Trackprofiler private beta to be launched

OK, I'm almost ready. Now, the list of editing options for tracks is:

• Join tracks,
• Split tracks,
• Move single points,
• Remove single points,
• Split track segments,
• Remove track segments,
• Smooth (i.e. remove GPS elevation errors),
• Add/edit/remove single waypoint,
• Remove all waypoints,
• Move entire track.

I completely changed the way how track editing (point by point) and track segment editing works. It should be easier now. 

The last things before launching the private beta are in the process. Hope it will be ready during the next week. So, stay tuned ;)

Image positioning

Image positioning on the track was one of the more problematic options of TrackProfiler. I say "was" because it should be way easier now. The new layout looks like:

If the image position can't be found -- the photo won't be shown on the map and You'll get a message about it.

And, by the way. Photos aren't correctly geopositioned when the camera time wasn't synchronized with the GPS time. When you upload and position your first photo -- TrackProfiler will memorize the "correction time" and all the following images on the same track should be OK.

Edit GPS track point by point

A quick screencast of the new "edit track point by point" feature on trackprofiler. Still not 100% complete (must make it faster), but it is usable:



PS. This is my first screencast, hope You like it.

New layout for track pages

Just uploaded a new version. With some minor bug fixes the biggest change is a completely different layout of the GPS track page. Here's how it looked before:

...and here is the new version:

There are still a few quirks to be fixed, but the main layout is ready.

Hope You like it.

Moving/stopped GPS track stats

Just rolled out another small feature. Look at the stats column right of the map for your GPS track:

The new fields are:

• Time stopped,
• Total time ( = time moving + time stopped ),
• Total speed ( = speed for entire duration of the track, including stopped time ),
• Time moving.

Tag cloud

Another small feature added. Trackprofiler now has a "tag cloud" page:

...at the moment the biggest tags are members of my family :) but I expect they will become smaller as more people will register and upload their tracks.

Reset GPS track

Now that Trackprofiler has many ways of editing the track (images, waypoints, smoothing, joining segments, deleting segments, change segments order, moving track) -- it may happen that you make an error. What then? Till now -- you had to delete the track, upload a new (same) one and do all your changes once again (but without the erroneous one, of course ;).

Now, there is a new option -- "Reset track". By reseting the track it will return to its original file -- the one you uploaded without other changes you made. Check the "Reset" tab on the track page (after you sign on)...

PS. Images will survive the "reset" process.

New Trackprofiler logo

Design is definitely not my best side. But I never stopped trying (maybe I should :). So, here's the result of playing with inkscape today -- new Trackprofiler logo:

Happy new 2011

I wish you all a happy new 2011!

PS. I like prime numbers, and 2011 is one of them. So, hope that this will be a very good year for me (and trackprofiler.com :)

"Draft" GPS tracks and more

Today I'm introducing two new features. The first one is easier to find -- just go to any track with waypoints and mouseover the waypoint images. The map will automatically "pan" (scroll) to that position (i.e. -- the center of the map will be the position of that waypoint).

The second one is more important. Now you can edit the track before publish it. Every uploaded track is saved with draft status. It is not public until the moment you decide to publish it.