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Sunday, May 8, 2011

Mar 17, GPS software for cell phones, update


GPS software exists for PND's, for PDA's, but more and more also for GPS phones.

PND stands for Personal Navigation Device. These are the TomTom and Garmin boxes that only do GPS navigation. PDA stands for Personal Digital Assistant. Here we think about pocket PC's and Palm Treo devices that can do an excellent job in GPS navigation, but that can do a lot more.

Mobium is a GPS software that turns a Windows Mobile device into a full navigation system with turn-by-turn instructions.

Key Benefits to Mobium GPS navigation Find your destination by turn-by-turn voice driving directions and estimated drive time. Find whatever you need in your way by quickly locate and navigate to nearby business such as hotels, restaurants and more from over 15 million points of interest. Quickly find lowest Gas Prices locally or along your planned route.

With GeoMicro Mobium GPS Navigation System , your Windows Mobile device is turned into an advanced Mobile Navigation System with turn-by-turn voice announcements and detailed driving directions. You can search over 15 million points of interest (POIs) - places like hotels, restaurants, shopping malls and other tourist attractions - then dial the POI's phone number for reservations, hours of operation, or other information. With Mobium, you never need to be lost again.

AAA Mobile is a mobile GPS software suite which combines turn-by-turn GPS navigation with other location based services. For instance, users of the AAA Mobile will be able to access AAA’s Diamond Ratings for information about hotels and restaurants, as well as find various points of interest in their TourBook guide. In addition, the application will provide users with the list of AAA-approved auto repair shops.

A more interesting feature is the ability to send your location to roadside assistance crews when you are in need of help. With the AAA Mobile service you can pick up your mobile phone and call for roadside assistance. In the process of doing that your location is transmitted to AAA so that they can dispatch a nearby crew as well as giving the crew your exact location.

Garmin Mobile XT is an all-in-one GPS software solution that turns smartphones with internal GPS into full-feature Garmin navigators. These new Garmin Mobile XT capabilities will be available to customers for no additional cost and will allow them to navigate to locations found on Google Local or geo-coded photos found on Panoramio.

The Google Local search capability on Garmin Mobile XT allows users to harness more points of interest information via the world wide web. By selecting "Where to?" and "Google Local", customers can type in keywords as they would if they were on their desktop computer. In addition, Garmin has created a "quick search" feature that lets users search Google Local via categories – such as food, lodging, fuel, and more – rather than typing a keyword into the Google Local search box. Search results are based on the user’s current location and are sorted by geographic relevance.

CoPilot Live 7 is simple with redesigned step-by-step address entry, finger-touch buttons, predictive address matching, and on-screen set-up wizards. Large-buttoned menus make frequently used features quickly accessible. CoPilot Live 7's redesigned 2D and 3D map views enable drivers, cyclists, or pedestrians to see their exact location and where they are going. Finally, customers can also choose from a variety of standard road colour schemes or create their own personalized skins.

By default, the CoPilot map shows a turn or junction, progressively zooming-in automatically before returning to the non-distracting safety screen once the turn is completed. The CoPilot Live 7 GPS software also comes with Text- to-Speech voice commands, with 13 different languages available for both Windows Mobile powered Pocket PCs and Smartphones.

The whole system's a vast leap ahead of other mobile navigators, made possible thanks to CoPilot's completely re-designed graphics engine.

Wayfinder Active is a GPS software application for mobile phones that combines maps, GPS recording and statistics and is targeted at folks with an active lifestyle (think hiking, skiing, running, or biking). The application is a simple, social way to stay connected with other people with similar interests. Once installed on a mobile phone, you can access a world-wide map and record/share routes with a keystroke. It lets you follow your friends on their activities and training routes by easily importing their tracks.

The complementary online community, ActiveOutdoor, lets you upload GPX records onto the Internet. Other statistical data include maximum, current and average speeds during each activity, calories burned and that sort.

A built-in Reverse Route feature lets you find a route to anywhere. The free application can be downloaded from ActiveOutdoor. Compatible with over 100 phone models, including popular ones from Nokia and Sony Ericsson.

ViewRanger is GPS navigation software for mobile phones specifically designed for the off-road and outdoor activity user, whether walker, mountain biker, horse rider, geo-cacher, birdwatcher, or rural tourist. The GPS software offers a unique combination of 2D and 3D mapping, GPS navigation, sports performance analysis, location-based content sharing, and buddy tracking.

Used by search and rescue team members as well as weekend outdoor enthusiasts, ViewRanger is ideal for tourists, walkers, cyclists, mountain bikers, horse riders, geocachers, river boaters - in fact anyone who enjoys the outdoors.

