New layout (final)

The new layout (based on twitter bootstrap) is out.

Redesign

I'm preparing a complete redesign of the site. Here's how it looks now:

...and here how it will look in a few days:

Online GPS Route Editor [screencast]

What's the difference between "GPS Route" and "GPS Track"?

• A track is a collection of points of a path you actually made in real life. Track points contain GPS coordinates, time when it is recorder, the elevation of the point, ...
• A route is a collection of points of a path you didn't made in real lif, but plan to. Route points don't contain elevation and time. Routes usually contain less points than tracks but may be helpful when you organize your future outdoor activities.

Now, Trackprofiler has a new option to create, edit and organize routes. You can see here a quick screencast on how it works:

Announcement: Route editor

An early screenshot of the new feature; route editor:

+ edit routes based on one or more (multi-layered) tracks.

Later this month.

Metric or US system for GPS track data

This month -- the option to switch from the metrics system (meters, kilometers, ...) to the US customary system (miles, feets) for every track. Just go on any track, select "Units" (top right) and select the system you want.

Alternatively, edit your profile and (un)check the "Use US/UK metrics (miles, feets, ...) when displaying track data" checkbox.

Next-previous point

When you to edit the location on the track, now there are two new options that allow to more accurately choose the point. Till now you had to click near the track and hope that you clicked near the right point (in fact -- the nearest point will be selected).

Now, after you selected the location, you can move to next or previous point on the track, and then edit it as you want:

Better search

Little by little, I'm uploading my entire archive of GPS tracks on TrackProfiler. But, as the collection grows, searching all tracks became harder. But, with the new search option is now much easier:

When you are logged on the site, you can decide if to search your own (public and draft) tracks or only public ones.

Move GPS graph up/down

Last time in Ližnjan, we took a short walk. But, if you look closely at the resulting graph -- there is something wrong:

At the lowest point of our walk we were walking near the sea. So the lowest point should be zero. Instead, my Android phone measured the elevations completely wrong. In fact the entire track is 38 meters higher than it should be. I still don't know why, but sometimes smart phones get the GPS elevation completely wrong.

No problem, there is a new option to fix this. Just go to the "Elevation errors" tab, click on "Move graph up/down", and select the amount of vertical elevation change:

For example, I entered -38m (meaning: "Do move the entire graph 38 meters lower than now").

The result is:

PS. Thanks to Bill Casey for the suggestion!

Upload GPS tracks by email

When mountaineering, I use my old Garmin GPS60. But, for short walks or bike trips, I record them on my Android with MyTracks app. A friend of mine asked me why I don't make an Android/iPhone app so that he would be able to upload tracks directly from his smartphone.

But working on two apps (iOS and Android) is a hassle. But, there is a solution! Even without the smartphone application! It is easy... Login on trackprofiler, go to  " Upload by email" tab. Copy-paste the email address from the page...

...in your favorite mail client. And voilà!

Next time outside, after you have recorder your track just send an email to this address. The email must have attached the GPX file with the track. The track will be parsed and uploaded directly to Trackprofiler.

New icons

New version, lots of small bug fixes, one cosmetic change:

Icons before:

Icons now:

...and one important new feature: Upload tracks by email. More on this later.