GPX mapping for the iPhone

DualFrontDiscs · 30-06-2009 10:09am #1

Hi,

I'd been searching for an application that will map my routes using my iPhone. And thought I would save any fellow iPhone users the hassle of Google and recommend http://trails.lamouroux.de/

Only €3!

I used it this morning on my commute and it worked a dream. Obviously, to protect my identity and bikes

I'm not posting the link to my commute! It's very, very accurate.

Apologies if this has been done before.

DFD.

TinyExplosions · 30-06-2009 10:12am

Interesting.... Cheers for that mate -I think there's definitely scope for and iPhone app and add on that does heart rate, cadence etc -basically a very nice Garmin 705 alike. Battery life could be an issue, but it's certainly a possibility

scottreynolds · 30-06-2009 10:17am

TinyExplosions wrote: »

Interesting.... Cheers for that mate -I think there's definitely scope for and iPhone app and add on that does heart rate, cadence etc -basically a very nice Garmin 705 alike. Battery life could be an issue, but it's certainly a possibility

Its done... there's a HRM tool for iphone I read about a few weeks ago. Aparently it can also connect to any 2.4GHz device.... sounds cool. I can't rember how i found it though sorry.

penexpers · 30-06-2009 10:20am

Battery life will always be a problem for the iPhone. I barely get two hours mapping out of it using iMapMyRide.

DualFrontDiscs · 30-06-2009 10:21am

TinyExplosions wrote: »

Battery life could be an issue, but it's certainly a possibility

It's an issue already!

Do any posters have a handlebar mount for their iPhone 3G that they'd recommend?

DFD

ednwireland · 30-06-2009 10:27am

ahh sporttracker for my nokia wasnt even fully charged still had 2 bars left after 5 hours on sunday. why do people buy iphones again ?

TinyExplosions · 30-06-2009 10:39am

scottreynolds wrote: »

Its done... there's a HRM tool for iphone I read about a few weeks ago. Aparently it can also connect to any 2.4GHz device.... sounds cool. I can't rember how i found it though sorry.

Interesting, may have to check it out.... could be an interesting experiment. All that's needed now is cadence and ANT+ support

hmmm

ednwireland wrote: »

ahh sporttracker for my nokia wasnt even fully charged still had 2 bars left after 5 hours on sunday. why do people buy iphones again ?

Cos they're awesome -Steve Jobs said it, and he must be right

scottreynolds · 30-06-2009 10:43am

TinyExplosions wrote: »

Interesting, may have to check it out.... could be an interesting experiment. All that's needed now is cadence and ANT+ support

Sorry I though ANT+ was 2.4Ghz..... Anyway here's the link (its all done even uploading in training peaks) http://www.smheartlink.com/

Oh look your already linked above -- sorry

TinyExplosions · 30-06-2009 10:44am

scottreynolds wrote: »

Sorry I though ANT+ was 2.4Ghz..... Anyway here's the link (its all done even uploading in training peaks) http://www.smheartlink.com/

It could well be, I was more ruminating aloud (or online, something like that anyway!)

Only 100 quid or so too.... that's actually not bad at all!

Bunnyhopper · 30-06-2009 10:48am

TinyExplosions wrote: »

hmmm

It has a "More Cowbell" feature: "When I hit a max speed on a ride, the cowbells go off"

ednwireland · 30-06-2009 10:51am

TinyExplosions wrote: »

Cos they're awesome -Steve Jobs said it, and he must be right

i think i'm an apple-o-phobe, a mate started work for apple then was amazed when i had no apple products at all. wouldnt send me any free either

DualFrontDiscs · 30-06-2009 10:53am

scottreynolds wrote: »

Its done... there's a HRM tool for iphone I read about a few weeks ago. Aparently it can also connect to any 2.4GHz device.... sounds cool. I can't rember how i found it though sorry.

http://www.smheartlink.com/ Was it this site?

DFD

Have just seen link above, sorry.

Nietzschean · 30-06-2009 10:56am

TinyExplosions wrote: »

Only 100 quid or so too.... that's actually not bad at all!

nope ntb, but of limited use for the sort of cycling alot of us do on here... somewhere in the 4 - 6hr maximum battery life region(device is 6, iphone <4 probably if it uses its A-GPS, which won't work properly in wicklow...)

TinyExplosions · 30-06-2009 11:08am

Nietzschean wrote: »

nope ntb, but of limited use for the sort of cycling alot of us do on here... somewhere in the 4 - 6hr maximum battery life region(device is 6, iphone <4 probably if it uses its A-GPS, which won't work properly in wicklow...)

That battery life's not far off the Garmin 305 tbh.

