Mr. Chad DeVoe, Kevin and his dog Lucy have a huge challenge in front of them this summer – their goal is to hike the entire Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine. Mr DeVoe is a 7th Grade Life Sciences teacher from Groton, NY and will be using his 3G iPhone with MotionX-GPS to communicate to his students and friends throughout his journey.  They plan to start their trek in 4 days on April 4, 2009. 

The hike is 2,175 miles and they expect it will take them five months to complete.  His gear list includes everything from duct tape to a water purifyer to an iPhone 3G – everything one would need to survive five months in the wilderness!  (He has a solar charger for the iPhone)

He will be blogging along the way and posting his daily tracks using MotionX-GPS.

Here is one of Chad’s training hikes using MotionX-GPS:
Lime Hollow Training Hike

Read more about the journey here:  Trailteacher Blog

Now you can follow all the latest MotionX news and related stories on Twitter!
Check out MotionX on Twitter, log in (or join) and click “Follow”. That’s it!

For those already following MotionX Twitter updates, we’re giving away full version promo codes!

Free MotionX-GPS code for the first 10 responders! Here’s what to do:

1) Download MotionX-GPS Lite (for free).
2) Record a track (using the stopwatch) and edit the track name to save it as:   “@username wants a promo code!”
3) Use MotionX-GPS Lite to email the track to yourself, then forward it to our contest administrator at markmc@fullpower.com. Be sure to include your Twitter alias in the track name!
4) If you are among the first 10 responders, we will promptly reward you with a free promo code for MotionX-GPS!

Good Luck!!

Lance has been using MotionX-GPS to record tracks skiing and mountain biking. Then he uses GPS Visualizer to see the elevation profile of his track. It is simple, just email your track from within MotionX-GPS with the one touch “Email Track Now” button and the KML file gets attached to the email. Then upload your file to GPS Visualizer to see the elevation profile.

Lance also said, “I also have an upcoming epic mountain bike race. I use profiles from my training rides to try and match the course profile for training purposes. I actually never thought I would consider mounting the iPhone to my handlebars until your software came out.”

Here is the elevation profile of his latest track while skiing.

GPS Visualizer is a free, easy-to-use online utility that creates maps and profiles from GPS data

Sergey went on a mountain bike ride yesterday with his updated MotionX-GPS 4.1 with MotionX-Map Caching. He shared his experience with the MotionX team. “I ride this track all the time and there are certain areas where I lose network connection but now with map caching it was no problem. Before I left for my ride, I launched MotionX-GPS and turned on caching, then I just panned the map to cover the area of my ride. During my ride, I always had a map.  It works great!”

Using MotionX-GPS on the iPhone 3G is a great way to look at your sailing races between each race and at the end of the day.  This past weekend two MotionX-GPS user’s sent us their tracks and a few photos.  They both use the AquaPac to keep their phones dry all day.  Jen has been using MotionX-GPS on her 29er sailing skiff and Daniel on his DN Class iceboat.  Daniel says, “I love seeing how fast I went for each race and try to increase my average speed around the race course for each race.  MotionX-GPS allows me to compare my results from one race to the next.
It is perfect!”

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Congratulations to Tim for winning 1 billion coins in MotionX-Poker Quest.

He says, “I’m addicted to this game”  Read more about his adventure to conquer the MotionX-Poker Quest Gods.

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MotionX-Poker featured in Apple’s iPod Touch TV commercial.

MotionX-GPS 4.0 is now available in the iTunes App Store!  What’s new in this version:

• All new user interface maintaining the same structure that you are used to
  while improving all the graphics and sounds
• MotionX Open Road Maps
• MotionX Open Terrain Maps

A few things the reviewers are saying about MotionX-GPS:

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written by – theportablegamer.com

Verdict: Buy It – $2.99 | LITE version available.
Pros: It’s addictive and beautiful
Cons: Save file disappears if you start with the LITE version

I feel obligated to review the game that’s  had the most play out of any iPod Touch / iPhone games I’ve bought so far. That game is MotionX Poker Quest by Fullpower Technologies, Inc. and you can download it for only $2.99. There’s also a lite version, if you don’t want to commit right away. Don’t make the same mistake I did, though. Just buy the full version so you don’t have to start over once you realize how awesome this title is.

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OpenStreetMap can be extremely detailed – take Boston for example. This shows the shape of things to come and the power of OpenStreetMap. Every T-stop (subway), building and park are mapped in Boston. The walking paths through the all the parks are mapped, even the airport terminals are marked and so are the hospitals and libraries.  OpenStreetMap provides the opportunity to map more on one map than has ever been mapped before.  Add content, edit content and help create the most comprehensive maps.

Go to: OpenStreetMap.org

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