MotionX GPS Manual

User Manual
Revision 11.0
May 2010
Fullpower Technologies, Inc., makers of MotionX™
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Table of Contents
1. Overview 3
2. Menu 4
3. My Position 5
4. Track Recorder 6
5. Compass 8
6. Map 10
7. Share 14
8. Navigate 16
9. Waypoints 17
10. Tracks 19
11. Onboard Maps 21
12. Settings 25
Getting Started
• Video: http://gps.motionx.com/video/
• Tutorials: http://gps.motionx.com/tips/
• Quick Start Guide: PDF download

1. Overview
The most accurate and reliable solution for the iPhone, MotionX-GPS embeds the
functionality of an advanced handheld GPS unit into a simple and intuitive iPhone
application. Use MotionX-GPS with your iPhone 3G or 3GS to track outdoor activities
such as hiking, running, biking, sailing, skiing, or any other activity where you want to
track your route. The application is also ideal for geocaching and sharing the
coordinates of your favorite locations with others.
Info: Access the in-app GPS signal indicator.

help file from any page. Touch to toggle between
outdoor online and indoor
offline.
Blue: Outdoor GPS

mode; good signal.
iPod: Access iPod
controls from any page; Red: Unreliable signal,
the control panel slides trying to acquire
out and back in when this satellites.
button is touched.
Red Flashing: Indoor
Offline Mode; not
Screen Lock: access the searching for satellites.
screen lock / brightness
control from the iPod
control panel.
GPS home: Quick access

to your favorite screens.
Press multiple times to
advance the page.
Configure your favorites
in Settings (select the
GPS home option and Menu: Return to the
choose your favorite main menu from any
pages). page.
GPS requires a direct “line-of-sight” to communicate with satellites. Your iPhone

3G or 3GS must have a clear view of the sky to locate at least three satellites in
order to give accurate position information. If you are indoors, in a wooded area
or surrounded by buildings, you may be unable to acquire an accurate signal.
2. Menu
The MotionX Menu provides access to the various capabilities of MotionX-GPS. Go to
the Track Recorder, view and share your current position, navigate to a waypoint, view
and store maps, access your saved tracks & waypoints, view the compass, and access
the settings from this page.
Each menu button is explained here briefly. Additional details for each function are
outlined in the subsequent sections of this manual.
My Position: View/ Track Recorder: Open

share current position, the GPS stopwatch to
create a waypoint, take record a track.
a photo, view signal
strength.
Map: View maps, with

Compass: Current tracks, waypoints, and
heading, SOG, VMG, optional gridlines
ETA, waypoint distance overlaid.
& bearing to wypt.
Share: Share your

Navigate: Select a
current position, track or
location to which you
waypoint via email,
want to navigate.
Facebook, or Twitter.
Waypoints: View a list Tracks: View a list of

of your saved waypoints; your saved tracks; view
view GPX file import GPX file import
instructions. instructions.
Onboard Maps: Settings: Access the

Download maps for various user-based
offline use. settings and controls.
3. My Position
Quickly view your current position and altitude from the My Position page. The GPS
signal strength and approximate accuracy is also shown, as well as the time elapsed
since the last valid location fix. You can also create a waypoint and share your current
position with one click.
Camera: Create a
Share: One-click share photo waypoint using
to email, Facebook, and/ the built-in iPhone
or Twitter.
camera.1
Lat/Lon: Current
location. Choose between Mark Wypt: Create a
Lat/Lon, UTM and MGRS new waypoint using your
coordinate systems. current position.
Altitude: Current Accuracy: Horizontal

altitude (feet or meters). accuracy. “Triangulation”
or “GPS Offline” indicate
GPS Signal: GPS is not available.2
Green: Strong signal.
Last Valid Fix: Time

