I always take my Android phone with when I go running. I have the My Tracks App. That’s how I keep track of distance/speed/elevation etc. It can automatically upload my stats to Google Docs and Google Maps. A couple of weeks ago my myTouch 3G’s GPS just wouldn’t get a satellite fix – I thought “I’ll just start running – since I’m outdoors it’ll find where I’m in a minute or two”. Well I was wrong. Google claimed this was where I ran that day (make sure you zoom out a few levels):
View Track 70 in a larger map
It looks like I was running up to 350mph at times while being 4000ft under the ocean (click red end point to see stats). Wow. I believe that’s faster than Usain Bolt!
So anyhow the next day I turned my GPS again for some maps and had the same issue. Then I thought it was time for a reboot. No problems with getting a GPS fix since then.
If you have some crazy tracks like this please share.
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I share every bit of your experience you mentioned here about my tracks.
I use Samsung Spica with built-in GPS and Google’s
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