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Re: Fog of World

#101

Post by pooriaazimi »

kristofferR wrote: post #80
MrScruff wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

* An Android version would also bring added benefits of smarter/less battery intensive background operation which could make this run all the time. Constant GPS-monitoring like Latitude or this seems to run way better on Android for some reason. * I'm curious, what makes you think this would more power efficient on Android?

This is purely speculative, but I think there are a couple of reasons why apps like this runs better on Android. I think it mainly boils down to the fact that app developers on Android have much more freedom than on iOS, for example - instead of having to run the whole app in the background they can just run a small daemon. Android apps don't resort to weird workarounds, like in regular intervals doing something that…

Unless I'm very much mistaken, almost everything you said regarding background apps using location services is possible in iOS 6 (or even iOS 5).

Re: Fog of World

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Post by olliwang »

beatpanda wrote: post #65

Correction — "Know the Area You Have Explored Around the World, Around A Continent, Or Even Around A Country, Where Your Phone Had A Full Battery, GPS Was Available, And There Was Reliable Electricity For Recharging!" This is dumb. Any given user is going to have massive holes in their map, which, at least according to my experience, will be the best parts of their trips — the parts where they didn't have their phone…

You can use a separate GPS logger to record your tracks and import them back to the app. GPS logger is usually small, light-weight, long batter life, and better in receiving GPS signal when there is no Internet connection. You just need a GPS logger and a charger. That's all.

Re: Fog of World

#104

Post by olliwang »

ionforce wrote: post #102

Does anyone know what the buttons do? I could venture a guess but I'm not like... 100% clear on what does what.

When the REC button is red, the app start recording your locations (even in background). Make sure there are at least 3 GPS signal bars, or no locations will be recorded.

Re: Fog of World

#105

Post by olliwang »

FaceKicker wrote: post #21

This is neat, I wish Google Latitude had it. For that matter, I wish Google Latitude had any useful visual representation of the 2+ years' worth of location data I've been feeding it. =|

Some new importing sources are considering. Google Latitude is no doubt one of them. Stay tuned.

Re: Fog of World

#106

Post by unicornporn »

beatpanda wrote: post #65

Correction — "Know the Area You Have Explored Around the World, Around A Continent, Or Even Around A Country, Where Your Phone Had A Full Battery, GPS Was Available, And There Was Reliable Electricity For Recharging!" This is dumb. Any given user is going to have massive holes in their map, which, at least according to my experience, will be the best parts of their trips — the parts where they didn't have their phone…

I recommend RMaps for Android. There's an alternative version of Mobile Atlas Creator out there on the internets that makes map downloads from multiple sources like Google Maps, Bing Maps etc possible.

Re: Fog of World

#107

Post by olliwang »

luchs wrote: post #62

"Nebel des Welt" should be "Nebel der Welt" in the German translation.

Thanks. We already fixed this on our website, and will be fixed in the app in version 1.2 (version 1.1 was already submitted for review).

Re: Fog of World

#108

Post by olliwang »

jcfrei wrote: post #11

very cool, though that Explored Area status bar is probably going to be stuck at 0.001% (or less) for a while... I wonder what surface you "discover" when you're standing in place - I'm guessing around 300 m^2?

It's actually only tens of square meters.

Re: Fog of World

#109

Post by olliwang »

lambada wrote: post #44

Couple of questions if anyone has bought it and can answer: 1) Extending the fog of war metaphor, do places gradually 'fade' or 'grey-out' or similar the longer you are away from the area? Or is it a case of once-seen always seen? 2) This seems great for the devices that have GPS, but I'm sceptical of it's value on say, my iPod Touch, which IIRC relies entirely on Wi-Fi triangulation.

(1) It's once-seen, always seen. (2) You can use a separate GPS logger to record your tracks and import them back to the app. A dedicated GPS logger is usually small, light-weight, long battery life, and better for receiving GPS signal when there is no Internet connection.

Re: Fog of World

#110

Post by olliwang »

bluekeybox wrote: post #76

Is this specific to iOS5 and later? I long ago was very interested in something like this, but at the time (iOS3...) my understanding was that Apple didn't allow apps running in the background collecting data.

Unfortunately, iOS 5 is required at least.
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