Pedometer / Stepcounter

berkley shared this idea 12 years ago
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Hey Folks,


I was recently thinking, if anybody would use a pedometer or a step counter in Locus?


What do you think about it? It may be usefull for hikers and runners...


Just an idea, I wouldn`t use it ;)


Cheers, berkley

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sorry Matthias, I think that this feature will not be implemented :)

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Five years ago, I've declined this idea. In that time, it was quite complicated to make this task working, mainly because almost no device supported counting steps, so external sensors was needed.

Time has changed ... and Marek opened this topic after years. I've merged your idea here and opened this old topic again. Still just two votes, but I can imagine this idea now and mainly it's doable. Happy voting.

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I start use locus, and use it when walking, but i have to use third-party pedometer for count of my steps length. It seems to me that you will get additional users if you implement a pedometer and announce as a oedometer recording tracks and counting the length of the step in different modes.

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Just found this topic. Could someone pls link them together, as I believe they are related

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I still would love to see locus being able to make use of a phones sensors to record step count, SPM and possibly even impact

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Simple and needed :)

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Yes, I would definitely use it. Today an average sensor in your phone is just as good as in many smartbands/smartwatches and in many cases better.

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Isn't there a pedometer app already? A popular suggestion with 23 votes but it doesn't sound much related to the core focus of GPS/ mapping.

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A lot of people use this information for various reasons and various purposes, even if they use regular sport apps like Strava or MapMyRun. Having this info on hand in one application, which is already all about logging and tracking, can be very useful. Following your logic one could say that ability to show speed is not much related to the core focus of mapping and yet lots of people need it.

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