Navigating on bikes using a smartphone
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The document provides guidance on using smartphones for navigation while cycling, focusing on GPS, mapping software, and route planning. It includes tips on preparing routes, navigating during rides, and hardware considerations to keep phones charged and dry. The presentation emphasizes the necessity of familiarity with the software and ensuring battery life and maps are ready before setting off.
Navigating on bikes using a smartphone
- 1. Navigating by Smart Phone Hugh Davis and Su White @HughDavis and @suukii Download Presentation at http://goo.gl/N36lHT
- 2. What we will Cover Using iPhone examples …. •GPS and GPX, and Mapping Software •Preparing your route •Navigating while riding •Logging your ride •Hardware
- 3. GPS and GPX, and Mapping Software OS Maps (I use 1:50K) Open Cycle Map – shows we are on cycle path NB24
- 4. Choosing Mapping Software You need your maps “offline” (or cached) OS Maps (scale?) – or Open Cycle Maps? Buy or rent maps? See clearly where you are (centre?) Zoom in to see detail Zoom out to see big picture Import GPX routes Best allow you to create, edit & export GPX routes I use Outdoors GPS in UK (iPhone and Android) I buy the maps. Or iPhiGenie in France and elsewhere (iPhone and Android)
- 5. Preparing your route You can prepare a GPX route by: •Downloading someone else’s route •Asking an App like Bike Hub to plan the best route •Drawing the route yourself onto the eMap
- 6. Finding Other Peoples’ Routes http://outdoorsgps.com Store in MyRoutes then in App look in “My Routes on Website”
- 7. Route Planning Apps In Bike Hub App (iPhone or Android) choose “From” and “To” Export the route.. ..to email
- 8. Select the email and the route attachment And the Send Icon
- 9. Either Send to an App or Save In Outdoors GPS you need to go into browser to upload saved file in order to access it from “My Routes on Website”
- 10. Drawing the Map Yourself with Outdoors GPS Choose “Routes” from bottom Menu and then Create, Create new, from… Add an end point somewhere by long press. You can now add points anywhere on the line, and drag them to where you want
- 11. Navigating While Riding Most GPS Map Apps have the ability to: •Allow you to choose the level of zoom •Centre the map and keep your current position at the centre •Rotate the map so that ”up” is the direction of travel •Choose the colour of the route line Maybe also •Log your actual Route •Tell you how fast you are going •How far remains to go / ETA
- 12. Logging your Route Cyclemeter is generally considered to be the best logging App (not available for Android)
- 13. Hardware Keeping your phone •on your handlebars •charged •dry
- 14. Keeping your phone on your handlebars Strap-it Bag-it Lock-it Or lose it! E.g. Arkon make examples sold on Amazon for ~£15 The Quad Lock System. ~£32
- 15. Keeping your phone Charged If left with screen and GPS always on an iPhone uses around 3000 – 4000 mAhr in a day’s ride. There are many power banks that provide 10000 mAhr to USB sockets Size? Weight? Capacity? Recharging? Number of USB ports? Continuous Charge Through? We prefer Teknet - ~£15 from Amazon
- 16. Keeping the Battery Charged on camping trips Dynamo Plus Tigra Power Converter USB output > Phone or Power Pack 3.5 Watt solar panel Both the above will charge the battery pack around 400mAhrs each hour Roughly what a working iPhone uses
- 17. Keeping your phone Dry Quad-lock “poncho” (phone specific) Arkon Bag Box with Waterproof Membrane BUT Can’t charge while its raining – you’d be surprised how quick the battery goes Reduced sensitivity for finger gestures – keep in centered mode.
- 18. Conclusions • There is no right answer – its what suits you • Complex software on small devices is complex – Trial and error / Experiment – If one way does not work, try another – Get very familiar with it (Going fast downhill with full panniers in the pouring rain is not a good time to learn how to use your App!) • Make sure your batteries are charged and your maps locally cached before you leave!
- 19. Thanks! Any Questions? Hugh Davis (@HughDavis) Su White (@suukii) [email protected] This presentation is downloadable from http://www.slideshare.net/hcd99/navigating-on-bikes-using-a-smartphone or http://goo.gl/N36lHT