GeoNote One



This app is used to record field observations. It automatically sends short or verbally-entered notes with GPS coordinates to a pre-set home email.

IMPORTANT: You must set your own email one time (ever) before this app will work. If you haven't set your email, the app will crash when you send a GeoNote.

Received emails have a link to Google Maps with an icon marking the location from which the note was sent.

The messages must be short (<144 characters). It is intended that the voice input feature be used. This requires clicking the microphone button on the lower row of the virtual keyboard, then speaking a phrase into the phone, which is then automatically translated into text.

The email is only set once after the app is first installed. It can be changed later, but does not need to be reset, except for the first time the app is used. After that, the email is then stored in the phone's memory.

This makes sending the GeoNote simple by avoiding opening your Gmail account. The downside is the restriction on message length.

You can verify the email setting after you have finished entering it by pressing the lower button on the SetUp page.

Before the GPS will work, the Location setting must be set to Satellite. It may take a couple of minutes till the satellite connection is established properly and you must wait for this after you first turn it on. You leave it set to On while you are using the app, so this delay is not repeated.

Myself I switch on the Satellite Location when I first set out.

The Satellite Location setting should be turned off after you are finished using the app, unless you choose to leave it on for other reasons.




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