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    Suunto 7 - Tips and tricks, apps and watch faces

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    • pilleusP Offline
      pilleus @giulio
      last edited by pilleus

      @giulio I use Ghostracer with dark map style to follow a route. Disadvantage is to activate the recording to have the location on the map.

      Or I use Wear Standalone Maps to follow a route. It works in addition to S7 wear app, which is recording the activity.

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      • pilleusP Offline
        pilleus
        last edited by pilleus

        Locus Map on the smartphone and the companion app on the S7 is another option to follow a route.

        I import the gpx file to Locus map on the smartphone, set the map to none and dark mode (minimal battery usage) and start the companion app on the S7 to show just the route. It’s the view known from Spartans or S9.

        Options are North oriented or move/forward oriented. You can change the view with the middle button of the S7. With the upper button you can zoom in, with the lower zoom out.

        No idea how much battery will be used. This is my next test. 😊

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        • giulioG Offline
          giulio @pilleus
          last edited by

          @pilleus
          I try ghostracer…
          It will surprise me…
          I followed a gpx track in ambient mode with map dowloaded,ohr active,for 1 hour and the battery goes down only 8 %…
          Incredible…
          Map was in 3d and always on but in ambient mode…
          How is possible so low consumption?

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          • giulioG Offline
            giulio @pilleus
            last edited by

            @pilleus
            Wear standalone maps which map does it use?
            For outdoor use or only for urban/street use?

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            • giulioG Offline
              giulio @giulio
              last edited by

              Ghostracer Seems to use same battery as suunto app with 100 % screen off…
              Activity: walking
              But with display on ambient mode (dark with route visible)

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              • pilleusP Offline
                pilleus @giulio
                last edited by

                @giulio Ghostracer is a premium app. No doubt. Uses offline maps in various designs from mapbox or Google. Uses barometer (calibration at the start of the activity). Battery usage is quite good. 👍

                Wear standalone maps uses Google maps (road, satellite or hybrid.

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                • JorgeFDJ Offline
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                  i’m gving a try to ghostracer but i’m not able to use with ambient display. I had AMBIENT in screen and start an activit. If I don’t move my hand, screen turns dims for 1 sec and then turn off

                  am i missing something?

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                  • giulioG Offline
                    giulio @pilleus
                    last edited by

                    @pilleus
                    For hiking need mapbox outdoor, then ghostracer is more suitable

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                    • giulioG Offline
                      giulio @JorgeFD
                      last edited by

                      @jorgefd78
                      Yes…
                      You must turn on aod…
                      Then if you select ambient dimmer
                      You will have ambient on

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                      • JorgeFDJ Offline
                        JorgeFD @giulio
                        last edited by

                        @giulio working right now. Thank you!

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                        • giulioG Offline
                          giulio @pilleus
                          last edited by

                          @pilleus
                          In ghostracer how can i get altimeter calibration in the activity?

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                            pilleus @giulio
                            last edited by

                            @giulio said in Suunto 7 - Tips and tricks, apps and watch faces:

                            @pilleus
                            In ghostracer how can i get altimeter calibration in the activity?

                            On the S7 in Ghostracer swipe left, go to sensors, activate barometer and a screen to adjust the altitude will appear when you swipe back to the recording screen. Sometimes you have to repeat it to make it work.

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                            • giulioG Offline
                              giulio @pilleus
                              last edited by

                              @pilleus
                              👍👍i will try!!
                              Thanks

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                              • pilleusP Offline
                                pilleus
                                last edited by pilleus

                                Ghostracer - gpx routing only without recording the activity

                                On the smartphone: import a gpx file, copied to Ghostracer directory before with a file manager, add it as ghost, click the ghost to open it, click the three buttons at the top on the right side, edit and choose guide only,save and close, activate the ghost with the slider

                                On the S7: open Ghostracer, choose standalone mode, set screen to ambient dim (your display should be set to AOD before), choose the ghost you edited on the smartphone, wait for the GPS fix and you can follow the route without starting the recording of the activity.

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                                • giulioG Offline
                                  giulio @pilleus
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                                  @pilleus
                                  Refresh of gps/screen?
                                  Every 5 seconds?

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                                  • giulioG Offline
                                    giulio @giulio
                                    last edited by

                                    On mine i leave 5 second refresh ambient screen

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                                    • pilleusP Offline
                                      pilleus @giulio
                                      last edited by

                                      @giulio I use 60 (hiking), 5 (mountain bike) or 2 (road bike) seconds.

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                                        How do you see the map on S7?
                                        I have downloaded a map on the S7 but I don’t have the option to swipe to the 3rd tile where the map should be seen?

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                                        • giulioG Offline
                                          giulio @pilleus
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                                          @pilleus
                                          I noticed that if in paired mode it consumes less battery than the gps alone mode…but in the ambient screen it is always late on the map and does not rotate immediately…I hope so much suunto will bring us navigation routes as soon as possible

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                                          • giulioG Offline
                                            giulio @giulio
                                            last edited by

                                            I speak about ghostracer…
                                            at this point I don’t know which is better between ghostracer and viewranger … for outdoor use … both have big limits, non-ruotable maps and not optimal consumption

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