MR. evil
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For a while now I have wanted to get a GPS to track my mountain bike rides. But I really didn’t want to spend $200 to $300 on one, that’s almost a new set of wheels for the bike. Seeing how there is an iPone App for almost everything I decided to do a search and see what was out there for GPS tracking Apps. There are quite a few. After reading the reviews on many of them I choose to purchase the ‘Trails’ App for a whooping $3. It had the best user reviews by far, and was listed by several magazines as a must have iPhone App.
This App only works with the iPhone 3G, and uses it’s built in GPS receiver. It works very similar to other hand held GPS devices, only it has a much larger and clearer screen. With one click from the App interface you can upload your track to one of a couple of web sites to keep track of your rides or hikes. Or you can email your self a gpx file to upload to a site of your choosing. A really neat feature is that this App works with the iPhone camera, so you can take a picture on your ride / hike and geo-tag the exact location where that picture was taken.
Here is a link to the GPS track of my first ride using this App
http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=201987
This web site also allows you to see your GPS track on GoogleEarth which is very cool.
This App only works with the iPhone 3G, and uses it’s built in GPS receiver. It works very similar to other hand held GPS devices, only it has a much larger and clearer screen. With one click from the App interface you can upload your track to one of a couple of web sites to keep track of your rides or hikes. Or you can email your self a gpx file to upload to a site of your choosing. A really neat feature is that this App works with the iPhone camera, so you can take a picture on your ride / hike and geo-tag the exact location where that picture was taken.
Here is a link to the GPS track of my first ride using this App
http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=201987
This web site also allows you to see your GPS track on GoogleEarth which is very cool.