 Poster: A snowHead
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We're off to La Plagne in just over two weeks, and I had the grand idea of keeping my iPhone switched to use Maprika to map my route and keep skiing data as well as using it to locate others in our group.
As we haven't had a chance to test it out, we'll have to just hope for the best when we're on piste.
Has anyone else had experience using Maprika this season? Thanks.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Not in resort, but I have it on my and my kids' phones and (as long as they have their phones on) it's pretty good at home.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Thanks, I haven't really had it on for more than 10 minutes at a time, it does sup the battery on an iPhone 4S farily quickly. I guess I'll have to tread carefully as my kids will be in nursery and ski-school and might need to receive calls too.
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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Doesn't Maprika requrie data to be switched on during use to work with the whole find your mates thing?
Thats an awfully pricey option on most tariffs...
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| Richard_Sideways wrote: |
Doesn't Maprika requrie data to be switched on during use to work with the whole find your mates thing?
Thats an awfully pricey option on most tariffs... |
Don't think so - the maps are downloaded to your phone.
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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I have the La Plagne one downloaded from openpistemap, which is probably going to be better than the recent problematic iOS maps.
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andy from embsay, yeah but to communicate back your position and your friends positions...
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| Richard_Sideways wrote: |
| andy from embsay, yeah but to communicate back your position and your friends positions... |
Any app would need either that or wifi though, wouldn't it? You can turn off 3G and still use it to see where you are, but for locating other people you need data of some description. I've bought a French SIM card for our phones, which comes with 5GB data.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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Yes, I used it round PDS last year, about 4 of us had it. It's works well if you're not familiar with an area as a locator, and find a friend also works well. I didn't have it on all the time, just when required, which wasn't very often. Good as a free app, but didn't use it often enough to pay for it.
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Ski Tracks is awesome for route mapping and keeping your ski data. Doesn't need data turned on so no huge bill. Didn;t hammer my battery on a 4 either too badly.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I've been using Ski Tracks for the last few years, it is great with a GoogleEarth overlay when you get back to your PC so look at your route in 3d. Not happy I only clocked 50 odd mph as my maximum speed though.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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3G off, and Wifi only may kind of work in a few resorts. A few key restaurants and lift stations are all on the same free WiFi in places like Dolomites, so the Live tracking part of these apps would work as you pass thru (although not really that "live"). I suspect that the infrastructure is there mainly because they want to push their own tracking apps.
Either way, I suspect the battery won't last all that long, and I'd prefer to keep mine for emergency calls, texting etc. GPS tracking is something I'll do with a Garmin instead, which I can then upload to whichever service I feel like later.
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We have the old-fashioned back up of PMR radios too, but with one of them FUBAR, I thought we'd join the digital era.
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You know it makes sense.
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I used snow tracks all day last year several times and never ran out of juice with a 4S - but agreed I'll probably teach the kids to turn their 3G on if they get lost!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Nothing beats an old-school agreed rendevouz point for when batteries go dead/no service/phone dropped off lift.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| Richard_Sideways wrote: |
| Nothing beats an old-school agreed rendevouz point for when batteries go dead/no service/phone dropped off lift. |
Oh they'll have that too - and Dad's mobile number in their pocket!
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