Straight line tracking

Colin C

You’ve lost me.

What App are you using? what is tracking you? Never heard of utrackme.

You may need to explain in more detail.

Regards

TrevorDavid

Only hazarding a guess but do you have a satellite tracker, if not then other tracking systems will probably only work when your cell phone has coverage so you get a straight line between where you lost coverage and where you obtained coverage again.

I suppose the Explore oz app could record the gps coordinates assuming you have a gps connected and upload them when you have cell coverage but not using the app for such I don't know. I would hazard a guess and suggest you need a service like Garmin or Spot for accurate tracking when not in a cell phone area.

my travels, and has done so since may, however coming from Weipa to Cooktown it just done a straight line. I searched the EOforum and someone with the same issue said he was using iPhone Utrackme app, Michelle from EOz replied and said he may have the wrong settings in EOtrackme, I have not heard of this app, but am keen to check my settings, if you search for straight line on the forum it is the second or third entry with the follow up from EOz. I’m lost also.

Colin, we need to set a baseline so we can help you out. Your posts do not tell us what app you're using.

Are you using either ExplorOz Traveller or ExplorOz Tracker?

Or, are you using another app not made by ExplorOz?

For info, The ExplorOz TrackMe app is discontinued and no longer supported, so don't go chasing that.

Cheers

I have exploreoz traveller app, with full membership, on my new ipad air with cellular

If you lose satellite connection then regain it, most tracking apps will draw a straight line between the point where you lost connection and the point where you regained it. I don't think it matters what the app is from my experience. It's happened to me using Oziexplorer and Memory Map.

You could also look at the snail trail which is a separate local device logged track to see if it has the same issue. I had some issues a month or so ago in SA under very heavy cloud cover when my device was unable to connect to satellites for some time (15 minutes or so). If you've been an EO Traveller user for a while you'll probably know that your position is logged on your device and if you move out of mobile coverage it will upload your track to the server when you are back in mobile coverage. Another issue that can arise when moving in and out of mobile service coverage is the app will freeze swapping between on and offline maps. The easy solution is to set the maps to offline maps, since the advent of downloadable offline vector maps, the resolution is identical so you loose nothing.