Category Archives: GPS

loosing weight by walking, the first 1 million steps

With the help of an Activity tracker it might be easier to achieve your weight loosing goals. These trackers take care of the tedious work to log everything. Just place the activity tracker on your wrist, and start walking… This … Continue reading

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Explore, Discover, and be the mapmaker for the Open Street Map :-)

Is there a new building, or a new road being build? Did you find out a new path in the park/forest? Are you wondering and waiting when they will update the maps for you to use? Open Street Map (OSM) … Continue reading

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GPX Editor, Tool for editing GPX files

GPX Editor is an open source tool for editing your GPX files. For example those GPX files recorded by Maverick. Plus: No installation required Minus: Some practical problems at cutting the tracks Note: I’m using this before posting tracks into … Continue reading

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Online site to view and analyze your GPS track file (GPX)

Maxplorer is a site to see your GPX file. It provides additinal information about your track. More than the GPX viewers are showing. See an example below. GPS track was captured by Maverick Android application.

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Open Street Map Viewer (OSMV), Tool to see GPS track files (GPX)

Open Street Map Viewer can be used. Please note, that it is still under development. Test track is taken with Maverick application. Google Maps source worked fine.   Same with Open Street Map.   Another alternative to see GPX files … Continue reading

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Mobile Atlas Creator, Tool for creating maps for offline use

Mobile Atlas Creator is a tool for creating offline maps for your android phone. For example, if you are travelling, and you don’t have access to mobile internet, then it is great to have offline maps with you. Below is … Continue reading

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Maverick, Application for GPS navigation and tracking

There are many free GPS related applications available in Android Market. Maverick is one of them. Home page is here . Best features are: support for various map formats maps can be online or offline maps and tracks can be … Continue reading

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