Maps & apps for GPS

Rhinoandhedgehog wrote: You can do both effectively. Browse previously recorded routes in your chosen area and follow themor or If you are going to somewhere new record the track for others... I am making a concerted effort to log waypoints like caves, water falls, path junctions etc.
Sorry to hear about your GPS's final waypoint.

Thanks R&H, GPS, and phone now too, seems it didn't like its quick dunking...
Phone is a necessity these days though, so I'll make a plan in the next couple days..

I always tie my GPS on to my back pack with this ridiculous lanyard so if it falls it will not smash on the ground - the wife says it looks a little silly - but now I have another reason why.... river crossings...
Ouch the phone as well... talk about new beginings.

AndrewP wrote: Wikiloc is fantastic, I have it (and the pre-downloaded map) on my cell phone. It was useful for my Nepal trip, and still remains useful in SA. The major problem of course is cell phone battery life, but lets be honest, for day hikes, this is not a problem. And for a weekend hike, a battery pack will get you through.

About the only issue I have with it is that the screen does not show the scale, so it is not easy to see if you have 5, 10 or 20km still to go for the day.

Have a look at this link, you can import a planned track into Wikiloc. This is useful for transfering your data from Basecamp into Wikiloc before the trip:
help.wikiloc.com/article/114-import-routes

I have wikiloc on my phone, and as Andrew says, it does not have a scale on the map, which obviously makes it difficult to judge distances.

However, SingleSpeed's phone does have a scale on the map, but I can't find any setting to get it to display. The only thing that I could think of is that the apps for Android (mine) and Apple are slightly different. Does that seem plausible?

I am hoping someone who is not a techtard like me will figure out a way to get the scale to show.

Hey PapaD,

As you know I have used Wikiloc prior to me getting my Etrex 30x. If you are following a track I have seen it gives distance to start of track (crow flies) and when on the track gives km to end (crow flies).

As you say there maybe small differences, but what could also be is the version of phone possibly. Are you just looking at how may km's are left (crow flies) for the track you are following?

Hi saros



If you look in the bottom right hand corner of this screenshot, there is a distance scale.
This is how SingleSpeed's screen looks.



This is what mine looks like, with a + and - for zooming in and out.
I would like to have the scale on my screen.

Ok yeah right. Android one does not have it. Perhaps we could write them a comment in playstore requesting the small add on.

saros wrote: Ok yeah right. Android one does not have it. Perhaps we could write them a comment in playstore requesting the small add on.

OK, so it is an Android vs Apple thing?

Papa Dragon wrote:

saros wrote: Ok yeah right. Android one does not have it. Perhaps we could write them a comment in playstore requesting the small add on.

OK, so it is an Android vs Apple thing?

Def seems that way

Can someone please tell me how to register on Wikiloc with co.za email address. I keep on getting "invalid email address". Or if you have an account with them already, please post a message on their forum because I can't even do that without a registration.

That's really odd - Have your tried via the app? or you can contact them directly over the Help Center on the bottom of the home page.