About GroupGPS(Back-Country/Boat-Fis
> *Chat/Text(Voice input is okay) capability among group members Provide "groupname", "password" and "name" . You can chat/text with group member over internet. You can just choose a
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*Chat/Text(Voice input is okay) capability among group members
Provide "groupname", "password" and "name" . You can chat/text with group member over internet. You can just choose a message from template or voice input.
(2) Chat template messages can be customized by 3 steps below.
1>choose a template message
2>change the text
*What Red/Green button means
There are half green and half red at the bottom, 2 functions share it. Long press them: Take a picture/send to gallery, View photo gallery uploaded from group member, Chat with members.
>>how to use it
*Open the App. first time :
If ANDROID later than 6, you are prompted 3 permissions, then 5 pages explanation is displayed. If you want not to see the 5 pages next time, click the checkbox at the bottom.Next starts drawing the track.
(1) #1 Map
As soon as App get opened from 2nd time, drawing start immediately if you are in open space like in the sea,. But If it is first time, the explanation and permission shows up. you'd better take a quick look at them.
Track is updated every 1 sec and it changes to per 5 sec after about 3 minutes to save power. You can change from #1 right-bottom button.
If the phone is connected to network and groupname/password are set, the App. send it's location to a server every 15 min. and received member's location. Member's location are also displayed on #1 panel and googlemap.
Other buttons on #1 Map are
>focus/unfocus
>save the current positoin
>googlemap display
Double tapping : #1 #2. #2 is setting menu.
(2)#2 Setting menu
Buttons are there to
>delete/rename saved points and add new point
>terminate the app
(3)Drawing and Receiving GPS data are separate
The App. is made of 2 Apps, one for drawing and another for receiving GPS data.
After the App. starts, you can terminate drawing app anytime, while GPS app
keeps running in background. You can check the track any time by opening app from smartphone top menu(blue star).
(1) Drawing your track does not need internet access.
SHARP 304SH can keep displaying the track for 10 hours. This is good enough for my half
day boat fishing. I may need extra battery for 2 days boat fishing.
(2) You can always check other boats on #1 Map or googlemap
You can use it to rescue a boat in trouble or hiker who lost the way in the mountain.
*Need same groupname/password input in #2 menu.
(3) Can share the track via internet(*Need internet access)
*Need same groupname/password.
(4) Googlemap
Can kick GoogleMap to check the detail around the place.
(5) GoogleEarth
Can kick GoogleEarth to check your saved track.
(6) Add new point/Share points over internet
Can add new point with DD or DMS format in #2 "ADD" button. Also share the saved point with group members from UPLOAD and DOWNLOAD buttons.
>>some buttons are assigned 2 fucntions ::
>green green="">
>red red="">
>purple purple="">
>green/red red="">
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of GroupGPS(Back-Country/Boat-Fis since it was posted on our website on 2016-10-07 06:33:49.
The latest version is 8.49 and it was updated on 2024-04-23 11:16:10. See below the changes in each version.
GroupGPS(Back-Country/Boat-Fis version 8.49
Updated At: 2021-11-16
Changes: Upload latitude and longitude caused crash if their digit length was less than 10. It is fixed.
GroupGPS(Back-Country/Boat-Fis version 8.48
Updated At: 2021-11-11
Changes: Long pressing this App. icon shows 4 sub functions. Clicking "Camera-> mail" opens a new menu, where you could send mail/message, etc. A button to send text only mail is added in the menu. Provide mail address, title and message, then click "Send mail" to send the mail.
GroupGPS(Back-Country/Boat-Fis version 8.45
Updated At: 2021-10-12
Changes: > > ANDROID11 background location access permission
grant operation is separated from other grant
operation. It made the operation 2 steps,
which is a bit cumbersome, but need to do.
> > ANDROID11 changed something that caused simple
notification crashed(Toast). It was fixed.
> > Sending a mail, push notification, picture
function did not work for some phones. It was
fixed in this release.
GroupGPS(Back-Country/Boat-Fis version 8.42
Updated At: 2021-08-11
Changes: The button is disabled to avoid upload duplication while uploading a picture and chat message. In addition, red color progressing mark is displayed during the uploading. Small bug is also fixed.
GroupGPS(Back-Country/Boat-Fis version 8.41
Updated At: 2021-08-10
Changes: The button is disabled to avoid upload duplication while uploading a picture or chat message. In addition, red color progressing mark is displayed during the uploading.
GroupGPS(Back-Country/Boat-Fis version 8.40
Updated At: 2021-08-03
Changes: The button is disabled while uploading a picture or chat message. In addition, red color progressing mark is displayed during the uploading.
GroupGPS(Back-Country/Boat-Fis version 8.37
Updated At: 2021-07-19
Changes: ・User Interface for Voice recognition and template message language selection was different to each other in 3 places. They are unified and language can be selected in the same way.
・In short, Language Select(JP or EN) then show/select message template or start voice input.
GroupGPS(Back-Country/Boat-Fis version 8.36
Updated At: 2021-07-15
Changes: ・Voice recognition input implemented in shortcut and Main menu.
・main menu:Language Select Button -> Determine EN or JP for message template and voice input
・Shortcut chat：Long Press : Japanese input, Click : English input。
GroupGPS(Back-Country/Boat-Fis version 8.33
Updated At: 2021-07-04
Changes: ・Voice recognition is implemented(Japanese, English). Chat message can be put on main menu chat. It will be implemented in short cut chat in the next release. Display language is set voice input language and it can be changed by setting -> system-> Language & Input.
・Chat message received in App background mode was not displayed in short-cut chat panel properly when tapping App icon in notification menu and it is fixed in this release.
GroupGPS(Back-Country/Boat-Fis version 8.23
Updated At: 2021-02-22
Changes: ・Serious bug is found/fixed(due to *1 below). It caused the App. not installable for old phones.
・(*1)Code was fixed to conform to new Google memory usage rule. Just install the new App. and open it, the fix is applied.
・Backup and Restore the fish point, track record, etc using a server is implemented. It is executed from short cut button.
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