Is there an app for this? - Drunken wanderings

Davepen · 26 Sep 2011 at 12:49

Hi,
Does anyone know if there is an Iphone app for tracking your movements?

Reason I ask is that recently my "homing" instinct has been kicking in while drunk, trying to take me home. I suddenly sober up and I'm usually somewhere pretty random, sometimes no where near where I was supposed to be.

This has only started happening due to me recently going out more in a town away from home, so my usual spot on drunken navigation is slightly off-whack.

Does anyone know if there is an app that will track your movements so you can see the path you took on a night out?

Would just be quite interesting to see where I've gone to end up where I am

Participant · 26 Sep 2011 at 12:51

Taxi normally delivery me straight home.

KnightStalker · 26 Sep 2011 at 12:52

One of the sport tracker apps will do that if you remember to set it going before going out, such as endomondo.

Davepen · 26 Sep 2011 at 12:53

Usually that's the plan, to head to the taxi rank.

But sometimes I will go astray, I want to track these times

Guerrilla · 26 Sep 2011 at 12:53

Not sure if there is one specifically for drunken wandering

There is quite a lot of sports apps which could be used, like Endomondo, Adidas micoach etc.

Think will all need to be activated beofre you set off though.

Skidder · 26 Sep 2011 at 12:55

mytracks should do the trick

[TR]SweetSpotOz · 26 Sep 2011 at 12:55

Vonhelmet · 26 Sep 2011 at 13:00

Trails will work as well.

Bear in mind that these will all depend on how good your GPS signal is, which may not be that great in a city.

Amp34 · 26 Sep 2011 at 13:02

Shame apple resorted their security on their tracking file. Could have used that...

resolution probably wouldn't be the greatest though!

Cosimo · 26 Sep 2011 at 13:02

Robbie G said:
Taxi normally delivery me straight home.

Indeed. Who cares about the route so long as you get home.

checjb · 26 Sep 2011 at 13:36

Personally, if I needed to have an app track my wandering due to that level of drunkeness, I think I'd slow down a bit.

Devrij · 26 Sep 2011 at 14:02

I could've done with this years ago when I drank. I once came to walking through a river 7 miles outside aberdeen. I only knew because I googled the street name next to the phonebox I tried to sleep in. Turns out those gaps at the bottom are to make them uncomfortable windy places to sleep. As I was wet and it was winter I dialed emergency services (dead phone thanks to river) and got directions home. Wasn't the first time either!

One of the many reasons I quit drinking lol

loltim · 26 Sep 2011 at 14:26

simulatorman said:
Indeed. Who cares about the route so long as you get home.

Someone that doesn't want to be ripped off?

Davepen · 26 Sep 2011 at 14:40

Devrij said:
I could've done with this years ago when I drank. I once came to walking through a river 7 miles outside aberdeen. I only knew because I googled the street name next to the phonebox I tried to sleep in. Turns out those gaps at the bottom are to make them uncomfortable windy places to sleep. As I was wet and it was winter I dialed emergency services (dead phone thanks to river) and got directions home. Wasn't the first time either!

One of the many reasons I quit drinking lol

Haha luckily I haven't gone as far as walking through a river, but I was about 3 miles out of town walking into the country side.

I don't think totally quitting drinking.. yet, maybe just quitting doing shots

Ring Peace · 26 Sep 2011 at 15:24

Can't you just navigate home with map app

Davepen · 26 Sep 2011 at 16:09

the navigating home isn't a problem

Im just interested in how I get where I end up as sometimes it's pretty random.