Yellow: Average signal. since the last valid GPS
location sample was
acquired.
Red: Weak signal;
position information
may be inaccurate/
unreliable. A question
mark will appear in the
position data fields.
1
Images captured for photo waypoints will be saved at 640x480 for improved
performance (~10% of the full resolution for the native 3GS camera app, or
15% of full resolution for the 3G).
2
“Triangulation” indicates your iPhone is using network triangulation to estimate
your position. Location values may be inaccurate up to several hundred feet or
more.
4. Track Recorder
Record a track of your hikes, runs, bike rides, trips, or other outdoor activities. Once
saved, the track is added to the Tracks log. The track can be shared with others via
email, Facebook, or Twitter for viewing in Google Earth, Google Maps or any GPX-
capable application.
Mode: Select the Camera: Add a photo

appropriate activity mode to your track using the
to improve accuracy1. built-in iPhone camera2,
or from your camera
roll.
Avg Speed: Average

speed or pace; display Speed: Current speed or
depends on Settings pace; display depends on
preferences. Settings preferences.
Max Speed: Maximum

Distance: Total recorded speed or pace achieved
track distance. during the current track.
1
Accelerometrics, accuracy filtering and other parameters will be selected for
optimal results based on your activity. The Activity Mode selector also provides
quick access to preferred units (kilometers, miles, or knots) and display fields
(pace vs. speed).
2
Images captured for photo waypoints will be saved at 640x480 for improved
performance (~10% of the full resolution for the native 3GS camera app, or
15% of full resolution for the 3G).
4. Track Recorder (continued)
Display Options
Swipe the bottom half of the screen vertically to view additional information. Swipe the
graphs horizontally to slide the x-axis.
• Average, current and max speed, total distance.
• Speed bar chart: 1 min average.
• Altitude graph: 1 min average.
• Current elevation and gradient, total ascent/descent.

5. Compass
The MotionX Compass shows such information as heading, SOG (speed over ground),
VMG (velocity made good), distance, bearing, and time to waypoint, and ETA during
active navigation. The iPhone 3GS leverages the built-in magnetometer (digital
compass).
VMG: Velocity made

SOG: Speed over good. Effective speed at
ground. The speed at which you are
which you are moving approaching your
over the surface of the waypoint.
earth.
Blue arrow: Indicates

the bearing to your
destination.
Time to Wypt:
Estimated time remaining ETA: Estimated time you
until you arrive at your will arrive at your
destination. destination.
For the satellite-based compass (GPS mode) to provide an accurate heading,

you should be outdoors with a clear view of the sky and moving at least a few
mph or km/h. The magnetometer in the iPhone 3GS is susceptible to magnetic
interference from electronics and ferrous metals. If an accurate direction cannot
be achieved due to interference, you will be instructed to move away from the
interference and re-calibrate the magnetometer by moving your iPhone in a
figure 8 pattern.
5. Compass (continued)
Compass Nose Button

Compass Modes
(touch to toggle):
Auto Mode: Uses the

magnetometer at speeds
below 5 mph and GPS
positional changes above
5 mph. The icon is a
sextant.
Inaccurate heading:
Heading accuracy is Magnetic Mode: Uses
<85%. Sustain a speed the built-in digital
of more than a few mph compass. The icon is a
(or km/h) for an compass rose (8-pointed
accurate heading. star). 3GS only.
Weak GPS signal: Red GPS Mode: Heading is

compass nose indicates determined using orderly
weak or no GPS signal. changes in position.

6. Map
The MotionX Map view shows a track of your movement in relation to a map. Choose
from eight different map types, including road, aerial, hybrid, and terrain. Optionally
display your waypoints and a coordinate grid overlay.
Waypoint markers:
Start track Current position;

recording. good GPS signal.
End track “Headlight” indicates

recording. direction up mode (3GS).
Saved point of
interest. Position estimated with
network triangulation.
Navigation to a
waypoint started.
Weak GPS signal
(borderless blue circle).
Waypoint to which
you are navigating.
Position unknown; no
Initial position at GPS signal.
app launch.
Waypoint
markers; shape
depends on the
number of
waypoints in the
current field of
view.1
1
If there are 21 or more waypoints or POIs in view, they will be displayed as
dots. Between 11-20, pins are used. If ten or fewer, rectangular signs are
displayed.
Use the MotionX TapTap™ tool to create a new waypoint on the map. Move the
map or change zoom levels to position the marker. As the map is moved, the
coordinates of the waypoint as well as the range and bearing from your current
location are displayed at the lower right of the map.
6. Map (continued)
Map Buttons
Clear Tracks: Clear all

