GPS Distance and Location Tracker

GPS Location Recorder has got a new name: GPS Distance and Location Tracker. 


GPS Distance and Location Tracker is an app available for Android phones and tablets running Android 4.0 or newer.

It is free to download. Read more and download it in Google Play.

How to adjust the accuracy in GPS Location Recorder

GPS Location Recorder is using the GPS module in the the phone to receive GPS signals.

In general more expensive phones or newer phones has better and more accurate GPS modules then cheaper or older phones.

That means that if you have a new phone then you may get more accurate data when recording a location or a route compared to if you have an old phone.

Check accuracy

Screen 1

To check how accurate the GPS is in your phone you can look at the value for «accuracy» in this screen:

 

In this example the accuracy is 5, that is 5 meters. A low value for accuracy is typical for more expensive phones. For a cheap phone this value may be 30-40 (meters).

Improve accuacy

If you have a low value for accuracy on you phone you have the option to improve the accuracy of recorded locations and routes for GPS Location Recorder.

To improve the accuracy then go to «Advanced Settings» and after that choose «GPS signal accuracy».

Screen 2

 

Screen 3

If for example the value of accuracy is never above 20 in screen 1 then you can set this value to «20 meter».

If the value of accuracy is never above 30 in screen 1 then you can set this value to «30 meter».

Now the GPS accuracy in GPS Location Recorder should be better then it was before (it was default set to 40 meter).

Norsk treningsapp for Android

Har du en Android-telefon kan du nå prøve en norskutviklet treningsapp. Der all tekst er på norsk! Og det beste av alt er at den er gratis!
Den heter GPS Location Recorder, og kan lastes ned gratis i Google Play.

Med appen kan du:
- Lagre GPS posisjon (lengdegrad/breddegrad-koordinater)
- Lagre løype mens du går/løper/sykler/står på ski/kjører etc, supert til trening.
- Vise fart som Km/t eller Mph eller knop
- Vis distanse som meter og kilometer, miles eller nautiske mil.
- Vis snittfart og maksfart for en løype
- Vis maks og minimum høyde for en løype
- Få opp liste over lagrete GPS posisjoner og løyper
- Se løyper i kart i appen
 Og så videre
 
Mer info og bilder av appen finner du i Google Play.  

New screenshots for GPS Location Recorder for Android

Here are some new screenshots for the app GPS Location Recorder for Android:

A new version of GPS Location Recorder

A new version of GPS Location Recorder for Android is now available in Google Play.


See how it works in the video below:

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Countries using mile and not kilometer as unit of length

Lately I have continuously improved my latest Android app,
GPS Location Recorder. One feature with the app is to track the distance you are going/cycling/driving etc.

In the beginning I only supported meters/kilometers as unit of length as most countries use this unit. 

But I also want to support miles as unit of length. But which countries us miles?
Only three countries according to this Wikipedia page.
Only United Kingdom, United States og Canada.