GPS Tracker enhancements
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2020 1:46 am
I'd like to suggest a few additional features related to the GPS Tracker in MacDive:
Export the tracked GPS locations as GPX (or KML) file (iOS)
This would be an awesome addition as it would support several nice use cases in third party applications like visualizing the drift path on a map or adding more accurate geolocation information to photos as the location changes throught the dive. On drift dives that are fast / long it's possible to cover multiple miles of distance - having the track log exportable would allow photos to be tagged more closely to the actual location during the dive (assuming the boat is tracking the divers).
Configurable recording interval (iOS)
In addition to the feature mentioned above having the choice to trade battery life for resolution/granularity would be cool, in my opinion having 3 or 4 intervals available should be more than sufficient (for example every 1, 2, 5 or 10 minutes).
Copy location information of a Site (iOS & Mac)
On the Mac I can copy the information relatively easily but everywhere it's displayed it's shown as separate Latitude/Longitude fields/columns. This is a minor inconvenience when you want to re-use the information. An easy way to copy the whole location string (either as a string like 20°53'08.9"N 156°41'17.4"W or 20.885806, -156.688167) would be a nice improvement.
That said in the iOS version I can't seem to find a way to select/copy the geographic position shown in the site at all although it's displayed in the site as a nicely formatted string.
Export the tracked GPS locations as GPX (or KML) file (iOS)
This would be an awesome addition as it would support several nice use cases in third party applications like visualizing the drift path on a map or adding more accurate geolocation information to photos as the location changes throught the dive. On drift dives that are fast / long it's possible to cover multiple miles of distance - having the track log exportable would allow photos to be tagged more closely to the actual location during the dive (assuming the boat is tracking the divers).
Configurable recording interval (iOS)
In addition to the feature mentioned above having the choice to trade battery life for resolution/granularity would be cool, in my opinion having 3 or 4 intervals available should be more than sufficient (for example every 1, 2, 5 or 10 minutes).
Copy location information of a Site (iOS & Mac)
On the Mac I can copy the information relatively easily but everywhere it's displayed it's shown as separate Latitude/Longitude fields/columns. This is a minor inconvenience when you want to re-use the information. An easy way to copy the whole location string (either as a string like 20°53'08.9"N 156°41'17.4"W or 20.885806, -156.688167) would be a nice improvement.
That said in the iOS version I can't seem to find a way to select/copy the geographic position shown in the site at all although it's displayed in the site as a nicely formatted string.