Different ways you can utilize GPS log.
When you’re logging places you visit during a trip, or of your local area in GPS Log and want to share with friends, you can! GPS Log has a sister app Geospike, which is an old school social networking site, dubbted a “social travel journal”. You can share spikes from GPS Log with friends via Geospike. Here’s how:
First, sign up to Geospike and sync from GPS Log. You may need to leave the app open to upload all the photos attached to your spikes.
When I’m hiking, I like to keep a record of where I’ve been both for personal interest and for safety (like a breadcrum trail), but I don’t want to use a continuous GPS tracker. While those are the simplest to use (just set and forget) and give you a great amount of data (like your entire track!) the downside is that they actively drain your battery. For me, that’s a deal breaker.
Some government forms like the US N-400, and Global Entry application require you to report your travel history. This can be hard to piece together from e-ticket records and the likes.
Using GPS Log to keep a travel history If you use the app GPS log every time you enter and exit the country, you can keep a convenient history of your travels for easy reporting on government forms.
Here’s how to do it.
