Road Trip
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Locations and Coordinates

Road Trip allows you to record the location and map coordinates of your Fuel and Expense entries.

When you select the Location field, Road Trip will display a list of previous location names, with the most recent previous location names at the top of the list. Type a location name to narrow down the list, or select a location name from the list. The "GPS" label indicates that a location name has associated map coordinates.

Location Screen

The Map field will contain one of the following values:

  • Empty: the entry does not have any associated map coordinates.
  • "GPS": the coordinates were set automatically using iPhone Location Services
  • Location Name: the coordinates were set based on the matching location name.
  • Raw coordinates: the coordinates were set manually.

Location and Map Fields

Select the map field to view the Map Screen. The Map Screen allows you set or change the coordinates of the location.

Map Screen

A map pin indicates the coordinates of the current entry. Press the "arrow" button to view your current location on the map. Press the "Drop Pin" button to set your coordinates. Press and hold to manually move the pin on the map. Press the "Coordinates" button to manually enter the GPS coordinates.

Automatic Location Services

Road Trip can automatically set the Location and Map fields based on your current location. You can use this feature by enabling the "Location Services" option on the Advanced Settings screen.

When the Location Services option is enabled, Road Trip will automatically attempt to acquire your current location whenever you create a new fuel or expense entry. This is indicated by a spinning activity indicator.

When Road Trip acquires your location, the spinning indicator will be replaced with a "GPS" label to indicate that the entry's coordinates have been set.

GPS Indicator

If your coordinates are within 200 meters of a previously recorded location, Road Trip will automatically set the Location Name field to this previous location.

Mapping

To display a map of your previous fuel and expense entries, begin by creating a report for a specific time range, then view the report. Press the "Map" button display a map of the matching fuel and expense entries.

Report Map

Tap on a pin to view the fuel or expense entry at that location.

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