- Time of past OR future Camino
- Francés, May - July 2023
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My husband uses Wikiloc on his iPhone to keep track of our miles and it works great, as described by Rick above. Never problems with going to sleep and nice to use.Android user here. For doing what you want to do I use the Wikiloc app. You can change distance units, pause during breaks (if you forget to unpause it notices big movement and notifies you), it shows distance, speed (current, average speed and average pace), time (total and moving) and elevation information. The display is in large print. You have to record your track for this but you can delete it when done. It wants to display the track but will do that even with no online or offline base map. Possibly it may only work if you are a Wikiloc member but that's a free signup at Wikiloc.com and that allows you download tracks from the website (non members can search for and view tracks at the website though).
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You swipe on the numbers to change what is shown (e.g., total time v. moving time). You click between map and stats displays.
I downloaded Srava which yiu can use for free or pay for. Found it to be accurate. Also tracks elevation.I am searching for an iPhone app that does one thing only, does it well, and does it accurately, which is to track mileage along the Camino.
With the most popular apps, all too often they eventually/automatically go to into sleep mode and stop tracking miles. I am careful to configure iPhone settings to prevent sleep mode from happening, yet the issue persists. Also, I have no problem paying for a well designed app, but I have no interest in apps that nag the user to buy a subscription service.
Many thanks for any suggestions.
t worked very well!Strava is very popular. The free version should do what you need. Also take a look at AllTrails. Users have created trail tracks for the entire route (Frances) and I think all the stages. I’ve used both for multi hour hikes or bike rides. I hope one of these work for you. Buen Camino!
Sample: Camino de Santiago in 28 Days: Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port - Finisterre on AllTrails
I am searching for an iPhone app that does one thing only, does it well, and does it accurately, which is to track mileage along the Camino.
Many thanks for any suggestions.
I use my Apple Watch paired with my iPhone and record my walk. Works very well and has been very accurate as long as your watch is fully charged at night.I am searching for an iPhone app that does one thing only, does it well, and does it accurately, which is to track mileage along the Camino.
With the most popular apps, all too often they eventually/automatically go to into sleep mode and stop tracking miles. I am careful to configure iPhone settings to prevent sleep mode from happening, yet the issue persists. Also, I have no problem paying for a well designed app, but I have no interest in apps that nag the user to buy a subscription service.
Many thanks for any suggestions.
The app of which you speak that’s built-in to the iPhone it’s not very accurate. Both my wife and I go on the same walk and our individual iPhones give different mileages. Somehow the iPhone estimates your mileage… it’s certainly not done by GPS.Doesn't the distance between any given two points on the Camino remain the same? Tectonic shift does not impose on our temporal sojourn.
I think that the step-counter in the inbuilt "Health" app on my iPhone operates even in Airplane mode though I've rarely consulted it. If I want to know how far I need to walk to the next available Orujo or Bed I'll consult a guidebook or a map. If I want to know how far I've walked I'll consult my feet - the scale of some, enough, to far is sufficient.
Hmm, perhaps grumpy luddites should stay off threads like this one
I would think that having a continuous lookup would have a strong impact on battery life, wouldn't it?One thing that can affect accuracy is the length of time between an app's location lookups. I don't know what it is for Wikiloc and there is no way to set the time in your settings. On the other hand OSMand allows you to set the time from five minutes down to continuous as soon as you decide to start recording.
I imagine so. I may test this on one of my out-and-back hikes. I can record it as two tracks with different GPS lookup values and compare the battery capacity after walking the same amount of time.I would think that having a continuous lookup would have a strong impact on battery life, wouldn't it?
I believe MAPY only allows you to save tracks if you setup an account (free). The plus to MAPY is that in OUTDOOR mode it has virtually every trail displayed on it and if you ask for the distance between locations it’ll assume trails. MAPY also has a setting that pauses tracking when you stop (lunch, etc.). If you are connected, it’ll also show the weather forecast for the days hike at the estimated times you should arrive.We took a short walk after lunch and I decided to do an experiment. I started to record mileage on three apps, Wikiloc, OSMand and Mapy.cz (my first time using that one). Wikiloc records every ten seconds so I set OSMand to do the same. In Mapy I didn't see a time lookup value or a way to set one. Wikiloc and OSMand showed accumulated mileage along the way to two decimal points but Mapy to just one. The results were Mapy at 1.2 miles, Wikiloc at 1.26 and OSMand at 1.25. I'm guessing that Mapy would have shown 1.27 if it displayed hundredths of miles because when the display turned to 1.1 I saw that the other values were 1.09 and 1.08.
