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Re: IOS Iphone breadcrumb apps
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Reply to: #960411 by MichKathy
May 24, 2018 7:44pm
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If I'm driving in the car, my tablet is plugged into a charger plugged into the cig lighter. It's the only way to maintain enough charge for those times I'm out of the car.

If you're leaving the car and are concerned about getting back to it, there's a way that uses a bit less juice. While you're at the car, bring up any good mapping app (my choice is MAPS.ME) and mark the location of the car with a bookmark. Then you can actually turn the phone off if you want to save battery power. When you decide you're hopelessly lost, fire it back up and it'll show you where your car is. It won't provide a safe route to get there, but at least you'll know which direction to go.
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Reply to: #960400 by shutterbug2012
May 25, 2018 8:05am
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Love it!
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Reply to: #960405 by Janila
May 25, 2018 8:06am
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Aha! That’s what it was!
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Reply to: #960417 by Nittany
May 25, 2018 8:08am
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Getting lots of suggestions for AllTrails. It’s nice to hear from another old timer ☺️
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Reply to: #960453 by Kirbert
May 25, 2018 8:09am
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I am always astounded by your breadth of knowledge, Kirbert, and I am always grateful for it 😊
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Reply to: #960453 by Kirbert
May 25, 2018 6:45pm
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when you are concerned about battery life and you are not expecting any important calls / text messages, try putting your phone on airplane mode instead of powering it off. The GPS will still work but the battery savings will be huge - especially if you are a bit further from cell towers and your phone is struggling to find a signal. It's the phone/data anntenna's that really suck the battery down (although screen on-time is likely the biggest battery killer).
The advantage of airplane mode vs off is that you can look at a map (saved offline), or read clue (saved offline), or take photo whenever you want.
I didn't read this entire thread, but when I really want to keep a track (especially for adding a trail to the OSM maps), I prefer using my older Garmin handheld with AA batteries - can track for 5-6 hours and if I need to I can just swap out the batteries and I'm good for more hours. It's pretty much all I use it for now, and all my geocaching and letterboxing data file are on the phone.
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Reply to: #960400 by shutterbug2012
May 25, 2018 8:15pm
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Map my fitness, Map my run and Map my walk all the same. But I turned the sound off. I didn’t need Ms. Negativity talking to me while trying to find boxes.
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Reply to: #960486 by Bon Echo
May 25, 2018 8:20pm
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I use airplane mode too. Just don’t forget to turn it off Once you’re back in the car