Has anyone used this app? What is your opinion?
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/train-tracker-trainspotting-tool/id954266244?platform=iphone
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/train-tracker-trainspotting-tool/id954266244?platform=iphone
Train Tracker - Trainspotting Tool
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Those interested should read the feedback presented by users of the App. It doesn't track trains. It tracks you and your position/speed, etc..., and presumes that you are on a train.
jb
jb
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It does not appear to be available for Android. Also, the screenshot indicates location is I-280 N. My guess is that's probably close to Apple Headquarters and not near a passenger rail line. Maybe a snotty point, but IMO the developer should have at least gotten on a train to make a demo screenshot.
All that said, though, I might have fun tracking where and how high I am and how slow we're going when winding through the Rockies on the Zephyr, for example. There are plenty of Android apps that can do that.
All that said, though, I might have fun tracking where and how high I am and how slow we're going when winding through the Rockies on the Zephyr, for example. There are plenty of Android apps that can do that.
fillyjonk
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I have used the GPS app I purchased for use while doing ecology fieldwork; it seems to do everything that train tracker lists and more. (There's a free version but it didn't have all the details I needed, and the full version was cheap enough, like $5)
Waze app works well on the train.
dadonatrain
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When I’m ON a train, my all time favorite map app is maps.me. It does not use wifi at all! No matter where you are! It uses GPS to locate and display a little blue dot on whatever map I’m looking at on my iPad (in my case; could be a laptop), wherever I am.
And if you download the underlying map files for wherever you are, you can blow up whatever spot on earth you want to look at and get incredible detail. I’ve watched the “me” dot move along the specific TRACK we’re on while moving through freight yards on some of my Amtrak trips.
But note what I said in the second paragraph. It’s free but you must download the files for whichever part of the world you want to see in detail. The app itself only gives you a sort of in between birds eye and view from 30,000’ view of any location. AND it’s important for you to do this BEFORE you leave free wifi. The files you’ll need are large and if you’re already on a train in the middle of nowhere with sporadic wifi at best, it’ll be too late to download the file for somewhere in western Nebraska if that’s what you want to see in detail.
But if you work with it, it’s great! And like I said it’s totally independent of any wifi signal whatsoever.
And if you download the underlying map files for wherever you are, you can blow up whatever spot on earth you want to look at and get incredible detail. I’ve watched the “me” dot move along the specific TRACK we’re on while moving through freight yards on some of my Amtrak trips.
But note what I said in the second paragraph. It’s free but you must download the files for whichever part of the world you want to see in detail. The app itself only gives you a sort of in between birds eye and view from 30,000’ view of any location. AND it’s important for you to do this BEFORE you leave free wifi. The files you’ll need are large and if you’re already on a train in the middle of nowhere with sporadic wifi at best, it’ll be too late to download the file for somewhere in western Nebraska if that’s what you want to see in detail.
But if you work with it, it’s great! And like I said it’s totally independent of any wifi signal whatsoever.