I wanted to save the Mapy track to see how long another app said Mapy's track was (also to see what its time lookup value was). I repeatedly got file save error messages though.
BTW, 1.26 miles is 2.03 km.
I found mapy to be helpful the last couple of days while I walked an alternate coastal route from Santander on the Camino del Norte. Especially today as I needed directions to a place a bit inland, but wanted to stay on walking trails as much as possible.I
I believe MAPY only allows you to save tracks if you setup an account (free). The plus to MAPY is that in OUTDOOR mode it has virtually every trail displayed on it and if you ask for the distance between locations it’ll assume trails. MAPY also has a setting that pauses tracking when you stop (lunch, etc.). If you are connected, it’ll also show the weather forecast for the days hike at the estimated times you should arrive.
I am quite pleased with "GPX Tracker." Records the route taken, distance, time, "current" speed. Tracks stored as GPX files that can be transferred to computer. Also allows adding waypoints to the GPX track. And it does keep tracking when the screen locks or when you invoke another app.I am searching for an iPhone app that does one thing only, does it well, and does it accurately, which is to track mileage along the Camino.
With the most popular apps, all too often they eventually/automatically go to into sleep mode and stop tracking miles. I am careful to configure iPhone settings to prevent sleep mode from happening, yet the issue persists. Also, I have no problem paying for a well designed app, but I have no interest in apps that nag the user to buy a subscription service.
Many thanks for any suggestions.
True for elevation but about a meter for latitude and less for longitude. I wouldn't consider myself a purist though as an accurate description would take longer.Downside 3 (trivial except to a purist): latitude, longitude, and altitude are stored in the GPX file with fifteen decimal places! (Five decimal places is less than a millimeter.)
You're correct. I should have said meter instead of millimeter.True for elevation but about a meter for latitude and less for longitude. I wouldn't consider myself a purist though as an accurate description would take longer.
I come from the ‘looks about right to me’ school of measurement; but I do admire precision.You're correct. I should have said meter instead of millimeter.
At the equator, a minute is a nautical mile—6076.11549 feet. So:
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Latitude stays the same, but longitude gets smaller as we move toward the poles. Point is that the misleading precision bugs me. Few people look inside their GPX files, but fifteen meaningless digits per trackpoint amounts to a LOT of disk space when I walk/bike hour every day for years. But I still really like the app. I run a perl command on each file to chop off the wasted digits.
I've edited tracks with both text editors and homemade Perl scripts. With the GPX Tracker app can you adjust how often a track point is recorded? That could save you more space.Few people look inside their GPX files, but fifteen meaningless digits per trackpoint amounts to a LOT of disk space when I walk/bike hour every day for years. [...] I run a perl command on each file to chop off the wasted digits.
With this one, I don't think so. But there are many ways to reduce it. https://gpsvisualizer, for example, has an option to discard points if they are less than ___ meters from the previous post (where you get to fill in the blank).I've edited tracks with both text editors and homemade Perl scripts. With the GPX Tracker app can you adjust how often a track point is recorded? That could save you more space.
Thank you. I've been a fan of gpsvisualizer for many years. I recommend that gps and map geeks give it a look. I haven't used it though in the last few years since my smartphone became my only internet access point.With this one, I don't think so. But there are many ways to reduce it. https://gpsvisualizer, for example, has an option to discard points if they are less than ___ meters from the previous post (where you get to fill in the blank.
If ever I think that one of my treks is worth sharing, I:I've posted many links to gpsvisualizer on the forum with great markups of maps. Unfortunately these are like dead links now for several years since the site owner has had to drop services he got free from Google when they started charging for clicks on links to his site where Google services got invoked.
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