Successful Record Powered by iPhone 3GS and MotionX-GPS
HONOLULU, HI–(Marketwire – July 13, 2009) – The record for double-handing the Transpac yacht race from Los Angeles to Honolulu has been broken. At 4:38:35 a.m. Hawaiian Time today, Philippe Kahn and Mark “Crusty” Christensen, crossed the Diamond Head finish line in the Open 50 Pegasus, completing a record time of 7 days, 19 hours, 38 minutes and 35 seconds, shaving two and a half days off the previous record of 10 days 4 hours, 4 minutes and 49 seconds was set in 2001 by Howard Gordon and Jay Crum also with an Open 50, the Etranger.
The Transpacific Yacht Race is one of the longest standing and most prestigious ocean races in the world covering 2,225 nautical miles from Los Angeles to Honolulu.
“Double-handing the Open 50 to Hawaii is one of the highlights of my year,” stated Kahn, a noted technologist and the creator of the camera phone. “I love being out in the open Ocean. Once we’re out there, that’s all that matters — we had our sites on the record and we beat it. Mark and I are a perfect team. Mark’s experience as one of world’s greatest offshore sailors is invaluable. Transpac is a navigator’s race and that plays into our strength.”
“In the last reporting schedule, Mark and I broke the 24 hour record for Open 50s. It was 325 nautical miles, we did 339.3.” –Philippe Kahn
The Pegasus 50 is making incredible fast tracks towards Diamond Head, Oahu. Philippe and Mark are using the power of MotionX-GPS to plot their course across the Pacific. The magnetic compass is guiding them and the direct access to their iPod music from within MotionX-GPS is helping them through the days and nights on their way to Hawaii.
MotionX-GPS Sails the Pacific With Team Pegasus Providing Facebook and Twitter Track Updates to Followers
SANTA CRUZ, CA–(Marketwire – July 7, 2009) – MotionX™-GPS, the top selling navigation application for the iPhone, launches an updated version with expanded features and functionality made possible by the recent iPhone 3GS hardware and 3.0 software update. MotionX-GPS embeds the functionality of an advanced handheld GPS unit into a simple and intuitive iPhone application that is ideal for outdoor activities such as biking, running, sailing, skiing, kayaking and more.
Version 6.0 of MotionX-GPS is available now! All new for the iPhone OS 3.0 software update and the iPhone 3GS.
New Features:
- iPhone 3GS magnetic compass integration.
- Directly access and control iPod music and playlists from MotionX-GPS. Now you can easily listen to iPod music and personal playlists during outdoor adventures.
- With Apple’s new Map Kit framework, MotionX-GPS has fast Google Road, Satellite and Hybrid Maps.
- Map cache limit has been expanded from 50 MB to 250 MB. Now take five times as many map tiles with you for offline access where data coverage is unavailable.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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