[DoctorWkt]

One of the reasons I bought my T68 was to use it as my GPS tracker and map device when I am outdoors kayaking and bushwalking (hiking, tramping). I had hoped that the "Earl" with built-in GPS would become a reality, but it is not available yet.

The app that I used for GPS tracking is OruxMaps, which I've installed it on my T68. OruxMaps can connect to an external Bluetooth GPS device; I'm using my Android phone as the GPS. I enable GPS on the phone and run the BlueNMEA app so that it acts as a GPS server. I then pair the T68 with my phone and start OruxMaps.

Inside OruxMaps, I toggle "Start BT GPS" to connect to the GPS server on my phone. Then I can start tracking my bush walk or kayak trip.

I'm using the light theme on OruxMaps. I've downloaded my local vector maps using AndroMaps. I'm using the SimplyHike map style, but I've manually edited the XML file to darken some of the colours and to make the contour lines a lot thicker. I've set the update interval to 2 second, so that the screen doesn't refresh every second.

Below is an example screenshot of a recent bush walk. I hope others find this information useful. I'm sure the T68 would also be useful to the glider folk who use XCSoar.