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Re: MyTracks is dead, Google Fit stinks - now what?

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On Sat, 6 Aug 2016 16:51:13 +0100, Adrian wrote:

> "FYI ... here are my offline GPS map apps on Android"
> Is the MID of my posting in that thread.
> This was the second half of last month.

I had already seen that but here is all that it said.

I did try the Google Fit app, but it doesn't even have the most basic 
option of saving the track to a file! 

What Google Fit did was log the "path" (not the track!) on a Google street 
map (not hiking map!) which had to be online (who is going to be online all 
the time when hiking?). In essence, Google Fit is _not_ a replacement for 
MyTracks. `

> From: Adrian <bulleid@ku.gro.lioff>
> Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android
> Subject: Re: FYI ... here are my offline GPS map apps on Android
> Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2016 19:18:08 +0100
> 
> In message <Vd2dnR1NO9dybhDKnZ2dnUU78audnZ2d@brightview.co.uk>, Bob 
> <Bob@the.builder> writes
> >Is My Tracks still working?  I really liked it but then they announced it
> >was to be withdrawn so I'm still looking for an alternative that doesn't
> >require lots of rather dubious permissions to access things it has no
> >need for.
> 
> There is another App called My Tracks that appears to do most of what 
> the Google version did.  I was trying it out for walking last week, and 
> it seemed OK.
> 
> As for a map, I used the old fashioned paper version.
> Adrian

I appreciate the pointer.

Unfortunately, that article doesn't tell me anything but the name 
"MyTracks", which I already knew there were imposter apps when I went 
looking for "Google" MyTracks and found out that it was dead.

The old Google MyTracks earned PCWorld's perfect 5/5 score, where they said 
"this app is just about perfect" and which I would agree. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MyTracks

Since Google Fit isn't even close, Google has suggested the following 
replacement apps according to this article on replacing MyTracks:
http://phandroid.com/2016/01/28/backup-google-my-tracks/

1. Strava running and biking
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.strava

2. Endomondo running and walking
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.endomondo.android

3. Map My Run fitness trainer
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mapmyfitness.runtrainer

4. Map My Hike GPS Hiking
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mapmyhike.android2\

5. GPS Logger for Android
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mendhak.gpslogger

6. GPX Viewer
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vecturagames.android.app.gpxviewer

Of those 6 apps, only the last 3 show any promise upon first inspection.
Of the apps named "MyTracks", you're probably using the one by Daniel Qin, 
named "My Tracks" which doesn't seem useful reading the description:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zihua.android.mytracks&hl=en

Unlike Google Fit, at least routes can be exported to KML/GPX like MyTracks 
had. This bogus My Tracks doesn't seem to have offline maps though, which 
pretty much makes it useless outdoors, and even worse, it doesn't seem to 
have _any_ maps (it has to get its maps from somewhere else).

But maybe I can force it to work like the old MyTracks did if I can force 
it to use a USGS topo map instead of Google street maps.

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  Re: MyTracks is dead, Google Fit stinks - now what? Adrian <bulleid@ku.gro.lioff> - 2016-08-06 15:42 +0100
    Re: MyTracks is dead, Google Fit stinks - now what? Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-08-06 10:12 -0500
      Re: MyTracks is dead, Google Fit stinks - now what? Adrian <bulleid@ku.gro.lioff> - 2016-08-06 16:51 +0100
        Re: MyTracks is dead, Google Fit stinks - now what? Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-08-06 13:11 -0500
      Re: MyTracks is dead, Google Fit stinks - now what? The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-08-06 20:17 -0700
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          Re: MyTracks is dead, Google Fit stinks - now what? The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-08-06 22:20 -0700
            Re: MyTracks is dead, Google Fit stinks - now what? Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-08-07 09:24 -0500
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                Re: MyTracks is dead, Google Fit stinks - now what? Horace Algier <horatio@horatio.net> - 2016-08-08 10:54 -0500
                Re: MyTracks is dead, Google Fit stinks - now what? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2016-08-08 19:28 +0000
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  Re: MyTracks is dead, Google Fit stinks - now what? Micky <NONONObobbyburns1111@gmail.com> - 2016-08-06 21:23 -0400
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          Re: MyTracks is dead, Google Fit stinks - now what? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2016-08-08 13:20 +0000
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