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Hi Everyone.
I have recently added wikiloc to my phone as I plan to start walking some of the more remote Caminos, starting with the VdlP.
Also started reading Gerald Kelly's guide book but would like to supplement the maps in that guide with GPS tracks of some kind.
Being one of those Pilgrims who can get caught up in the landscape and daydream a bit, I suspect I could wander off track quite easily And anyway, I like to have some kind of back up guide/map anyway, as I enjoy tracking my progress and estimating when I might arrive at way points etc. Keeps the mind active........ Bit like driving (rough speed and distance calculations in my head)
So my question is twofold really.
Part 1.
Is wikiloc really just an app to record your own tracks? Hopefuly not. When I look for via de la plata on the app I get about 60,000 trails! By filtering for hiking only, i get 15,000
So if I want to follow a 'good' track, how do you select one? Are they scored/graded? Or is it pot luck? I'd rather not follow the track of some 'num nut' who got lost all the time.
Part 2.
Are there better apps to use, whereby you can down load a gps track that is recognised as being authentic/reliable/the right track?
Any pointers would be most useful.
I realise there have been a couple of posts on this topic but the answer seemed to be spending e120 on an app upgrade and I'm not sure that will still answer my question.......... Are there better options, just downloading files from somewhere to my phone?
I have recently added wikiloc to my phone as I plan to start walking some of the more remote Caminos, starting with the VdlP.
Also started reading Gerald Kelly's guide book but would like to supplement the maps in that guide with GPS tracks of some kind.
Being one of those Pilgrims who can get caught up in the landscape and daydream a bit, I suspect I could wander off track quite easily And anyway, I like to have some kind of back up guide/map anyway, as I enjoy tracking my progress and estimating when I might arrive at way points etc. Keeps the mind active........ Bit like driving (rough speed and distance calculations in my head)
So my question is twofold really.
Part 1.
Is wikiloc really just an app to record your own tracks? Hopefuly not. When I look for via de la plata on the app I get about 60,000 trails! By filtering for hiking only, i get 15,000
So if I want to follow a 'good' track, how do you select one? Are they scored/graded? Or is it pot luck? I'd rather not follow the track of some 'num nut' who got lost all the time.
Part 2.
Are there better apps to use, whereby you can down load a gps track that is recognised as being authentic/reliable/the right track?
Any pointers would be most useful.
I realise there have been a couple of posts on this topic but the answer seemed to be spending e120 on an app upgrade and I'm not sure that will still answer my question.......... Are there better options, just downloading files from somewhere to my phone?
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