Snocator iPhone Ski Guide Application
Friday November 21, 2008
If you've ever had that sinking, lonely feeling when you stopped on a trail at a ski resort and wondered if you maybe took a wrong turn, and you can't make heads or tails of that wet and ripped trail map, a new iPhone application called Snocator may be just what you need. Snocator, as in snow plus locator, displays not only trail maps of over 70 ski areas in North America, but pinpoints your location on whatever trail you got yourself on.
Snocator, is available for a one-time fee of $5.99 and, along with the GPS ski trail map coverage for over 70 ski areas in North America, it has weather forecasts, snow totals, and mountain cams available for 800 ski resorts throughout the world.
Blackberry users and those with phones running Google Inc.'s Android operating system be advised that compatible versions are in the works.
Here's how to download the Snocator iPhone application.
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Comments
this would be great if only the iPhone had a reliable GPS System , currently it relies heavily on beacon assied positioning. Which is not all that accurate even in the towns.So how is it going to be accurate on a Artists impression on a Ski trail map especially when there are not many becons in the mountains!
Has the system been tried ! We tried a new product called Satski which uses GPS/GPRS which further allows you to navigate and has a very accurate system for positioning on a ski map. I know this as I am an iPhone user and couldnt find a decent application for the same -but foiund the Saski works great with Windows mobile and most Windows touch screen applications
Snocator, and GPS on the iPhone, works great.
I tried them both personally this weekend at Copper and Breck and I got a GPS fix on my iPhone 3G which was quick & accurate every time. Snocator found exactly what trail I was on, every time, within 10 seconds.
If you have a problem with the GPS on your iPhone you should take it back and have them fix it under warranty. You can even get location on your iPhone when you don’t have a data connection - the GPS chip can work in autonomous mode with no assistance - but in most cases the systems seems to cache the assistance data so you still get a quick GPS fix.
To do an experiment to prove to yourself that iPhone GPS (on the 3G phone) is great:
> Go into Google Maps but do NOT hit the “my location” button.
> Zoom to roughly where you currently are and
let the map load.
> Put the phone in airplane mode.
> Go into Google maps and click the positioning button.
> Notice your GPS beacon is still beeping. Walk around, watch it move with you.
Even with no data signal the iPhone 3G GPS works great!
Snocator rocks.
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