[GeoStL] Re: iphone gc app - anyone recommend app other than official version?
- From: Mike Griffin <brawnybear@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 21:55:26 -0500
I am sure there is. I just need to figure it out. I bet I logged over 50 caches
this past weekend and never turned on my GPS. With the 4s, I can now speak my
logs. It just couldn't be easier. I will play around and see if there is a way
to add a WP.
Mike Griffin
Delivery Manager
State Farm Account
314-308-0916 Cell
Sent from my iPhone
On May 28, 2012, at 8:23 PM, Laura Williams <pi.arent.square@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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