{"id":506,"date":"2009-02-22T02:53:50","date_gmt":"2009-02-22T07:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasonmorrison.net\/content\/?p=506"},"modified":"2009-02-22T02:53:50","modified_gmt":"2009-02-22T07:53:50","slug":"adding-gps-tracking-to-your-android-phone-with-google-my-tracks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jasonmorrison.net\/content\/2009\/adding-gps-tracking-to-your-android-phone-with-google-my-tracks\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding GPS tracking to your Android phone with Google My Tracks"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Did<\/a> I’ve recently switched over from my iPhone to an HTC Dream phone running Google’s Android operating system, otherwise known as the G1.\u00a0 One of the main reasons I switched was because my older iPhone didn’t have a real GPS, and the cell-tower triangulation<\/a> just didn’t cut it in many parts of the country.<\/p>\n

Google just released an app that makes the GPS really useful, called My Tracks.\u00a0 I’m not the first to write about it, and there’s a pretty thorough review at AndroidGuys<\/a>, but I thought I’d share my first experience.\u00a0 This is also an excuse to post more pictures of my cute kid on my supposedly technology-focused blog, since she came along for the walk.<\/p>\n

To use My Tracks<\/a> you’ll need to download it for free from the Android Market. Once you have it installed it’s just a matter of starting up and hitting the menu button and then Record Track.\u00a0 You can put your phone in your pocket and forget about it while you hike or even surf the web and use other apps – it will keep running in the background.\u00a0 Multitasking is another advantage that Android has over the iPhone.<\/p>\n

Here’s my walk with my internet-famous firstborn<\/a>:<\/p>\n