CoPilot Live App for Android

[Phienyx]

Can CoPilot track my path/route so I can easily find my way back to my starting point? Say I start out walking with no destination pre-set. Is CoPilot able to track the path I took to get to my stopping point and display the route on the map enabling me to follow that same route back to my starting point?

 

[mtsarpilot]

I don't know CoPilot so can't answer there. However I can comment on Google's My Tracks. It will track your path on the map and you can then follow it back to your starting point yourself. It does not provide a classic GPS function of giving guidance back to your starting point, but it does a fine job of tracking your route and the statistics. You can then generate a .gpx or .kml or other formats of the the data.

I used My Tracks on a recent hike and had my Garmin GPS along too. As expected, they matched nearly perfectly. As close as two GPS's would be. I was in the backcountry so no cell coverage. I turned the cell service, Wifi, Bluetooth off (put the phone in Airplane mode) and did a two mile hike. I figured the GPS would suck down my battery. I was amazed, only 10% used. Phone battery was still at 90% after 2 hours on a Moto Atrix.

 

[Phienyx]

I don't know CoPilot so can't answer there. However I can comment on Google's My Tracks. It will track your path on the map and you can then follow it back to your starting point yourself. It does not provide a classic GPS function of giving guidance back to your starting point, but it does a fine job of tracking your route and the statistics. You can then generate a .gpx or .kml or other formats of the the data.

I used My Tracks on a recent hike and had my Garmin GPS along too. As expected, they matched nearly perfectly. As close as two GPS's would be. I was in the backcountry so no cell coverage. I turned the cell service, Wifi, Bluetooth off (put the phone in Airplane mode) and did a two mile hike. I figured the GPS would suck down my battery. I was amazed, only 10% used. Phone battery was still at 90% after 2 hours on a Moto Atrix.

Thanks for the reply. Yes I am familiar with MyTracks. My question was specifically for CoPilot because I just purchased it and am trying to learn its features. I was just not aware if this was a feature or not. I heard mentioned that it was, I just have no clue of where to access it.l

 

[Harry2]

Have a look at CoPilot setting for GPS Tracks Replay.
In my CoPilot there are records with day dates. But so far I've not yet dealt with it.

Harry

 

[Phienyx]

Have a look at CoPilot setting for GPS Tracks Replay.
In my CoPilot there are records with day dates. But so far I've not yet dealt with it.

Harry

Yep. I found the track playback option. I'm looking for a map with a visual representation of a recorded path I've driven.