Comments on: Geocaching http://scribdog.com/2009/09/geocaching/ The adventures of a life Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:33:06 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Scribdog http://scribdog.com/2009/09/geocaching/comment-page-1/#comment-4163 Scribdog Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:17:35 +0000 http://scribdog.com/?p=246#comment-4163 For the most part I thought the app worked well with the ipod touch using the GPS360 adapter. The Geocaching app has a map function that links up with Microsoft Maps. Using the iPod touch without a wifi connection you will not get any map data at all, nor can you cash it for off line use. You will see a place maker for you and a marker for the cache, and it does update the closer or further away from it you get. I got around that by using the xGPS app that is available from cydia (assuming a jail broken iPod) to get me in the general area then switched over to the Geocaching app to use the "compass" to lead me the rest of the way. I don't know how well the iPhone's internal GPS unit is, but the GPS360 did have a tough time in certain spots. For instance I was looking for a cache that had high voltage power lines above me and the best I could get was with in 15 feet of it. I never did find that cash, even though I walked around the entire 15 foot radius, so I don't know if the power lines messed with the directions or not. Another time I was in a heavenly wooded area and I was only getting correct data intermittently. That one I did find, but I had to rely on my developing Geocaching six sense to find it. I’m not sure the internal GPS of the iPhone would have done any better in those situations. Obviously loading up the Geocaching app with the caches you want to find while you do have a wifi signal is a must. You can comment on the cach that was found, but it will not be delivered until you get a wifi signal and start the app. Keep this in mind if you do decide to get one. The GPS360 does hang off the back of the iPod rather precariously. The maker of the unit couldn’t have done much to fix that. I have been working on a way to house the iPod and connected GPS unit so that the possibility of breaking one or both is minimized. For the most part I thought the app worked well with the ipod touch using the GPS360 adapter.
The Geocaching app has a map function that links up with Microsoft Maps. Using the iPod touch without a wifi connection you will not get any map data at all, nor can you cash it for off line use. You will see a place maker for you and a marker for the cache, and it does update the closer or further away from it you get. I got around that by using the xGPS app that is available from cydia (assuming a jail broken iPod) to get me in the general area then switched over to the Geocaching app to use the “compass” to lead me the rest of the way.
I don’t know how well the iPhone’s internal GPS unit is, but the GPS360 did have a tough time in certain spots. For instance I was looking for a cache that had high voltage power lines above me and the best I could get was with in 15 feet of it. I never did find that cash, even though I walked around the entire 15 foot radius, so I don’t know if the power lines messed with the directions or not. Another time I was in a heavenly wooded area and I was only getting correct data intermittently. That one I did find, but I had to rely on my developing Geocaching six sense to find it. I’m not sure the internal GPS of the iPhone would have done any better in those situations. Obviously loading up the Geocaching app with the caches you want to find while you do have a wifi signal is a must. You can comment on the cach that was found, but it will not be delivered until you get a wifi signal and start the app.

Keep this in mind if you do decide to get one. The GPS360 does hang off the back of the iPod rather precariously. The maker of the unit couldn’t have done much to fix that. I have been working on a way to house the iPod and connected GPS unit so that the possibility of breaking one or both is minimized.

]]> By: CM http://scribdog.com/2009/09/geocaching/comment-page-1/#comment-4162 CM Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:23:27 +0000 http://scribdog.com/?p=246#comment-4162 Hello. Can you go into detail about how well the Geoaching app you used on the iPod touch worked with the iGPS 360 adapter? I was thinking of getting one but was wondering what parts of the app were lost by using it on an iPod rather than an iPhone. Thanks. Hello. Can you go into detail about how well the Geoaching app you used on the iPod touch worked with the iGPS 360 adapter? I was thinking of getting one but was wondering what parts of the app were lost by using it on an iPod rather than an iPhone. Thanks.

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