The Digital RVer – Page 3

Measuring distance with Google Maps

March 19, 2017March 21, 2017 RV Staff

I’m always planning my travels and asking, I wonder how far it is from ___ to ___? Or, if we want to drive about 200 miles today, where does that get us? Google Maps is my tool of choice for anything map related and it can answer both of these questions. To go from X to Y, is how... Read More

Get an accurate travel diary with Google’s location history

March 9, 2017March 9, 2017 RV Staff

By Chris Guld, Geeks on Tour If you turn on Location Services and allow Google Maps to save location history, it records everywhere you go – as long as your phone is with you. It also records the times and photos you took along the way. On an Android phone, you access this stored data by opening the Google... Read More

How to take panorama photos with your smartphone

February 23, 2017February 23, 2017 Chris Guld

by Chris Guld, GeeksOnTour.com Trinidad de Cuba, Photo by Jim Guld with a Nexus 6 Android phone. Lake Santa Fe, Florida: Photo by Chris Guld with an iPhone 7+ When you travel, you get so many opportunities for beautiful photos and, if you have a smartphone, you have one of the best cameras ever made. Taking panoramas, like the... Read More

Make your Photos Pop!

February 9, 2017February 9, 2017 Chris Guld

By Chris Guld, Geeks on Tour I use Google Photos to store all my pictures. It automatically grabs every photo taken with my iPhone or Android phone or tablet, but I have also uploaded all my previous photos – 60,000 of them! – to my Google Photos account. Now, using a computer, or any mobile device, I have access to... Read More

TV antenna not pulling in the signal? This may help

January 30, 2017January 30, 2017 Russ De Maris

By Russ and Tiña De Maris Bless the heart of old John Winegard. A “Depression Era” child, Winegard started his fortune in the 1950s when he designed, marketed and manufactured his first television antenna for home use. But it wasn’t until the 1970s that the Winegard family “discovered” the RV market. The technology for the Sensar TV antenna was... Read More

Quartzsite Internet woes — getting results!

January 26, 2017January 26, 2017 Russ De Maris

By Russ and Tiña De Maris When the snowbirds descend on Quartzsite every winter, capacity is put to the max. Long lines at the LP outlets, no place to sit at McDonald’s, and at the top of the list, a short supply of broadband capacity, at least for folks who rely on Verizon Wireless as a carrier. This year... Read More

Organizing and safely storing your photos

January 12, 2017January 12, 2017 RV Staff

by Chris Guld I count on Google Photos to keep ALL my photos together, in one place with no effort on my part. Once I’ve installed the Google Photos app on my mobile devices, and the Desktop Uploader on my computers, I no longer need to manage my library of photos. No more worries. I know that they are... Read More

If you can send an email, you can write a blog post

December 8, 2016December 8, 2016 RV Staff

By Chris Guld, GeeksOnTour.com Lots of RVers keep Blogs. Lots more would do so if they knew how easy it is. Here at Geeks on Tour, we think that the free Blogger.com platform by Google is the easiest way to create and maintain a blog. It can be like a personal journal, or it can be a club website,... Read More

Winegard debuts new gadgets at RV trade show

November 29, 2016November 29, 2016 Chuck Woodbury

News release from Winegard LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 29, 2016 — Winegard announced today that it will display a host of new electronic gadgets at the National RV Trade Show. In the newly-designed booth this year, the company will showcase the Winegard ConnecT Wi-Fi range extender, both the Wi-Fi version that is available now and the WiFi + 4G LTE, which will be... Read More

Dash cam apps to document your travels

November 24, 2016November 24, 2016 RV Staff

By Chris Guld, Geeks on Tour Would you like to have an automatic recording of the road you traveled? Think of the beauty you could capture driving through the mountains. Or how about just a documentary on getting out of town. When that jerk pulled out in front of you, how would you like to capture that license plate?... Read More