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New walks app release

Version 3.5 of the iWalk Cornwall app has just been released this morning:

The latest release includes a few extra features:

  • The summary page now includes links to tide times, bus times, ferry times, opening times, etc. specific to the walk. You'll need a wifi or 3G signal to access these, so recommended before setting out on the walk.
  • There is now a second-level menu (launched by "..." button) which includes a few "handy" items...
  • One of these is a new "Camera" button (thanks to Ryan White for the suggestion) so you can quickly photograph something on your walk (e.g. wildlife) before it disappears, without having to fiddle about switching between apps to use your phone's camera.
  • Another is a "Pause GPS" button. This allows you to reduce the battery consumption of the app during picnics etc. by manually suspending the app's use of GPS (which is one of the more power-hungry bits of hardware on most devices). The app has some other battery-saving measures built-in such as only re-doing all the CPU-intensive maths to recompute and re-render the map when you've moved more than a couple of metres since it did it last time.
  • There are a few other battery saving tips listed in the app's help screen which is also now more easily reached from the new menu.