can be made to work...

It took me a few false starts, but on my third attempt I finally got what I wanted from this app, which was a map of my regular hiking route with distance and altitude information.

The downsides? I found I needed to hike *holding my iPhone.* Depositing it in my back pocket disrupted the gps signal somehow. This app also doesnt play well with others: stop to take a picture or verify which bird you hear singing, and youve lost your data. If futureApps allowed "pause" to retain data upon closing the app, distance meter would rate five stars.

Nevertheless, it works. Sometimes the "route map" portion doesnt seem to be working on your phone, especially if youve gone out of cell tower range (note that the gps works fine without cell network), but if you upload your data through the app once youre back on a network, youll find your route map and all accompanying data available, and exportable in .kml format (for google earth) as well as other formats.

jlsgaladriel about Distance Meter Pro