I stumbled across a new application for the iPhone that utilizes the GPS capabilities to track your workout sessions. While it is designed to be used for running/cycling there is no reason that it couldnt also be used for paddling. One review cautions that it's a battery hog with a 1 hour workout consuiming 50% of the avaliable charge however if you blank the screen (the little button on the top of the iPhone 3G) you get 4 hours. Probably not enough for a weekend trip (unless you use a solar charger from ThinkGeek) but certainly enough for a day paddle. Runkeeper also lets you store your results on their site which includes (apparently) a mapping utility as well. So if you don't have a GPS that maps and tracks and publishes then this would work; but only if you have an iPhone. There is also an app which lets you use free NOAA marine charts along with the GPS facility to show position data using GPS functions. This app costs about US$55 but the charts are free downloads. Since I take my iPhone with me (unfortunately I have to stay in touch at least during the day due to my business commitements) this sort of app would make sense. By the way, the iPhone 3G is apparently slightly smaller than the original iPhones because the $30 hard watertight case I bought is too small by just *this* much. www.runkeeper.com Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA www.nwkayaking.net *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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