Tks for all the various points brought up, as a recent android user, I've been trying to figure out the various ins and outs of using this thing as an infrequent "checker upper" of GPS position.
@djb: don't know if you came across these but maybe we should form a list:
http://www.everytrail.com/android,
http://theappwhisperer.com/2011/03/2...pad-or-iphone/,
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...icycle.android