[GeoStL] Re: iphone gc app - anyone recommend app other than official version?
- From: Laura Williams <pi.arent.square@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 20:23:29 -0500
Mike, I know that with the android official app, if you go to the satellite
view and then hit the menu button, it gives you the option to add a
waypoint. I have no idea how it works on the iPhone interface but there's
gotta be a way to do it.
On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 6:04 PM, Mike Griffin <brawnybear@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Because that had never happened with someone with a GPS.
>
> I have the app and have used it to log caches for the last 4 months. I
> find them all the time and my accuracy is always as good as a gps.
>
> I would use a GPS to hide. The only downside to the app is you cannot
> enter coords. At least I have not found a way. So if you solve a puzzle and
> want to enter the final, you are kinda SOL.
>
> Mike Griffin
> Delivery Manager
> State Farm Account
> 314-308-0916 Cell
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On May 28, 2012, at 2:10 PM, Edward Turner <n0wnv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I am not knocking it for the finding part of it, but as far as people
> placing caches with the phones or get out of cell range they suck. I ran
> across a cache that is in the Harvester area of St. Charles County that at
> the beginning they used a phone and the coordinates were at least 400 feet
> off from the phone apps. and this is what makes the game aggrevating
> because of the phone apps and this was placed by a cacher that had been
> around for at least a year. So as far as Phone vs. GPS GPS wIns with me
> and phones are supposed to be used for phone calls nothing else
>
> On 5/28/2012 1:52 PM, Laura Williams wrote:
>
> I'm sure if he wanted an actual GPS at this point he would have bought
> one. Or, ground breaking thought here, maybe he already OWNS a GPS and
> wants to supplement his caching. He didn't ask for snark, he asked for an
> honest opinion.
>
> I enjoy having BOTH the app AND a gps as it gives me the option to cache
> with focused purpose (on the gps) as well as fill in gaps between time
> slots in my agenda and as a quick pick me up during a trip where I may not
> have originally intended to cache on the drive there. People are so quick
> to knock the apps...and it really irks me. Especially considering that it
> was the apps that gets many people into caching and willing to spend
> hundreds of dollars on a GPS unit later on down the line. By discrediting
> the apps in general, I feel like people are not only being rude to those
> who use them, but also turning individuals off from the sport for
> ridiculous reasons.
>
> Zeke, to answer your question: I don't own an iPhone, but I like using the
> gc.com app on my android. I like the interface, but I know it's not at
> all the same as the iPhone interface for the official app. I haven't heard
> any complaints from my friend who does have the app for iPhone on her
> phone, however. I know for sure on the official app you can directly
> download PQs to your offline lists, so that's a perk that the other apps
> may or may not have.
>
> On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 1:44 PM, Edward Turner <n0wnv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> its called a actual GPS
>>
>> On 5/28/2012 1:42 PM, ZLA Solutions wrote:
>>
>> I plan to get the official $9 . 99 version unless someone says there ’ s
>> a better app out there. I ’ m not looking for a cheaper one, just the “ best
>> ” one.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for all comments.
>>
>> Zeke (ZLA) - owner of a brand new iphone
>>
>>
>
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