tracks from the Map
(once cleared, unsaved
tracks cannot be
recovered).
Save Tracks: Combine

all tracks plotted on the
map into a single track
saved to the Logbook.1
Load Maps: Launches

the Onboards Maps
interface. See the Position will not
Onboard Maps section remain centered.
for details.
Position remains
centered on
Calipers: Select from
map.
the following map types:
• Auto Up (3GS)
• Direction Up (3GS) Position centered;
• Course Up course/direction-
• North Up up.
Full screen: View the + / - Buttons: Zoom in &

map in full screen mode. out.
1
Use the Save Tracks option in the event that you forget to start the Track
Recorder but you still want to save your track to the Logbook.

6. Map (continued)
Map Types & Sources
Map sources:
• MotionX: road, terrain;
built using
OpenStreetMap data.
• Bing: road, aerial, hybrid.
• Google: road, aerial,
hybrid.
Due to Microsoft
Drill down two menu restrictions on Bing maps
levels to select a map and Google restrictions on
type and a map source. Google maps, these maps
types can’t be cached or
stored onboard. By
contrast, MotionX road
and terrain maps may be
cached and stored
onboard. See the
Onboard Maps section for
details.
Map types:
• Auto Up: rotates the underlying map to maintain an upward heading. Uses Direction Up (magnetic
compass) below 5 mph and Course Up (GPS orderly changes in position) above 5 mph. This feature
is not available for Google Maps. (3GS only)
• Direction Up: rotates the underlying map to maintain an upward heading, using the magnetic
compass. This feature is not available for Google Maps. (3GS only)
• Course Up: uses orderly changes in position from satellite data to rotate the map to maintain an
upward heading. Speed of travel must be more than a few mph (or km/h). This feature is not
available for Google Maps.
• North Up: displays the map with North at the top.

6. Map (continued)
Track Types
A solid red line represents your path while recording a track with the
Track Recorder. Use the "Start Track", "Pause Track" and "Save Track"
controls on the MotionX-Track Recorder page to record and save your
track.
A dotted red line represents an interpolated path between two points

when signal has been lost.
A solid blue line traces your path when a GPS signal is active, but when
not using the Track Recorder. In the event that you forgot to start the
Track Recorder, you can still save these blue tracks to the Logbook. Press
the "Save Tracks" option in the menu that appears when you touch the
caliper button to combine all plotted tracks into a single track that will be
saved to the Logbook.
A dotted blue line represents an interpolated path between two points

when signal has been lost and the Track Recorder was not running.
A dashed green line from the arrow indicates the path to the waypoint
you have chosen as your destination using the Go To or Start Nav
buttons.
A solid orange line represents a previously recorded track that is being

followed. A green start flag indicates the start of the track and a
checkered end flag indicates the end.

7. Share
Share your tracks and waypoints via email, facebook, or twitter. Go to Settings to
configure your sharing preferences, to sign in to facebook and twitter accounts, and
more.
Share Options
Current Position:
Create a new waypoint
and share the
coordinates.
Current Track: Share
the track currently being
recorded.
Waypoint: Choose from
the following options:
• Current position. Track: Choose from the
• Last saved waypoint. following options:
• Choose from List of
saved waypoints. • Current track.
• Last saved track.
• Choose from list of
saved tracks.
7. Share (continued)
Share Summary
The share summary page is displayed after a track or waypoint is selected for sharing.
This page is skipped if one-click sharing is enabled (from Share Settings).
Share Settings: Visit

and edit your sharing
preferences in Settings.
Track or Waypoint name.
Comments: Type up to
120 characters to post a
comment with your
track or waypoint.
Share: Touch when you

Active sharing selections are ready to initiate
are illuminated in blue sharing.
(as shown here, Twitter
is deselected).
Emailing to: Share with

up to five email
addresses at once.

