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[roundtripping]

I managed to snag a Nexus 4 today, looking forward to trying out DSM on it

[craftycoder]

Originally Posted by roundtripping

I managed to snag a Nexus 4 today, looking forward to trying out DSM on it

Cool. There is a Jelly Bean issue with the map select check boxes. Google has promised to fix it but as of 4.1 it was still broken. You check the box and nothing happens...it's sort of annoying

Your phone should have 4.2 and I'm curious if they fixed it yet.

[Xcountry-Rider]

Originally Posted by craftycoder

Cool. There is a Jelly Bean issue with the map select check boxes. Google has promised to fix it but as of 4.1 it was still broken. You check the box and nothing happens...it's sort of annoying

Your phone should have 4.2 and I'm curious if they fixed it yet.

I was looking into APRS and was thinking wouldn't it be cool to connect a radio and cell phone and have DSM's display received GPS positions sent over the radio.

[craftycoder]

The app does have a location reporting system so that friends can show up on your map while you are riding (assuming you have network). They have to turn it on, on their phone and go to the website and add your user to the approved list, but it does work well after that.

Originally Posted by Dr. Doofenshmirtz

I was looking into APRS and was thinking wouldn't it be cool to connect a radio and cell phone and have DSM's display received GPS positions sent over the radio.

[Xcountry-Rider]

Originally Posted by craftycoder

The app does have a location reporting system so that friends can show up on your map while you are riding (assuming you have network). They have to turn it on, on their phone and go to the website and add your user to the approved list, but it does work well after that.

Yep i use that with the wife but during my last big ride we had several days without cell coverage.

[craftycoder]

Originally Posted by Dr. Doofenshmirtz

Yep i use that with the wife but during my last big ride we had several days without cell coverage.

Then you are using the software as intended.

[Escaped]

Just set up the on my new Galaxy Note 2. Works great so far!

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Tapatalk 2

[NHBill]

Originally Posted by Escaped

Just set up the on my new Galaxy Note 2. Works great so far!

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Tapatalk 2

How do you like the Note II so far? I have one on order from Verizon. Am thinking the larger screen will be great for using DSM! Love the app for navigating although I agree with Crafty, that the routing tool is way stronger in other apps, but where the app really shines is in the App/Website combination for planning and sharing routes and tracks. I was fortunate enough to help Beta test the app, I thought that it was pretty good back then. I can tell you that Crafty has done nothing but make it stronger and easier to use every step of the way! Looking forward to the larger screen and faster processor to make it even more "fun".

Considering the Defender Case by Otterbox for everyday use and a Ram mount for the bike. I currently use an X-mount for dry and warmer weather and a box for the cold wet days. Works pretty well for me. What set-up are you using?

[Escaped]

The Galaxy Note 2 is great so far - I have had it only one day so I just started using it. Its is very fast, screen is great and DSM seems to work with no problems. I used the MP3 player this morning and the audio quality was the best I have every used on a portable device - much better than my IPOD. I played a little with the S-Pen and that seems to have a lot of promiss. The voice control features are great. The phone is BIG and feels delicate so a good case is essential. I have the Otter Defender case and a Ionic GUARDIAN Case for Samsung Galaxy Note II on order. Unfortunately the cases were out of stock with ATT when I ordered the device, so until the cases come in I am using a generic leather case I have.

PS: The device even has a tool that adjust audio level (tones) for earplugs to your hearing level. The tool is a hearing test to evaluate your hearing level in each ear by tone and then compensates the sound spectrum to compensate for deficiencies.

Originally Posted by NHBill

How do you like the Note II so far? I have one on order from Verizon. Am thinking the larger screen will be great for using DSM! Love the app for navigating although I agree with Crafty, that the routing tool is way stronger in other apps, but where the app really shines is in the App/Website combination for planning and sharing routes and tracks. I was fortunate enough to help Beta test the app, I thought that it was pretty good back then. I can tell you that Crafty has done nothing but make it stronger and easier to use every step of the way! Looking forward to the larger screen and faster processor to make it even more "fun".

Considering the Defender Case by Otterbox for everyday use and a Ram mount for the bike. I currently use an X-mount for dry and warmer weather and a box for the cold wet days. Works pretty well for me. What set-up are you using?

[sandalscout]

Just wanted to say THANKS! again Crafty. I still use the DSM Android app as a backup to my Garmin 60CSx, but finally started doing some route planning on the website. It is by far, the easiest and most reliable to create and edit routes of the numerous methods I've tried so far (Basecamp, MapSource, Harley Trip Planner, Garmin Maps to KMZ).

Once I remembered how to filter tracks in Basecamp, loading them to the GPS went pretty easy too!

[NickJensen]

First off, let me say I love this app! Plus I keep dreaming of the day when Crafty just sells the pieces to his remote so we can put it in whatever enclosure we can find! WE NEED THAT AWESOME TOY YESTERDAY!

Anyway, I volunteered to deliver Yellow Phone Books for my son's baseball team to raise some bucks. So I used DualSportMaps on my PC to lay down the streets that I needed to drive. Most tracks were just two points indicating the start and end of the street. However, I kept having tracks disappear. I tried reentering them and they'd show up as I moved about zooming in and out. But after some random amount of time, the ones that I RE-ADDED would disappear again.

When downloading to my phone the map also came down with those tracks dropped.

I only have about 25 tracks defined and they only use a few points per track. Haven't got a clue why some are getting dropped.

Maybe that is just what I rightfully get for trying to use this cool app for something unintended!

Thanks Crafty!

Nick Jensen - Login: NickJensen Troubled Map: Yellow Book Route

[NHBill]

Nick, the only times that I have had dropped maps or sections of routes is when I haven't used a lot of waypoints to define the route.

Maybe Crafty can shed more light on it but as I understand the way the app/website interface works, if you auto download the maps along a route, but there are no waypoints on a particular map tile (the maps are not down loaded wholesale, they are downloaded in fairly small sections, "tiles") it won't pick up that particular tile. Conversely, if you manually download a map but there are no waypoints on the tiles you choose, it won't bring the route along with it. I'm not a code writer so I can't know if that is totally the issue, but it might be worth trying to add some more waypoints to a route and see if that changes the results when you download.

It really is a great app. Good luck!

For what it's worth, as long as I have defined a route, I use it for street nav all the time (or just to display my current location and the map of the area). But you're right, the routing function is fairly weak as that's not what Crafty intended it to be for. If I need to find directions from here to there by surface streets, I just fire up google maps and let-er-rip.

[NHBill]

Hey Escaped, you still as happy with the new phone after having used it for a week?

[NHBill]

Anybody else having trouble with the website this AM? I was going to mess with a route that a friend sent me but the page just loads to a blank screen...

[GaM]

Originally Posted by NHBill

Anybody else having trouble with the website this AM? I was going to mess with a route that a friend sent me but the page just loads to a blank screen...

Yep, I think it was yesterday I got the blank screen. Still that way.