Could be a useful tool for training -if I had only a 305, I'd be tempted

penexpers · 30-06-2009 11:22am

Nietzschean wrote: »

nope ntb, but of limited use for the sort of cycling alot of us do on here... somewhere in the 4 - 6hr maximum battery life region(device is 6, iphone <4 probably if it uses its A-GPS, which won't work properly in wicklow...)

My iPhone was working fine up the Wicklow mountains over the weekend. Only issue was because it was on EDGE, the maps were taking a bit longer to redraw, but when they did redraw they had me in the correction position.

DualFrontDiscs · 30-06-2009 11:29am

penexpers wrote: »

My iPhone was working fine up the Wicklow mountains over the weekend. Only issue was because it was on EDGE, the maps were taking a bit longer to redraw, but when they did redraw they had me in the correction position.

Penexpers,
Presumably that doesn't help your battery life either? Not the EDGE vs. 3G as much as the fact that you're redrawing maps all the time. I hope to use Trails to track my M2M trip (yes another one) in September. I don't care so much about using it to see where I am at any given point, just to see at the end of the day where I was, for the doubtless eagerly awaited blog entry

DFD.

Nietzschean · 30-06-2009 11:31am

penexpers wrote: »

My iPhone was working fine up the Wicklow mountains over the weekend. Only issue was because it was on EDGE, the maps were taking a bit longer to redraw, but when they did redraw they had me in the correction position.

if you drop signal entirely as has happened me a lot in wicklow neither the maps(obviously) or the gps will work

DualFrontDiscs · 30-06-2009 11:40am

Nietzschean wrote: »

if you drop signal entirely as has happened me a lot in wicklow neither the maps(obviously) or the gps will work

How come the GPS won't work? What device again?

Nietzschean · 30-06-2009 11:44am

DualFrontDiscs wrote: »

How come the GPS won't work? What device again?

iphone 3g - > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_iPhone_and_iPod_Touch_models

which is the most any iphone has alas, afaik all the nokia's(with gps ofc) sport full gps, though this drains the battery more

uturnin6weeks · 30-06-2009 12:14pm

Hi all,

Does anyone know where I could buy a iPhone mount for my bike? Thanks a mill.

Gavin · 30-06-2009 12:30pm

Nietzschean wrote: »

iphone 3g - > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_iPhone_and_iPod_Touch_models

which is the most any iphone has alas, afaik all the nokia's(with gps ofc) sport full gps, though this drains the battery more

The iphone has A-GPS, Assisted GPS. Which is to say a full GPS chip and some additional bits for helping location and satellite aquisition. It should still report your location without any network coverage, just slower than normal to acquire from a cold start.

Obviously with no network coverage it won't download maps, but there is a new piece of complete GPS navigation software available in the app store.

Nietzschean · 30-06-2009 12:42pm

Gavin wrote: »

The iphone has A-GPS, Assisted GPS. Which is to say a full GPS chip and some additional bits for helping location and satellite aquisition. It should still report your location without any network coverage, just slower than normal to acquire from a cold start.

wikipedia wrote:

A typical A-GPS-enabled cell phone will use a data connection (internet, or other) to contact the assistance server or a standard network connection for A-GPS information. If it also has functioning autonomous or standalone GPS, it may use standard GPS, which is sometimes slower on Time To First Fix, but does not lead to network dependent downsides, such as failure to work outside of network range, or charges for data traffic.[3] Some A-GPS solutions do not have the option of falling back to standalone or autonomous GPS.

In my experience the case has been the latter without fallback capability(20+mins left in the open in the alps with a clear sky view giving no fix), and what i was told by some people in wireless research. But from googling I can't see a definite answer as to what h/w is in the iphone? Any src?

TinyExplosions · 30-06-2009 1:13pm

Nietzschean wrote: »

In my experience the case has been the latter without fallback capability(20+mins left in the open in the alps with a clear sky view giving no fix), and what i was told by some people in wireless research. But from googling I can't see a definite answer as to what h/w is in the iphone? Any src?

Here indicates it's an Infineon PMB2525 Hammerhead II gps

Bunnyhopper · 30-06-2009 1:33pm

TinyExplosions wrote: »

Here indicates it's an Infineon PMB2525 Hammerhead II gps

Which would appear to have an autonomous mode (according to the PDF linked to from here).

Multiple-mode operation
Ms-based (calculation of position in mobile handset)
Ms-assisted (calculation of position in base station)
Autonomous (no assistance by network)
Enhanced autonomous (using four day assistance data)

You'd think it would work ok out of mobile range, in that case, but maybe it's just very slow to pick up the satellites at first.

GPX mapping for the iPhone

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