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Android: My Tracks - Record your Outdoor Activity

My Tracks is a handy application for Android that allows you to record your outdoor activity and log it to Google Maps and to a spreadsheet in Google Docs. I've pasted output from the popup on one of my Google maps showing today's walk. Elevation is not as accurate as location, but according to the FAQ relative elevation is fairly accurate.

Burney Loop (End)
Last Updated by Don Thorp 6 minutes ago

Created by My Tracks on Android.

Total Distance: 5.00 km (3.1 mi)
Total Time: 50:48
Moving Time: 48:06
Average Speed: 6.10 km/h (3.8 mi/h)
Average Moving Speed: 6.24 km/h (3.9 mi/h)
Max Speed: 13.71 km/h (8.5 mi/h)
Min Elevation: 135 m (444 ft)
Max Elevation: 163 m (536 ft)
Elevation Gain: 166 m (546 ft)
Max Grade: 0 %
Min Grade: 0 %
Recorded: Thu Apr 01 16:21:31 CDT 2010
Activity type: walking

 

SXSW Hack: Use Evernote to Grab Badge Info

Sitting around talking with @iMediaMichelle about how to grab badges when you can't recover your my.sxsw.com password. It dawned on me that I could take a photo of the badge from my mobile evernote client and have a more useful record of the meeting than the plain QR Code.

With Evernote I would have much more information available to me:

  • GPS Coordinates of the meeting
  • Text recognition for the person's name and/or company
  • Ability to scan the QR code at a later date from the image
  • Make notes on the encounter
  • Tag it with the event. In this case #sxsw

 

I use the Android client so I selected the Snapshot button.

 

Took a picture of @marshall_law's badge and then filled in the note.

 

After the photo synced to the cloud, I pulled it up in my OSX Evernote client and verified that I could scan the QR code if I wanted it in the future. Notice the coordinates, tag, photo information that I've gained, plus having the badge image as I saw it. It'll be easier to remember the person later. 

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