MapTrack: 8 months around Africa.

Two years ago MapTrack was used for 11 months trip around the US. This year it covered a new continent - Africa.

Andreas and Sveta used the app during 8 months trip around Africa and they were kind enough to share these beautiful pictures.

We would like to thank them for choosing our app and for proving feedback and suggestions regarding the app improvements. Спасибо!

MapTrack is Android app for recording and sharing tracks in real time. Google Drive is used to save and share data. You need to use your  Google account and you can manage tracks from Google Drive. The app does not require registration on third-party services and your followers can view your track in usual web browsers on Google Maps. 

MapTrack: 30 000 miles or 11 months of live tracking.

In August we wrote about MapTrack being used during a trip around the US. Recently Brian finished his journey and contacted us with his feedback and some statistics:

"Our epic road trip has finally come to an end. We start making our way home tomorrow so I've just turned off MapTrack after 11 months. I just wanted to let you know the app has performed great! 30,000 miles on the odometer of our RV... "

We would like to thank Brian for choosing our app for such interesting trip and we are glad the app was helpful over this long period of time.

MapTrack is Android app for recording and sharing tracks in real time. Google Drive is used to save and share data. You need to use your  Google account and you can manage track files from Google Drive. The app does not require registration on third-party services and your followers can view your track in usual web browsers on Google Maps. 

Our Android MapTrack app has been used during a trip around the US for six months now.

MapTrack is an Android app for recording and sharing tracks in real time. One of MapTrack users (Brian) has been using it during his trip around the US for last 6 months.

He has embedded Track Viewer from the app into his blog. 

If you are interested in tracking and measurements on maps please check also our Planimeter app.

How to use “Planimeter - GPS Area Measure” on iOS and Android in Manual Tracking Mode.

Tracking Mode is one of the distinctive features of Planimeter - GPS Area Measure app. It can be used to measure track or path distances and to measure areas of objects or territories by  driving/biking/walking around. You have an option to set GPS accuracy (if GPS is available on your device) and time interval for dropping a pin. If both conditions are satisfied, your current location is added to to the track automatically. Please note, mobile GPS provides accuracy ~2-3m in the best conditions, so make sure it is enough to satisfy your particular requirements.

Sometimes you want to measure an area or distance using tracking feature but you need to place waypoints manually only at certain locations and avoid redundant points in between. You can do it by selecting MANUAL option for the tracking time interval

[LONG TOUCH on Track button ]

to see  time interval options for Tracking Mode.  “Set Point”  button will appear at the bottom of the screen. Now when you start tracking,  your current location - green pin - will be constantly updated as long as GPS accuracy condition is satisfied.  When you are ready to add a point to your measurement track -  just touch “Set Point”  button.

Tracking Mode with Manual option is a very handy feature and can be applied for different tasks. For example, it can be used for mapping objects or places for later use or visit.

Another application where manual tracking can be useful is marking your property with poles. First you can manually (by touch) build a pole line on maps  in Planimeter with required distances between pins. Then you can use Tracking with Manual option enabled to visually estimate your current location (green pin) relative to the planned path and red pins (poles) on it. As soon as you are close enough to the planned point you can place a pole and move to the next point.

Planimeter Manual for iOS

Described functionality available on both iOS and Android versions of the app.