"Trail of Bread Crumbs"

Isn't this essentially an activity profile with map display and Ultra Trac mode enabled, in combination with the Back to Home navigation feature? The map shows the bread crumb trail, your current position, and direction of travel as you follow the bread crumbs.

Travis

This is for the vivoactive. No maps. No Ultra Trac.

This is a recurring theme; vivoactive owners want the features of the higher end devices like the 920xt and fenix3. I should really just start remaking all of the built-in functionality of those devices and market it to the vivoactive crowd. I'd make millions!

No, it's a much simpler version of the functionality that I mentioned. No need for maps, or for recording a session for that matter. Just direction and distance to one of a few locations along the way. Garmin just came out with an app called "find my car", and that's why the bread crumb idea came up.

Don't you think it would be doable on a vivoactive?

Yes, it is possible.

Bring it on! :D

This is a recurring theme; vivoactive owners want the features of the higher end devices like the 920xt and fenix3. I should really just start remaking all of the built-in functionality of those devices and market it to the vivoactive crowd. I'd make millions!

So, "Breadcrumbs" is coming to life, I've spend more time testing this than writing the code, and still have much more to do before it's available. (ONLY for the vivoactive, BTW! ), You can drop "Crumbs" along the way, and if you do, when you try to get back to it, you are given a distance and direction. You can also record the session as a run or a walk, and if you do, there will be a "lap" marked at each crumb drop, so you can later look at the data if you did get lost!

Also, if you are recording, you see your event time, distance, current pace, speed, and even if you aren't, you see the current time, the direction you are heading, and the lat/long of where you are. And when you want to "find crumbs", you are shown the lat/lon where you want to be, as well as the direction and distance. (that's what? 6 of the common data field on the same screen?). Yes, the screen is crowded, and might be hard to read at times, but everything is on one screen. This is a screen capture from the CIQ simulator and some data may look odd, but you get the idea (the "time" is red so I know this is in the simulator!) And yes, it's 12/24hr, and metric vs statute friendly - but only English for now!



Oh, and when you are "finding crumbs" it compares your current location to the saved crumbs, and if (for example) you're looking from crumb 6, but you are at crumb 2, it vibrates and lets you know, and then gives you directions to the "start crumb"!

And what you see when you are dropping crumbs (this is canned simulator data)



This is NOT something that can be tested well in the CIQ simulator, and therefore means a whole bunch of actual walking/running! :)

happy trails!!

:-P

It's been awhile but this is out to a few beta testers, and it's not that development was slow, just that this is not a simple app, and I tend to like to test all I can, and as much as I can!

Unlike most other stuff, I've included a screen with things like GPS quality, and battery levels, as well as if the va is being charged while in use (yes, that can be done, and allows a recording far longer than when just using the internal battery). And warnings for "low battery" (<=10%) or "critical battery" (<3%).

Added footpod and HRM support (their own data screen too!), "locking" the screen buttons, and "Pause" for recording. Some of the earlier screen shots have changed, and stuff can now be recorded as a Hike, Run, or Walk as far as Garmin Connect is concerned.

Look forward to seeing this as it's just what I need!