
Smartphone Navigation for Bushwalkers
Thu 27th Jul 2023
Training
Begin or brush up your smartphone navigation with a series of one hour tutorials with host Peter Conroy on Tuesday and Thursday evenings via the www. Tutorials will run through June, July and perhaps August. I will be using Google Meet Pro software and you will not need any software at your end, just your desktop, laptop, or at a stretch your smartphone, and a web browser. Join us when you wish and stay as long as you wish. I will need your email address so that I can send you the Google Meet blue link at about 7.15PM on Thursday evening .
There are many possible navigation apps available but I suggest that we focus on those that will, run out of reach of telephone towers, run when the smartphone is in Airplane mode, run on multi day bushwalks, never ask you to log on, have a one time fee, have many and mostly free and local maps, allow you to own your track and waypoint data.
If you wish to do some homework then I suggest for:
"A Smartphone Navigation Overview" .... Go to: https://sites.google.com/peterconroy.org/smartphonenav/home and request clearance to view.
"Android smartphones":.... "Backcountry Navigator GPS PRO". (NOT BCN XE) This app is, self contained software not a Progressive Web App, has a one time fee, no subscription, and is a fully featured professional app. A full manual for the app is on line at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Nmk9oqnotQ9R2alcjR1N4LL6T51UoW0YO_IKsWzjeEc/edit
"iPhone smartphones":.... "Handy GPS". Anthony Dunk is a bushwalker who lives near Gosford NSW, Anthony wrote Handy GPS with Australian bushwalkers in mind and this is not a PWA. Go to: https://www.binaryearth.net/HandyGPS/ then pan down and under iPhone, view the video of AD and review help files. Choose the one time fee.
"Screen Pinning":.... for both Android and iPhones see: https://www.computerhope.com/jargon/s/screen-pinning.htm
Additional Information
Booking deadline
Thu 27th Jul 2023 06:00pm
Length
Short
Terrain
Easy
Conditions
Partly Exploratory
Distance (km or hrs)
1 hr
Map name
Electronic Maps
Terrain information
A one hour evening tutorial via the www.
Transport information
Your computer, desktop, laptop, or smartphone, and an internet connection.
A walk or similar activity with a duration of a day or part day. No overnight gear required.
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