Finding Places

As work continues on BackCountry Navigator for Android, we discuss the means of finding a geographical place.

In BackCountry Navigator for Android, finding a place is valuable for recentering your topographic map on a particular area.  As Google is heavily involved in the Android platform, they believe that every application should have a search. 
 

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As of earlier this month, BackCountry Navigator does have a search. This search allows you to find a favorite geographic place. Use the Find Place menu button, and then type in a place name. In this case, I'm typing in a search for Box Lake, Idaho. 

Android's location API will then find the closest match for the name in most cases, but in some cases may provide a few choices.

That's all that's needed. But for more fun and adventure, you are welcome to push the voice button. This brings up Android's voice interpreter. It will either provide you with a correct answer, or some entertainment. 

In the example below, I try speaking Box Lake, Idaho when prompted:

Unfortunately, I keep centering on "Barking Fox Lake". Other amusing possibilities emerge, such as "One North Tank", when I was looking for Lacamas Lake.

Everyone have a great day!

Nathan
  
http://www.backcountrynavigator.com/

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