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How to use Mobile Phone Apps as a Tracker & GPS
You can use phone apps to track the routes & workouts you have done to compare different days out.
Phone apps can also be used to guide you on a route that you have used before or you can also upload a GPX file of a route that you would like to do to your phone & then use the route you have uploaded to guide you
There are 2 Mobile Phone Apps we use 
1 Map My Hike   - can be used in Airplane Mode which saves battery power & you can export a route out of the website in a Google Earth format

 2 View Ranger - you can view routes with a Map background which is good when you are on a mountain & using this app can be used to guide you in Airplane Mode but you cannot use this app to track a route in Airplane Mode which is a disadvantage

 We use Map My Hike To Track a route & use View Ranger to guide us on a route

1 Map My Hike


Download the Map My Hike  App on your Phone

Register & Create Account

Next  -  Go to the Map My Hike Website.

Go To Routes Icon On the Top Line

Go to Create a Route  - The Page Loading Mapping Tools Will Open

Go to Upload a GPX file – Click On Browse – Select a GPX File of a route of your choice

Upload

Save the Route with the Name you want for that Route – You will have to save it in 2 places.

Edit Workout will appear – Input the Route Name again & Save

Now go back into Routes & then My Routes & Courses & your Route should be there

This will give you a Hiking Route on both the Website & on your Phone



When you want to do this Route. 

After arriving at the start of the Route - Go to the Map My Hike App

On the Top Left hand Corner you will find a 3 Line Drop Down Menu

Click & Go to routes & choose the route of your choice

On the Top Right Hand Corner Tap on the Tick Sign

The Route Will Open Up & then press on Start Workout -- An icon will direct you around the Red Outlined Route


After doing the Route Go Back To The Website & choose your workout that you have done

On the Page with the route , over on the right hand side of the page

An option to Export The Route will appear

This will give you an option to Export to KML or GPX –Choose KML & the route should appear Outlined In Red On Google Earth, this will show you exactly where you walked
View Ranger Phone App

First download the View Ranger Phone App onto your phone

Create an account & login

To use this phone app as a tracker , on the bottom right hand corner you will find an icon plus sign


This will open another page which will offer you different choices

Either Record the route you want to do or do a route you have previously stored

You can also upload a new route that you would like to do onto View Ranger

First go to the View Ranger Website

Go to the Routes & Tracks page on the top line

Go to the Create a Route Option , this will open the next page

This will give you an option to browse for the Route GPX file of a route you want to do

Go into next page & save your route as well as go to Route Information & add route information & save again

Now go back to your View Ranger Phone app

Go to the top right hand corner & press on the …. Dots, this will open the next page

Go to Sync Content , also go to the route page & find the chosen route

On the top right hand corner tap on the Dropdown dots & press on Show On Map

Now press on Start Route & you are ready to use View Ranger as a GPS to guide you on your preferred route




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