snailtrail

Speed error

2008-12-13T12:08:00.000-08:00

Hi

It seems that the speed is not reporting correctly - in any way, shape or form!

At the moment as this speed is directly accessed from the corelocation api - one of the new features in 2.2 I'm going to have to do some investigation to see what I can find and report it as a bug!

Once sorted I will post a new update - thanks to Paul for the comment.

Reply to Rosie's comment

2008-10-11T07:32:00.001-07:00

Hello

I've taken a look and all I can seem to think is that when you had added some annotations - you cleared the text box and it just added a null value i.e. no text stored. You can see when you add an annotation in the listing of the most recent 50 points screen.

There should be no limitation on the number of points you can store.

If you could just try adding lots of points in one location and try changing the annotation value a couple of times to see how it is working.

If you let me know how you get on that would be great.

Many thanks

Steve

Version 2 solution to crash?

2008-09-08T02:36:00.000-07:00

All - please note that it would seem, for some reason I am yet to fathom, that you need to delete the version on your itunes and re-download(for free as you have already paid) version 2 - this has worked for one person and I recommend trying it. It makes me think that the problem is something to do with the Apple update process rather than the app - which I have running fine on my iphone.

Please do feedback comments.

Update - to delete the application - go into the applications section on itune - select the application and on a Mac press the backspace button and then re-download from itunes.

Please note that there have been a number of reports on Apple's Developer website that something similar has been happening to lots of other applications.

V2 Issues

2008-09-07T14:44:00.000-07:00

A couple of people have reported issues and I'd like to find out more details. Please use the comments section to let me know the details - I expect a time-scale of two weeks on this issue - so please be patient and thank you all for comments and suggestions.

Please could you provide feedback and use the poll for convenience.
a) How many apps you have on your iphone
b) Which country store you used

Thanks

New version coming soon

2008-08-29T09:16:00.000-07:00

I have submitted a new version which hopefully includes some of your comments!

New features.
Timestamp
Altitude
Attribute

Every point you add you can now have an attribute value e.g. tree, plant, sign or whatever you want.

The email which is sent to yourself contains two sets of data - the first are just co-ordinates for use in Google Earth as before. The second is raw data for you to play with in your chosen GIS, GPS/Mapping software!

Thanks for the comments regarding the colour - I shall address this in the next version.

Please do keep commenting - any suggestions can be emailed to counter@iswhereiam.com or put as comments here.

Thanks

Welcome to Snail Trail

2008-08-14T01:14:00.000-07:00

Snailtrail is a simple iphone application that allows you to store you co-ordinates at any time...without having to leave the application running or the GPS always tracking. It stores the co-ordinates persistently on your phone until you clear them - even if they phone gets turned off - your co-ordinates will still be there.

You can take the co-ordinates and use in any mapping programme or GPS programme which takes point co-ordinates.

You can store co-ordinates of points of interest e.g. undertake a student survey of plants, buildings or any point of interest.

To view your route in Google Earth

After emailing yourself the co-ordinates simply copy them and replace those in the template KML file you can download here.....save the file and double click it to open your route with Google Earth - note Google Earth must be installed on your computer to do this!

Here are some more detailed instructions

How to
Talking a walk with your iphone......around your campus, your garden etc....
Step 1 - start Snail Trail and watch the co-ordinates - you'll see after a few moments that the co-ordinates should settle and stop changing - this is where the GPS part of the iphone has found you - it sometimes can take a few seconds to a few minutes to pick up the co-ordinates and depends on the GPS satellites in the sky which your iphone can "see". The GPS satellites orbit and there are always a number of them visible - the more visible to your phone the quicker you can generally get a fix on your position. If you are in a built up area sometimes it may not see any of the satellites - this is common to all GPS systems.

Step 2 - Make sure that you have cleared the database by going to the settings screen

Step 3 - Add a point by clicking the add way point button on the tracks screen.

Step 4 - You can quit the application now and turn the phone off...there is no need to leave it on as with other iphone GPS apps because you are not constantly tracking your position - it is up to you when you want to store points.

Step 5 - Walk/ride/travel somewhere.....this is up to you.....for example you may want to talk a walk in the countryside and record interesting points on your route.

Step 6 - Switch on the phone - start Snailtrail and again wait for a nice GPS fix and click add waypoint......

Repeat until you have collected all the points you want etc.....

The benefit of my application over the other GPS ones is that you do not need to leave the phone on and therefore wasting battery whilst you can track your position over time. Obviously it is not tracking every move you make - but in most cases that is a level of detail that is not really needed.

Step 7
So assuming you've got some points stored, always useful to check the Waypoints tab and you can see the co-ordinates stored - note this screen does scroll and only shows your last 50 stored points, the rest are still in the database. When you are at home, or perhaps on your way home, type in your email address on the settings screen and push the Email co-ordinates button. This will start your normal iphone email and the co-ordinates you have stored will appear in the message. Just hit send and the email will be sent to the email address you entered.

Step 8
When you receive the email on your home computer you will see the co-ordinates and a link in the email to download a sample Google Earth KML file.

Step 9
Download the KML file and save to your desktop

Step 10
Open the KML file by right clicking and select open with Notepad if you are in Windows or TextEdit if on a Macintosh....on a Mac you select Open With (and assuming you have Google Earth installed) it will just say Google Earth....select the other option and you will see a list of Apps on your Mac - scroll down and you'll find TextEdit.......

Eventually you should see the KML file - as per the image on this page..... . Have a look at this and note there is a co-ordinate there of -0.0000,-0.00000......scroll down this email until after the KML file for more instructions

Step 11
Go back to your email and select the co-ordinates - just the numbers and copy them....

Step 12
Go back to the textediting programme and delete the -0.000,-0.0000 co-ordinates and just paste in your collected co-ordinates.

Step 13
Save the file

Step 14
Double click the file and assuming you have Google Earth installed on your computer the route will be displayed !