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ICLOUD: iCloud is now mandatory for GPS receiver as of version 5.0. You must also enable iCloud drive. Your waypoints will be stored in the GPS folder in your iCloud drive as .csv files. I recommend that you not modify the files in this folder directly. Instead use the app import to get waypoints into the app. If you are going to change the files in the GPS folder, make sure you have backups! You can copy from this folder safely though.
iOS 8.2 or higher is required. The latest version of iOS is recommended.
See your GPS coordinates anywhere in the world. Simple, clean and bug free interface that has received a lot of excellent customer feedback. Allows you to record and name waypoints as you go, wherever you are, see them on a map (if you have internet connectivity) and export the list of waypoints via email or via a built in web server (on wifi). Waypoint formats include html, csv, kml. Works on iPad.
I cannot create new waypoint lists. - Unfortunately this is a known bug with version 4.1 and will be fixed in version 4.2. The issue is that the keyboard often overlaps the Create and Cancel buttons on both platforms, meaning you can type in the name of the new waypoint list that you want to create but you can't see what you're typing and you cannot press the Create button to create the list. On iPad there is a work around, if you start to enter the name of a new waypoint list and rotate the iPad so the app goes into landscape mode and back out, you will be able to access the Create/Cancel buttons and create the list. Unfortunately on iPhone this isn't possible as the iPhone only supports portrait mode. As a work around, if you create the waypoint list on an iPad it should be available on iPhone once iCloud has synced. Otherwise if you don't have access to an iPad you'll have to wait until version 4.2 for the fix. I'm very sorry!
How accurate is GPS Receiver? - It depends on many things, first of which is the device. On an iPhone 4, accuracy down to 4m has been seen, on an iPod touch or a wifi only iPad you will be unlikely to see better than + or - 65m. For a GPS based device, like all GPS, the signal is better outdoors, away from buildings.
Do I need internet? - It depends. If you have a wifi only iPad or iPod touch, you will need wifi or you will not get a location. If you have a 3G iPad or an iPhone you can get a latitude/longitude in the middle of nowhere but you won't see map tiles.
How does the map work? - The map is the standard iPhone/iPod/iPad map, i.e. it comes from Apple/Google and the map tiles are downloaded from the internet as needed and some are cached locally. Without internet you will probably not see much on the map screen, though you can still record waypoints and view them on maps later.
What are waypoints? - You can record where you go by tapping the + button on the waypoints. This records the latest latitude/longitude and the time the measurement was taken.
Can I enter in waypoints by hand, if I have a latitude/longitude? - Yes. When you press the + button to add waypoints, as standard it will show you a record/add waypoints screen. There you may record them as you go or type in a waypoint by hand.
How do I enter or record multiple waypoints easily? - On the add waypoints popup, simple tap the multiple button once. Then the box will stay open when you record a waypoint and you can record or enter as many as you like.
How about imperial units, or speed/direction on the GPS? - Go into settings, you can enable it there. GPS receiver tries to make an intelligent guess when you first run it.
In an urban environment my location seems off? - We have had reports of this and seen it ourselves. The location system in an iPhone/iPad is very clever and uses lots of detailed optimisations to give a fast, fairly accurate fix suitable for most uses of the phone/pad for most apps but this sometimes causes initial mistakes from a strict GPS perspective. One known and described thing is that the location gets more accurate with time, however I (and at least one customer) have seen where it reports a sharp accuracy (~5m) but the wrong location, sometimes up to as much as 35m away. Doing experiments, this looks like it's probably a multipath issue http://gpsinformation.net/multipath.htm. The solution (when you want a proper accurate fix) is to go outdoors, somewhere not too narrow, point your device at the sky, run the app and wait for a minute or two. You should see the location move occasionally and it will home in on where you are more accurately. This isn't a bug in GPS receiver but is how the location system on the iPad works and you will see exactly the same problem when you are using the built in maps (or any other app) on the system. Given time and clear sky, any iPad or iPhone with an aGPS chip in will give you an accurate reading down to a few metres. Sub metre accuracy is not available on current phone/pad hardware.
Above all, I hope you enjoy the application, have fun with it and at the very least it doesn't cause you any annoyance. If you do have any problems and are disappointed with it then of course feel free to email me and I'll try to help if I've got time. But please do remember that it's free, it took me a fair amount of time to write and I don't get any money from it (apart from a very small amount of money from the adverts on some clients), so always please try to be polite! :-)