8. Navigate
Define a waypoint using a variety of methods and navigate to it. After you select the
waypoint, the Compass screen appears showing the direction and bearing to the
waypoint, ETA, SOG, VMG, and more (see the Compass section for details).
Enter Address: may

include the following
input formats:
• Country name, for
Map, using TapTap™ example “France”.
tool: Create a new • Location or landmark,
waypoint by picking a for example “Golden
point on the map. A new Gate Park” or “Mount
waypoint will be created Everest”.
and saved. • Address, options:
- full address
- city name
Saved Waypoint from - state/province
List: Select from your list - zip/postal code
of saved waypoints.
• Lat / Lon, for example
“41.89 N, 87.61 W”.
Lat/Lon Coordinates:
Define the coordinates of
a waypoint, using deg/ Range/Bearing: Enter a
min/sec or decimal range (distance) and
degrees.1 bearing (degrees) from
your current position.
Stop Nav: Stop

navigating to the specified
waypoint.
1
If UTM or MGRS is selected as the coordinate system, the button text will
reflect these systems.
9. Waypoints
A waypoint is a set of coordinates that uniquely identifies a geographic location. From
this page you can access your saved waypoints, sorted by name, date, or proximity,
and view the Auto waypoints. Here you can also find instructions for importing
waypoints into MotionX-GPS.
New: Create a new

waypoint using one of the
following:
• Enter Address
Import: View
• Current location
instructions for importing
• TapTap® tool on map
waypoints into MotionX-
• Enter Lat/Lon
GPS.
• Enter range/bearing
Sort: Sort waypoints by

Select a waypoint to see name, date, or proximity
details, notes, etc., and to your current location.
to access additional
options.
Indicates the track is an
Touch the blue arrow to imported GPX file.
expand or collapse the
list. Indicates a photo is
attached.
Auto Waypoints1
created automatically by
MotionX-GPS:
• Init (app launch)2
• Start Nav
• Last Valid Fix
• Start/End Track Recorder
1
Auto waypoints can be edited and saved as one of "My Waypoints". However,
auto waypoints cannot be manually deleted.
2
Use the ‘Init’ automatic waypoint to find your way back to your starting point
(where you launched the application) in case you get lost.
9. Waypoints (continued)
Waypoint Details
Done: Return to the list Options: Choose from

of waypoints. the following waypoint
options:
• Start Nav
• Edit
• View/Add Photo
• Share
• View on Map
Notes: Default text is • Delete
creation time & date of
the waypoint. This field is
editable.
Icon indicates if a photo is
associated with the
waypoint, and/or if it was
Bearing and Distance to imported.
waypoint from your
current position.
Lat/Lon: Waypoint
location. UTM and MGRS
coordinate systems are
also available.

10. Tracks
A track is a compilation of samples or “breadcrumbs” taken over a period of time. To
record and save your tracks, use the Track Recorder. The list can be sorted by name,
date, or proximity. Here you can also find instructions for importing tracks into
MotionX-GPS.
New: Create a new track.

This button brings up the
Track Recorder.
Import: View
instructions for importing
tracks into MotionX-GPS.
Sort: Sort tracks by
name, date, or proximity
to your current location.
Select a track to see

details, statistics, notes, Camera icon indicates a
etc., and to access photo is attached.
additional options.
Import icon indicates the

track is an imported GPX
file.
10. Tracks (continued)
Track Details
Done: Return to the list Options: Choose from

of tracks. the following track
options:
• Follow
• Edit
• View/Add Photo
• Share
• View on Map
• Delete
Notes: Default note is

start time & date of the
track. This field is
editable.
Display units: Swipe the bottom region

• Choose between vertically to view
imperial, metric, or additional data:
nautical units for the • Speed & elevation
bottom display fields. graphs
• Display either Speed or • Total ascent / descent
Pace (e.g. for biking vs. • Maximum positive and
running or walking). negative gradient.

