{"id":1267,"date":"2009-02-17T23:52:43","date_gmt":"2009-02-18T04:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/?p=1267"},"modified":"2009-02-17T23:53:22","modified_gmt":"2009-02-18T04:53:22","slug":"googles-my-tracks-is-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/17\/googles-my-tracks-is-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Google’s My Tracks Is Good"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Google has released the My Tracks<\/a> app for Android, and I think it makes the T-Mobile G1 into the best hand-held GPS I’ve owned. While on a beat-the-snow bike ride\u2020<\/sup> to test out the Mary Bar from last night<\/a> (note: moving it slightly made my hands much more comfortable) I fired up the app and a short segment of the route back to my house, then around the parking lot a few times. I’m very, very happy with the detail in those logs. You can look at the KML (which only works in Google Earth<\/a>, not Maps<\/a>, for some reason) here: 17-Feb-2008_MyTracks_Test_While_Biking.kml<\/a><\/p>\n

Right before I started this route plot I tried to take the photo seen above with the G1. For some reason, in temperatures right around freezing, the camera wouldn’t focus. I guess this is to be expected, as all manner of small mechanical systems aren’t intended to work right at those temperatures.<\/p>\n

All in all, I’m finding myself quite happy with the G1. There’s a few quirks, but nothing that makes me want to get rid of the phone. In fact, I’m considering selling my recently-purchased Nokia E51. I’m also thinking that the On-One Mary Bar might work out well for me. I need to adjust the bar position a little more, but after tonight’s fiddling I found it considerably more comfortable.<\/p>\n

\u2020<\/sup> Total ride tonight was somewhere just under 16 miles. I did roughly the same route as on last Tuesday<\/a>, but with a few detours. I rode the single-speed fully rigid Bianchi D.I.S.S. with very knobby tires, which made for a little more challenging riding. Thankfully the snowy \/ icy ground was relatively smooth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Google has released the My Tracks app for Android, and I think it makes the T-Mobile G1 into the best hand-held GPS I’ve owned. While…<\/p>\n

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