The support load has been increasing steadily, and any time I spend answering the same questions over and over via email is time I don’t spend improving MyTrails.

When I started developing MyTrails, I had hoped that the GetSatisfaction forum I created would be a thriving community where I could offer support and where other users would also help out. Unfortunately, GetSatisfaction as a whole never really took off and the tools they offered to end-users and developers remained limited and desktop-only.

So now I’m moving support to Google+ and I will make a concerted effort to encourage users who email me directly to post their questions there.

I hope experienced users will join this community and occasionally help me out by answering questions they are familiar with. Thank you in advance for your help!

• it’s not mandatory, even if you’re purchasing map subscriptions: you can use map subscriptions on one device, without an account
• it doesn’t need to match your Play Store email address
• ​it is not an account on this web site (although you can register a separate account on the web site)

A FrogSparks account does:

• allow you to use your map subscriptions on multiple devices
• make it easier to keep your device connected to your subscriptions if you upgrade your Android version or reset the device
• ​give you access to the web administration page where you can see a summary of your map subscriptions and the offline maps you have downloaded

We will not spam your email address. We will only use it to contact you in the event of a serious and urgent need, as per our Privacy Policy.

IGN Littoral

This is a map of French coastlines, with very detailed soundings (depth), reefs and other hazards.

This is a must-have for coastal navigation anywhere in France, and it's part of the IGN online subscription (€15/year or €4/month) which also includes the Top25 hiking maps.

If you'd like to store the maps on your phone so that no matter where you sail you are guaranteed to have the maps, you can subscribe to an offline plan for just these maps.

IGN Satellite

This is a very up-to-date and beautiful overhead photography (referred to as "satellite" despite the fact that detailed coverage requires low-altitude airplane photography) covering all of France in crisp detail. It's also part of the IGN online subscription, but there is no offline subscription.

Here are a few comparison shots alongside Google Earth which show IGN being just as detailed and a lot more natural-looking; it's also more up-to-date.

IGN Satellite	Google Earth

Map1.eu

This is a very good-looking OpenStreetMap-based map, with detailed but subtle styling for tracks, nice fonts for place names and a traditional-looking road network.

The team behind this free map is asking for donations so they can pay for hosting. You'll notice that some areas are not covered and zoom is limited to level 15. If you like this map, please help them out with a donation (I did).

The main goals of 2.0 are a full UI redesign of the supporting screens (the map display in 1.3 has continued to evolve, but the supporting screens (Map Manager, Track Manager, etc.) have remained mired in Android 1.6 looks and style of interaction). I'm finally able to share some screenshots of the result of that effort. It's not done by a long shot, but it's coming along nicely.

Here are a couple of screenshots of the Track Manager:

Several tracks shown in Track Manager. In landscape view, this displays the tracks on a map.

Track manager with track details. You can swipe to view the track on top of the map. I’ll also be adding more track statistics and the track profile.

And the Graphs screen:

Track profiles. The yellow track is being recorded and is updated in real-time.

Let me know what you think… I'm hoping to be able to release by mid-June.

However, all other parameters being equal, if your GPS suddenly seems much worse (the GPS arrow no longer appears even if you’re moving faster than 5km/h, MyTrails no longer reports the speed, or the GPS signal quality meter remains red), you may need to reset your GPS.

One some devices, setting the Temporal resolution to a value greater than 1s (in MyTrails > Preferences > Behavior) causes the device to stop updating the GPS. This is a bug on your device, and you can work around it by setting the temporal resolution back to its default of 1s.

MyTrails doesn’t do this for you, but you can install the GPS Test app, go into its settings and tap the Clear AGPS, then Update AGPS buttons.