• Hi everyone,

    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

    When he passed, I worked with his kids to gather the necessary credentials to keep this site running. Since then (and for however long they worked with Coffee), Woodschick and Dirtdame have been maintaining the site and covering the costs. Without their hard work and financial support, CafeHusky would have been lost.

    Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working to migrate the site to a free cloud compute instance so that Woodschick and Dirtdame no longer have to fund it. At the same time, I’ve updated the site to a current version of XenForo (the discussion software it runs on). The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.

    Unfortunately, the new software version doesn’t support importing the old site’s styles, so for now, you’ll see the XenForo default style. This may change over time.

    Coffee didn’t document the work he did on the site, so I’ve been digging through the old setup to understand how everything was running. There may still be things I’ve missed. One known issue is that email functionality is not yet working on the new site, but I hope to resolve this over time.

    Thanks for your patience and support!

iPhone GPS, maps, tracking?

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finally got myself an iPhone, now i want to start tracking trail rides. who uses what? any 'best apps' to try out?

my wife uses iMapMyRun for her runs and loves it. i see they make a cycling version that i may try called iMapMyRide.

i remember an old thread on another forum where someone was using MotionX GPS, any of you guys use it?

they're all cheap cost wise, just looking for some input. thnx.
 
thanks. i ended up grabbing MotionX GPS, gets great reviews. looks perfect already, will report how it does on a ride.
 
Day late and a dollar short, but I use GAIA GPS on my Android and really like it, especially since you can download maps for if you think you'll be "out of range." Looks like they have it for iPhone too...http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gaia-gps/id329127297?mt=8

My coworker showed me a new case he got for his iPhone the other day...waterproof down to 6 feet and dirt proof/shock proof/show proof. I would LOVE to have one for riding, but no go for Android. :( http://www.lifeproof.com/
 
sweet, thanks Phoenix! not late at all, both look great, i'm going to be testing a few GPS apps.

and that LifeProof case is killer, definitely grabbing one :thumbsup: awesome that you can pull the phone out and use it while still protected. perfect. i would usually throw my BlackBerry in a plastic bag in my Moose pack but this phone needs more protection than that.
 
small update: i'm really liking MotionX, definitely recommended :thumbsup: easy to use, seems real accurate and i can hear it (when stopped) updating me in my pack as the miles and time ticks by.

went for another local scout session this past Saturday where i've been trying to burn in some old trails that haven't been ridden in years. one of the loops was cut off due to a huge flooded area, basically a pond now, losing two sections. tracking with MotionX and stopping to check my location on the map i was able to see where i was on each side of the 'pond' and find a dry connector. super psyched, this took me about 4 or 5 rides, some wandering the woods and brush clearing to figure out.

pic of the low, wet area in the back of this photo. you can tag pic locations on the map as you ride.

trail_scouting_102211.jpg


short vid of the connector (not terribly exciting) cant wait to get these all patched together.

 
thanks and no problem, Coffee. i'll add more feedback as i use the app but so far so good. little more info...

you can pick what type of maps you want to use, e.g. Bing, Google, satellite, topo, etc. which is nice. i'm a big Google fan for maps but i used Bing for this first test because the satellite imagery is older and shot during the fall/winter. not as much foliage. you can also change maps on the fly mid track. once you're done recording your 'track', it's a simple drag 'n drop from iTunes to a local folder where you can then investigate and manipulate in Google Earth on a larger screen.

cool stuff. look forward to using it on every trail ride going forward.
 
You can do a lot with MotionX. You can download maps for offline use, making the maps available when there's no cell service. You can also import & export gpx tracks. It is a very well done app and you can't beat the price for what you get.

I used it for a while until I bought a Garmin 60Cx. My iPhone isn't water resistant. It doesn't have a fraction of the battery life that the Garmin has. I also wouldn't feel too comfortable mounting my iPhone on my bars.
 
I mount my iPhone to my chest protector and it works great for video but can't get sevice were I ride.
So I still use my old style Magellan gold works good and it's tuff. Check out my videos on Youtube.
huskynut1 is my user name. My iPhone head light cam has the best angle and the most protection but still working out the vibration issues when mounted to my 87 husky250.
 
if your on android, backcountry navigator does offline maps, and logging for export to google earth, works great, topo maps
 
firecrotch said:
sucks...most of the places I ride are up in the mtns and no service so these apps dont work:mad:
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MotionX will work. You can download chunks of the maps for offline use. All you need from that point is a GPS signal and enough power, just like a handheld GPS unit.
 
If you're trying to use your iPhone as a substitute for a trail riding GPS, MotionX GPS is the app you need.
 
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