iPod 4th gen with GPS hiking app
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 5:39 am
Hey folks...
I got this neat little ipod (4th gen) thing from my daughter. I think she wanted to make me eat my "I will NEVER endorse an Apple product" words. Anyway, I have a GPS module coming for it, and an extended battery pack.
I see a whole mess of gps related apps. I would REALLY not like to try them all one by one - I can't afford it by means of both money and as I ain't young, probably time. All I want to do is take my girls for short day hikes at Garden of the Gods, local reservoir paths, then maybe progress. I guess I need an app that I can download a decent trail or topo or whatever you call it map for the area we will be exploring when at home (Since the iPod does not have "anywhere" internet capabilities, just hot spots), then somehow load it and tie it in to the gps functionality once at location (to where I will arrive via my Garmin...).
As you can easily see by my construct, I have a little less than a clue of what I am doing here, as I am used to the auto gps systems.
Can someone please steer me to a good, solid, inexpensive app that might fit my hopes?
I got this neat little ipod (4th gen) thing from my daughter. I think she wanted to make me eat my "I will NEVER endorse an Apple product" words. Anyway, I have a GPS module coming for it, and an extended battery pack.
I see a whole mess of gps related apps. I would REALLY not like to try them all one by one - I can't afford it by means of both money and as I ain't young, probably time. All I want to do is take my girls for short day hikes at Garden of the Gods, local reservoir paths, then maybe progress. I guess I need an app that I can download a decent trail or topo or whatever you call it map for the area we will be exploring when at home (Since the iPod does not have "anywhere" internet capabilities, just hot spots), then somehow load it and tie it in to the gps functionality once at location (to where I will arrive via my Garmin...).
As you can easily see by my construct, I have a little less than a clue of what I am doing here, as I am used to the auto gps systems.
Can someone please steer me to a good, solid, inexpensive app that might fit my hopes?