Outdoor Navigation in The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal has written Outdoor Navigation is an incredibly full featured trip planner and recorder
The Wall Street Journal has written Outdoor Navigation is an incredibly full featured trip planner and recorder
We have released a new update for Outdoor Navigation for WP7 with some new and exciting features.
First you should create a Dropbox account at http://www.dropbox.com site and login with your e-mail and password in Outdoor Navigation. You can use one of the four functions:
Backup
Creates a full backup from your tracks, pois, routes and settings into a backup file and uploads it to your Dropbox (into an OutdoorNavigationWP7 folder).
Restore
Restores tracks, pois, routes and settings from a backup file. Please note that current data will be replaced with the restored one.
Export
Creates KML or GPX files from your tracks, pois, routes and and uploads it to your Dropbox.
Import
Imports tracks, poi or route data from KML, GPX or LOC file. You can download Geocaching LOC files from the following site http://www.geocaching.com and then copy it into your OutdoorNavigationWP7 folder, so Outdoor Navigation can open it.
We have translated the User Interface to French and Spanish.
As Microsoft does not allow app developers to use the internal compass chip on Windows Phone 7, devices can not determine North when standing still. Now Outdoor Navigation helps in such situations(as a workaround) with indicating the Sun’s direction. Users can align the Sun icon towards the Sun and get the right direction.
We have released a new update for Outdoor Navigation for WP7 with some new and exciting features.
Now you can download maps to your device locally, so you can use your map features even if you have traveled outside of a coverage area.
You can finally use a Navigation tool without paying for costly data connections or data roaming charges.
We have translated the User Interface to German and Italian. Additional laguages are coming soon.
New map content is available in Outdoor Navigation WP7!OpenPisteMap with ski slopesand OpenHikingMap with trails have been added.
1) Select a map type by pressing the Map Type button in the footer of the Map Window.
2) Zoom and pan until the screen shows the desired region that you would like to download.
3) Select the Map Download option by pressing the Map button in Map Window.
4) Select the Quality – Low, Med or High.
5) Press the Start Download button.
6) Outdoor Navigation will start to download the selected map region.
7) When your phone has no internet connection, it will automatically switch to use your downloaded maps.
Within two weeks Outdoor Navigation has become one of the most popular application on Marketplace. On most market this little app is the Top 1 in Navigation category and within the Top 100 of more than 5000 paid app (All category).
With Online Street, Satellite and Topo maps, Track recording, Route planning, Digital Compass, 40 selectable Trip Computer tools and the ability to share your tracks and POIs online. Outdoor Navigation for Windows Phone 7 is a must have companion to support your favorite activities. All you need to do is have fun!