11. Onboard Maps
Define an area of the map along with a range of zoom levels to pre-load onto your
iPhone for offline access. Once downloaded, these tiles will be saved in MotionX-GPS
permanently unless you choose to delete them. Map tile sets are not included in iTunes
backups.
Onboard maps and map caching are two similar but distinct features. Both improve
map performance and enable offline map viewing. Map caching automatically saves
tiles viewed on the Maps page as you scroll and zoom. The cache limit is 250 MB;
beyond this limit the oldest cached tiles are overwritten as new tiles are cached.
Cached tiles are not included in iTunes backups, and can be cleared at any time via
Settings > Maps.
Maps are typically

downloaded faster via
Wifi.
Sort by name or tile set

size.
Create a new tile set.
Icon indicates tile set type: Download status:

MotionX-O Terrain maps. • Green: fully downloaded
Road map tile set • Red: partially
downloaded
Terrain map tile set
Unfortunately due to Microsoft restrictions on Bing maps and Google restrictions

on Google maps, these maps types can’t be cached or stored onboard. By
contrast, MotionX road and terrain maps may be cached and stored onboard.
11. Onboard Maps (continued)
Area Definition
Select by Area: define a Select by Route: Use

circular area of map tiles this option to define a
to be downloaded. This is longer, narrower area.
useful for large areas Useful for pre-loading
such as national parks or map tiles along a hiking
entire cities. trail, for example.
Touch and drag the red

square to adjust the
circumference.
Crosshairs: Center the

selection area over your
current position.
Drag the map from +/- : Use buttons or

anywhere to adjust the multi-touch on the map
center of the download to change the zoom
area. level.

Downloading Options
Tile Set Name: Choose

a name for the tile set.
Memory display:
• Amount of used disk
space on your iPhone
Min/Max Zoom: Adjust
• Estimated tile set size
the min/max zoom levels
• Total disk size of your
for which you'd like map
iPhone.
tiles downloaded. Higher
numbers represent a
more zoomed in view.
Thus the number of tiles Total Size: Estimated
and total memory size of the tile set you've
required will be larger at selected. This will adjust
greater zoom level as the tiles download.
numbers.
Progress bar: Number

and percent of tiles
downloaded.
Pause: Suspend the

current download; can be
restarted later.
Terrain map tiles tend to be larger then Road map tiles due to the contour data.
Tiles in urban areas also require more memory due to the density of street and
feature data.

Stored Map Options
View: Displays a
snapshot of the map tile
set on a map. The
outlined area represents
the area downloaded.
Refresh: Downloads the

latest map tiles for the
Delete: Deletes the map set area and zoom
map tile set. levels previously defined.
To preview your onboard maps, go to Settings>Maps and turn OFF Map Data.
Only your stored and cached map tiles will display while viewing the Map page.
Cached and stored maps are not backed up when syncing with iTunes, to
significantly decrease the iPhone-to-iTunes sync and backup times.

12. Settings
Adjust MotionX-GPS application preferences from the Settings page.
Global
Sounds: Turn global application sound effects on or off.
Accelerometrics Assisted GPS: Toggle Accelerometrics ON for greater low-speed

accuracy, or OFF for improved battery life).
Accuracy Filter: The Accuracy Filter is ON by default for the best GPS position
accuracy. You may wish to switch the Accuracy Filter OFF if you are having trouble
acquiring a signal or when traveling at very high speeds (over 150 mph or 240 km/h).
Track Recorder Auto Pause: Pause the track recorder automatically when you come
to a stop.
Navigation: Choose between Rhumb Line or Great Circle navigation.
Display
Skin Styles: Choose either the default color scheme (dark background with orange
numbers) or a high-contrast scheme for improved visibility in day/sunlight.
Speed Format: Choose between displaying speed data or pace data on the Track
Recorder page and in Logbook entries.
Compass: Use either magnetic or true north as a reference.

Units: Select either metric, nautical or imperial units.
Coordinate Format: Select a coordinate display format: Degrees/Minutes/Seconds

(DMS), Degrees with decimal Minutes (DM), Decimal Degrees (DD), UTM, or MGRS.
Maps
Map Data: When toggled off, new map data will not be downloaded (for those
concerned about data usage).
Map Caching: Turn Map Caching ON to automatically cache MotionX O-Road or
MotionX O-Terrain map tiles so they can be viewed offline.
Map Overlays: Turn ON to superimpose gridlines, a compass rose, map scale and
current coordinates on the Map page.
12. Settings (continued)
My Waypoints: Show or hide your saved waypoints on the map.

