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Ski tracks App

Tue, 26 Nov 2013 20:29:38 GMT

Just for all those new to the ski / boarding game there is an excellent App that you can get called Ski tracks. It basically turns your phone into a GPS and lets you know the distance you have gone, altitude max sped etc and puts it on a map. Well worth the 69p and you can show your mates how fast you have gone whilst having a few beers...

Re:Ski tracks App

Tue, 26 Nov 2013 22:32:33 GMT

A great App, the OH and I both have it on our phones and compare distances and routes as well as top speeds. The app sometimes loses it's gps signal and I have a top speed of 278.1 mph as a result :-)
Other features include that if you take photos in different places on the mountain, they are noted on the routes.
Well worth 69p

Re:Ski tracks App

Tue, 26 Nov 2013 22:39:24 GMT

Yep got it. There is a thread on here somewhere that talks about all the apps

Re:Ski tracks App

Wed, 27 Nov 2013 00:01:45 GMT

boardbiker wrote:A great App, the OH and I both have it on our phones and compare distances and routes as well as top speeds. The app sometimes loses it's gps signal and I have a top speed of 278.1 mph as a result :-)
Other features include that if you take photos in different places on the mountain, they are noted on the routes.
Well worth 69p

Boardbiker! Much respect! 278mph, 447kph, a new world record!!!!
Beats my puny 102kph. And swallows my friend's 240 kph, (then a British record!)

For this reason, I am not a fan of the accuracy of apps. When I broke the Niederau day run record, there was a wheen of local analysis that would far out weigh any apps!

Re:Ski tracks App

Wed, 27 Nov 2013 00:02:18 GMT

There was an update during the summer, not sure what's changed.

Re:Ski tracks App

Wed, 27 Nov 2013 13:56:18 GMT

have always found these apps to be a bit hit and miss as others have said, will be trying my garmin watch out this season, trying to top 278.1 mph sounds like a good plan if I can just find a slope quiet enough :)

Re:Ski tracks App

Wed, 27 Nov 2013 19:24:46 GMT

Boardbiker! Much respect! 278mph, 447kph, a new world record!!!!
Beats my puny 102kph. And swallows my friend's 240 kph, (then a British record!)

Thanks Dave

Re:Ski tracks App

Wed, 27 Nov 2013 19:30:28 GMT

boardbiker wrote:Boardbiker! Much respect! 278mph, 447kph, a new world record!!!!
Beats my puny 102kph. And swallows my friend's 240 kph, (then a British record!)

Thanks Dave

How do you get that speed on a board when you are sitting down most of the time? ;)

Everyone: The point he was making about the 278.1mph was referring to the fact that the GPS lost its signal so it reported a super fast time from point A to B when the signal was lost. You all were joking werent you? ;)

Re:Ski tracks App

Wed, 27 Nov 2013 21:07:24 GMT

Sitting is wasting time Iceman, just point the board down the hill / off the cliff and vvvrrrrroooommmm lol :lol:

Joking aside...

We like the app as it does give a record of where you've been, runs done etc and the odd loss of GPS is a small matter. Most importantly of course it clearly shows I can boogie down the mountains :wink:

Re:Ski tracks App

Wed, 27 Nov 2013 22:34:55 GMT

Yes, I've got it. I use it to measure my running routes here at home as well.

Re:Ski tracks App

Thu, 28 Nov 2013 09:37:44 GMT

Do you need to have your data roaming enabled for this app to work?.....I always switch mine off when abroad to avoid the charge to receive a load of emails I dont need

Re:Ski tracks App

Thu, 28 Nov 2013 09:54:22 GMT

From the website FAQs:

No - Ski Tracks does not require any data to work.

WARNING
If you use your phone abroad and turn data roaming on - using any GPS application may download small amounts of data when retrieving locations and for this reason we always suggest the Data Roaming is set to OFF.
The settings we suggest are as follows:

iPhone Settings -> General -> Network -> Data Roaming (OFF)

If you are on a fixed data plan or want to be extra careful about your data usage we also suggest turning OFF Cellular Data as well.

iPhone Settings -> General -> Network -> Cellular Data (OFF)

Wifi should be left on for use where a wifi connection is available.

Note: Ski Tracks will not work in Airplane Mode.

Re:Ski tracks App

Thu, 28 Nov 2013 09:56:33 GMT

Thank you Jim

Re:Ski tracks App

Thu, 28 Nov 2013 10:37:14 GMT

Iceman wrote:

boardbiker wrote:Boardbiker! Much respect! 278mph, 447kph, a new world record!!!!
Beats my puny 102kph. And swallows my friend's 240 kph, (then a British record!)

Thanks Dave

How do you get that speed on a board when you are sitting down most of the time? ;)

Everyone: The point he was making about the 278.1mph was referring to the fact that the GPS lost its signal so it reported a super fast time from point A to B when the signal was lost. You all were joking werent you? ;)

Oh...I didn't realise, maybe it lost the GPS signal because he was going so fast?

Re:Ski tracks App

Thu, 28 Nov 2013 18:48:18 GMT

Used the app every day on two holidays last season. It only lost gps once during 14 days skiing. Really impressed by the data collected, maps, graphs etc.

Re:Ski tracks App

Thu, 28 Nov 2013 21:33:54 GMT

I will leave it on in the plane and possibly get 550 mph.....

Re:Ski tracks App

Fri, 29 Nov 2013 07:04:18 GMT

Great app but I manage to forget to turn it on every damned day!!!!

Re:Ski tracks App

Fri, 29 Nov 2013 07:36:46 GMT

Tony_H wrote:Great app but I manage to forget to turn it on every damned day!!!!

If only there was some kind of portable device that could, you know, make a noise or display a message to remind you at the right time every day... 8)

Re:Ski tracks App

Fri, 29 Nov 2013 13:11:49 GMT

Going to be using this app in a few days - now I can see how slow I am :/

Re:Ski tracks App

Fri, 29 Nov 2013 14:02:47 GMT

Edgeoftheworld wrote:Going to be using this app in a few days - now I can see how slow I am :/

Top Tip - it will look better set to read KPH !

Re:Ski tracks App

Fri, 29 Nov 2013 16:24:19 GMT

OldAndy wrote:

Edgeoftheworld wrote:Going to be using this app in a few days - now I can see how slow I am :/

Top Tip - it will look better set to read KPH !

I'll remember that! :)