Comments on post “GPS-A-Sketch”
Russ Zimmerman
@zimmru · Co-founder of Awesome Geekness
Love the idea.
You have to move a little farther than I would have thought to get the line to move, but that's not necessarily a bad thing--it encourages more exercise.
Also, I find myself wishing there was a mode that showed an overlay of the map where others' drawings were made.
BTW, I really like how the interface looks like it was made with a marker--it adds to the nostalgia.
Nice job on the app.
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Joe Rosen
@joro1 · App Dev, GPSSketch.com Crayovie.com
@zimmru thanks for the comments, especially appreciative of your noticing the UI/UE graphics, they're literally hand drawn with crayons & colored pencils (and felt tip markers). I sometimes take heat for that unusual design aesthetic ("It looks like my 5 year old draw it", I hear that a lot -- which of course I take as the best kind of compliment!).
It does require about 30m/100' of walking/running/biking (depending on accuracy of GPS at the user's current location) to draw a new line. I had thought about adding e.g. a control slider in Settings that allows more precise control over the distance (and time) required to draw a new line, but I also like the bare bones simplicity of the app as is.
The overlay of a real map (and/or allowing users to plan their drawing route on real maps) is another great suggestion, a feature I'm very tempted to add.
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