. I've been waiting<br>
> for a decent, cheap Android phone to come along, which to me is the whole<br>
> reason for Android to exist. However most of them have been 500 USD, 400<br>
> USD, 300 USD, until this one came along. I was a bit sceptical about the<br>
> build quality at first, but I went to the Cherry Mobile outlet, and hefted<br>
> it in my hand a bit and decided to take the plunge -- no such thing as<br>
> try-before-you-buy there.<br>
><br>
> Here are the specs:<br>
> <a href="http://www.cherrymobile.com.ph/site/mobiles/cosmo.html" target="_blank">http://www.cherrymobile.com.ph/site/mobiles/cosmo.html</a><br>
><br>
> As you can see its got Android 2.2, which apparently is streets better than<br>
> 2.1 or previous. 2.3 would have been even better, but 2.2 is OK. Other<br>
> things which were on my "must have" list were 3G (check), wifi (check), and<br>
> a 3.5 audio jack (check), and of course, the reason why I'm mentioning it<br>
> here, GPS (check).<br>
><br>
> I had a problem with it randomly shutting down when I first got it. My heart<br>
> sank as I thought my worst fears were realised - cheap taiwanese trash. But<br>
> the sales people worked with me diligently to figure out the problem, which<br>
> turned out to be a bad memory card (actually a batch of them ...).<br>
><br>
> So once it was working, it seems pretty good. Its not a speed machine, but<br>
> its adequate for what I wanted. In particular the GPS ... works OK. It comes<br>
> with Google Maps on it, so you need a wifi connection to really use that<br>
> properly. However I found a version of Trekbuddy in the Android market, and<br>
> loaded all my Trekbuddy maps onto it, and its been great. It takes a while<br>
> to get a fix sometimes (I think its programmed to rely too much on AGPS and<br>
> the contraversial wifi AP database), but once its got a fix, its been fine.<br>
><br>
> I took it on a run last weekend, and it tracked me pretty well. I might try<br>
> loading up the MapMyRun software next and see what happens with that.<br>
><br>
> Anyone else running Android for mapping out there? Any good apps to try?<br>
><br>
> Jim<br>
><br>
><br>
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