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| From | The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.mobile.android |
| Subject | Re: MyTracks is dead, Google Fit stinks - now what? |
| Date | 2016-08-06 22:20 -0700 |
| Organization | None, as usual |
| Message-ID | <no6gfl$ur9$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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On 08/06/2016 09:31 PM, Horace Algier wrote:
> On Sat, 6 Aug 2016 20:17:29 -0700, The Real Bev wrote:
>
>> Ski Tracks will save a .gpx file, and/or two other formats and email
>> them to you or display them on your phone with whatever you use to
>> display .gpx files. If you have wifi access while you're tracking it
>> will show it on a google-earth-like display. No topo display, though.
>> Is there a topo map app that will accept .gpx files?
>> Start. Stop. Save. Share.
>
> Thank you for sharing that Ski Tracks might work to replace the lost
> functionality of My Tracks.
>
> I tried Google Fit today for five miles, and, it is absolutely terrible.
> I can go on and on about why it is *not* a replacement for MyTracks, but
> suffice to simply say that it doesn't do simple things like save a track,
> so, it's basically a flawed design from the start.
>
> Google Fit might work for other people but it's *not* a MyTracks
> replacement.
>
> Looking further for a MyTracks replacement, Ski Tracks from Core Coders LTD
> deserves a look see.
> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.corecoders.skitracks&hl=en
>
> The first words of the description are scary in that it's "designed for
> winter sports", so, it might not have what we need.
>
> The good news is that the description implies it works offline, which is a
> basic requirement of any hiking/tracking app. Also, from what you say, Ski
> Tracks will save the GPX or KML track onto your device (there should never
> be any need to upload a track). That's another basic requirement of any
> tracking app.
Before you look at the Ski Tracks .gpx file in google earth, you have to
delete one line from the .gpx file -- otherwise each point is displayed
with a LONG title which is miserably annoying. The google earth display
itself is annoying with regard to arrows, points and labels.
> The bad news is that you need to be on the Internet just to see an
> underlying map, which pretty much kills it as a basic app for replacing
> MyTracks functionality. Also no topo, which, again, is a very basic
> requirement.
>
> I'll keep looking, as today I simply tested Google Fit, which is fine for
> some people but which is not even close to a MyTracks replacement.
OSMand will save .gpx tracks and work off line. I think you can buy
topo maps for it. It's battery-intensive, though.
--
Cheers, Bev
"We thought about one of those discount store caskets, but,
frankly, we were worried about the quality."
-- mortuary commercial
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