Points of Interest: Show or hide pre-loaded POIs on the map.
Auto Waypoints: Show or hide Auto Waypoints on the map.
Share
One-Click share: Turn ON one-click share to skip the Share screen each time you
share a track or waypoint.
Comment/tweet: Type up to 100 characters that will be included in your share post.
The same comment will be included with the email, Facebook, and/or Twitter post.
Email: Share with up to five email addresses at once.
Facebook: Use Facebook Connect to sign into Facebook and post tracks and waypoints
directly to your Wall.
Twitter: Sign into your Twitter account to post tweets with track or waypoint
information.
Auto Share: With Auto Share ON, your current position will be automatically shared
via email, Facebook, and/or Twitter according to your sharing preferences above. Post
every 5, 15, 30, or 60 minutes. Choose to save Auto Share waypoints to your Logbook
using the checkbox.
Automatic Position Updates

Turn automatic position updates on or off, and configure share settings. When set to
ON, waypoints will be automatically sent to the email addresses (up to five), Facebook,
and Twitter accounts specified. Update frequency may be set to 5, 15, 30, or 60
minutes.
Track Recorder
Turn the Track Recorder stats autoswipe on or off, and configure settings. When set to
ON, the track statistics and graphs at the bottom of the Track Recorder page will
automatically scroll between the four available views (speed/pace & distance, speed/
pace graph, altitude graph, and ascent/decent & gradient). Configure the idle time
(time the screen is idle before autoswipe begins) and the page view time.

12. Settings (continued)
Configure GPS Home

The GPS button at the bottom left of each page enables quick access to one or more
pages of your choice. Choose to include any combination of the Track Recorder, My
Position, Map or Compass pages in the rotation. Tap the GPS button to switch between
the selected pages.
Autocycle: Turn ON to autocycle the selected pages at a delay and interval of your
choice. Initiate autocycle following an idle time ranging from 10 sec to 5 min. View
each page in the rotation from 5 sec up to 1 minute.
Reset
Restore to factory settings: Restore MotionX-GPS to its freshly installed
state. All data content, and settings will be erased.
Reset map tile sets only: Deletes all downloaded map tile sets.

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11. Onboard Maps 21

Info: Access the in-app GPS signal indicator.

Blue: Outdoor GPS

GPS home: Quick access

GPS requires a direct “line-of-sight” to communicate with satellites. Your iPhone

My Position: View/ Track Recorder: Open

Map: View maps, with

Share: Share your

Waypoints: View a list Tracks: View a list of

Onboard Maps: Settings: Access the

Altitude: Current Accuracy: Horizontal

Last Valid Fix: Time

Mode: Select the Camera: Add a photo

Avg Speed: Average

Max Speed: Maximum

VMG: Velocity made

Blue arrow: Indicates

For the satellite-based compass (GPS mode) to provide an accurate heading,

Compass Nose Button

Auto Mode: Uses the

Weak GPS signal: Red GPS Mode: Heading is

Start track Current position;

End track “Headlight” indicates

Clear Tracks: Clear all

Save Tracks: Combine

Load Maps: Launches

Full screen: View the + / - Buttons: Zoom in &

Map Types & Sources

A dotted red line represents an interpolated path between two points

A dotted blue line represents an interpolated path between two points

A solid orange line represents a previously recorded track that is being

Share Settings: Visit

Track or Waypoint name.

Share: Touch when you

Emailing to: Share with

Enter Address: may

Stop Nav: Stop

New: Create a new

Sort: Sort waypoints by

Done: Return to the list Options: Choose from

New: Create a new track.

Select a track to see

Import icon indicates the

Done: Return to the list Options: Choose from

Notes: Default note is

Display units: Swipe the bottom region

Maps are typically

Sort by name or tile set

Icon indicates tile set type: Download status:

Unfortunately due to Microsoft restrictions on Bing maps and Google restrictions

Select by Area: define a Select by Route: Use

Touch and drag the red

Crosshairs: Center the

Drag the map from +/- : Use buttons or

Tile Set Name: Choose

Progress bar: Number

Pause: Suspend the

Stored Map Options

Refresh: Downloads the

Accelerometrics Assisted GPS: Toggle Accelerometrics ON for greater low-speed

Navigation: Choose between Rhumb Line or Great Circle navigation.

Compass: Use either magnetic or true north as a reference.