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Good article, and true for me as well. Let me just say though, as a developer of a compass/GPS app for the iPhone/iPad/Android, and as a serious hiker, I do no
by andrewljohnson 16y ago
Good article, and true for me as well.
Let me just say though, as a developer of a compass/GPS app for the iPhone/iPad/Android, and as a serious hiker, I do not take my Garmin GPS with me anymore. I bring paper maps and a compass for back-up, but I never use them. My iPhone is plenty good enough for me.
On the other hand, I'm also a serious enough photographer that I prefer an SLR to my iPhone camera, and even though we built a camera into our app, I never use it personally.
- nkassis 16y agoOn mountain bike trips I use my android phone now, I rarely get to anywhere that lacks phone signal but for a real trip that might require a real gps+compas+paper map.
- listic 16y agoDo you mount your phone on the handlebar? What if it gets wet? I have bought Garmin device[1] for hiking and mountain biking specifically so that I wont' need to worry about it getting wet. And for long battery life and changeable commodity batteries, too. [1] Garmin Oregon 450 https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=145&pID=63349 https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=145&pID=63349 there's also top model '550, which adds camera. https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=145&pID=26875 https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=145&pID=26875
- nkassis 16y agoI have a pocket at the top of my camelback that gets good enough gps reception to do things like trace my route and such. I have a regular computer mounted on board. If I had the money I'd get something like this: https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=160&pID=10885 https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=160&pID=10885