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Hi,
I've decided to seek out the ultimate GPS solution for my iPhone. What I believe is the solution may involve multiple components. My assertion is that over time nothing will compare with the ever-evolving capabilities of Google Maps for guiding me on a journey. Given that, what is missing?
Thinking about it over lunch hour, I also need:
1) The ability to record a ride in a format that can be uploaded into Google Maps - so that it can be edited, blogged about, and shared with others.
2) The ability to plan a route or edit an existing route on Google Maps (Provided by Google).
3) The ability to download a Google Map into the iPhone. (Provided by Google).
So for the missing record portion of the solution I have done some looking and chosen MotionX GPS as my first test platform. It gets good reviews and costs like $2 on the iTunes store. Note that I have tried to do this with the Nike and PAL apps and find them both very annoying.
I'm open to ideas on things I am missing here. I'll ping back to this thread as I learn what works and what doesn't.
I've decided to seek out the ultimate GPS solution for my iPhone. What I believe is the solution may involve multiple components. My assertion is that over time nothing will compare with the ever-evolving capabilities of Google Maps for guiding me on a journey. Given that, what is missing?
Thinking about it over lunch hour, I also need:
1) The ability to record a ride in a format that can be uploaded into Google Maps - so that it can be edited, blogged about, and shared with others.
2) The ability to plan a route or edit an existing route on Google Maps (Provided by Google).
3) The ability to download a Google Map into the iPhone. (Provided by Google).
So for the missing record portion of the solution I have done some looking and chosen MotionX GPS as my first test platform. It gets good reviews and costs like $2 on the iTunes store. Note that I have tried to do this with the Nike and PAL apps and find them both very annoying.
I'm open to ideas on things I am missing here. I'll ping back to this thread as I learn what works and what doesn't.