MotionX-GPS is the perfect addition to all of your outdoor activities. Users from around the world have shared their Biking, Running, Skiing, Sailing, Flying and Hiking activities. These are some of the “Best of MotionX-GPS” activities. Click the links below to see more from each activity.

Biking – Motorbiking – Running – Skiing – Sailing – Flying – Paragliding – Hiking – Kayaking

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After a tornado or devastating straight-line wind storm, one of Andy Bailey’s duties as Warning Coordination Meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Kansas City, Missouri is to survey the damage, determine whether it was produced by a tornado or straight-line winds, and estimate the strength of the wind based on the damage.

“MotionX-GPS is a great help documenting the storm as I can quickly send waypoints with notes and photos back to the office in order to update our web page and get the findings out to the world quickly.” –Andy Bailey

The waypoint markers pictured, along with the associated photos below, were acquired using MotionX-GPS. They show how devastating (and dangerous) storms can be in the US Midwest.

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Shirley Devan is the President of the Williamsburg Bird Club in Virginia. She recently started using MotionX-GPS to record her tracks and document the location of bird nesting areas along her route. The site she shared with us is an Army Corps of Engineers site (which is currently closed to the public) where she has been assisting Project Manager, ornithologist Ruth Beck, who is tracking nesting birds at the site. Ruth has been studying birds here for 20 years, and writes and submits a report each Fall to the Army Corps of Engineers on the nesting bird colonies.

“I was really just experimenting and seeing what happened. I had camera, binocs, and backpack strapped on while paying attention to the iPhone and MotionX. Overall results turned out very well for a first effort, and Ruth is thrilled with the results. MotionX-GPS software is very impressive.”

Shirley Devan, President
Williamsburg Bird Club
http://williamsburgbirdclub.org/

Here is a track from Shirley’s latest outing. She used MotionX-GPS to mark 5 waypoints along the way.
The individual waypoint photos are below.

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Search Twitter and find out what other MotionX-GPS users are doing.
It is fun to see everyone’s tracks and waypoints all over the world!

Click here to Search MotionX on Twitter

Fullpower introduces the MotionX-Recognition engine for mass-market devices at D7.
This is the 7th edition of D: All Things Digital – created and hosted by Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher.

Read the full article here: All Things Digital Article – by Kara Swisher

Here is the full video of the Fullpower demo:

written by – Dawn Foster, Web Worker Daily

Staying fit is particularly important for those of us who spend our days sitting in front of our computers. Exercise provides many benefits, including keeping your brain working better, improved mood, longer lifespan, increased stamina and reduced risk for many health issues. I’ve written before about how I use technology to keep myself on track and motivated about my fitness regime.
This weekend, I ran across MotionX-GPS, a great new fitness tool that uses the GPS functionality of my iPhone to automatically map my workouts and provide me with data including speed, distance, altitude, maps, photos and more.

Read the whole article on WebWorkerDaily.com

MotionX-GPS and Twitter, a perfect combination. MotionX-GPS users all over the world are tweeting their tracks and waypoints to quickly share their activities. For example:
@wanoola is using twitpic to post images of his tracks – Map of Hamburg Run
@GeorgGGG from the Czech Republic – George’s Blog

Here’s a map of Europe with a few of the other tweets posted from MotionX-GPS.

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Hans has been using MotionX-GPS to get back into shape and is staying motivated by seeing his daily progress. Here is a snapshot of his last ride from his website.

“I’ve just started getting back into shape, all thanks to your wonderful application. I keep track of my progress on my website – and trying to update regularly on my (somewhat) daily run. I recommend it to anyone that needs a motivation!” – Hans, Sweden