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Smartphone Navigation for Bushwalkers
Tue 30th Jul 2024
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 local maps, allow you to own your trip "track and waypoint databases", and allow export and import in .kml format.
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, all SIX - NSW maps plus AU state and NZ maps are free to download. A full manual for the app is on line at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Nmk9oqnotQ9R2alcjR1N4LL6T51UoW0YO_IKsWzjeEc/edit
"iPhone smartphones":.... "Backcountry Navigator XE" This app requires a Silver annual subscription to download the SIX - NSW vector and raster maps, and other AU and NZ maps. For an online manual see: https://www.manula.com/manuals/crittermap/backcountry-navigator-xe/1/en/topic/getting-started
"Screen Pinning":.... for both Android and iPhones see: https://www.computerhope.com/jargon/s/screen-pinning.htm
Additional Information
Booking deadline
Tue 30th Jul 2024 06:00pm
Length
Short
Terrain
Easy
Conditions
Partly Exploratory
Distance (km or hrs)
1 hr
Map name
Electronic Maps both Raster and Vector
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.
Date and Time
Start: | Tue 30th Jul 2024 @ 07:30pm |
Approx Return: | Tue 30th Jul 2024 @ 08:30pm |
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