ViewRanger runs on the Symbian S60 smartphone platform, and transforms a Nokia or other S60 mobile handset into a full-featured trail navigation system.

amAze is a first of its kind mobile local search and navigation GPS software application, and it's totally free. It turns your regular Java-enabled mobile phone into a powerful navigation tool as well as comprehensive information tool.

With amAze you get all these options and more: Visual and voice guidance to any destinationSearch or define any location by its addressSearch and navigate to businesses listed in local search directories (where available)Present any required location on the mapView and use dynamic high quality maps at various scalesView and navigate over high resolution satellite imagesCalculate the fastest way between two locationsSave and manage personal favorites list

amAze enables to calculate the route of a journey to any address or point of interest. GPS will indicate your location along the route with vocal and graphical guidance to your destination in the shortest possible way. amAze is a collaborative effort led by LocatioNet Systems Ltd., together with some leading vendors in the fields of mapping, local search directories and other geographically related content.

Apisphere for Outlook enables users to send and receive automatic messages on their mobile devices or GPS-enabled laptops based on their Outlook calendar and location. Using real-time location-aware information, Apisphere for Outlook will change the way people use their calendars and how they communicate with business associates, friends and family. When a meeting is scheduled in Outlook, the plug-in creates a "sphere" around the meeting location and the calendar entry. This sphere activates several features including mapping, real-time traffic updates and geo-triggered voice and text messages for reminders on the go.

Each sphere created through Apisphere for Outlook enables mobile devices to know where a user is located and provide customized information in real-time. The plug-in automatically generates mapping information to provide driving directions to an Outlook calendar appointment and will notify the user through email, SMS or phone, when they need to leave to arrive on time. Apisphere for Outlook can then provide ongoing location-aware mapping and navigation, using real-time data such as traffic updates and road closure information to identify the optimal route.

Additionally, geo-triggered voice and text messages can be created to provide users with reminders or notifications. Messages can be created in Microsoft Outlook and set to automatically trigger when the user reaches a specific location or enters the pre-defined sphere. For example, email messages can be automatically sent every time a user enters and leaves a meeting to accurately track time for more precise timesheet records. It can also provide pre-set reminders upon leaving the sphere such as dropping the car off at the rental agency or picking up groceries before heading home.

A new GPS software download from Blue True Services — KoolTrax — will turn any GPS-enabled mobile phone or PDA into a GPS tracker, allowing its exact location to be monitored on the Internet. It enables anyone, with the appropriate access of course, to see where the phone has been for up to a month at a time, with the software allowing the viewing of breadcrumb trails, the setting of geofences, and nominating contacts to receive alerts.

There's no limit to how many phones can be tracked using KoolTrax, so it could be used for parents to keep track of their children (that'll go down well), lone workers, or even for tracking sports progress.

JGUI's GPS.Friend allows you to find your friends, child or whoever as long as your friend is also carrying a GPS-enabled Windows Mobile smartphone, running GPS.Friend. It allows you to get your current GPS location and asks someone's phone for his/her location as well, to match both locations. If that someone has Windows Mobile phone with GPS.Friend installed too and and the GPS receiver is working, the phone will reply with the location and GPS.Friend is able to displays the location on a map, even with calculated distance. This reply is always made under the phone's owner permission, but the owner can also allow to reply automatically without any further notice.

GPS.Friend has a simple and intuitive interface. You get your own location and ask someone, with only two taps on your phone device. Just set the target phone number or select from your Contacts. GPS.Friend is independent from pre-installed map images, because it downloads the necessary map from Google Maps service and location information is exchanged between the phones by SMS text messages.

This GPS software works with Windows Mobile Professional (touchscreen) and Standard (non-touchscreen) smart phones and supports all screen resolutions.

U.K.-based social networking Sanoodi has launched SMap, an integrated and free route recording and sharing application for GPS-equipped BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and Nokia smartphones and mobile devices. Sanoodi lets its website community members record, upload, and share routes and info on their outdoor activities, such as running, hiking, cycling, or walking the dog, according to the company. It has developed SMap in conjunction with a new version of the Sanoodi website. Routes can now be uploaded live from SMap to the site as they are being recorded. This GPS software app can be used to record routes online and offline.

HP has launched a new prototype GPS software suite and associated website called Mscape, designed to overlay digital sight, sound and interactions using GPS-enabled mobile devices. According to the firm, these interactive experiences are termed 'mediascapes'. The mediascapes are created using a simple web-based authoring tool on any GPS-enabled handset. When you walk pass the locations in the physical world, the mediascape will activate digital media such as images, text, audio and video. The triggers can be set to react to physical stimuli such as location, proximity, time and movement.

From Abaqus Inc. comes the MyGeoRecorder, a groundbreaking mobile GPS software application that allows consumers to record personal location-based content in real-time via a mobile phone and then share it with any social network and online service on the web. The MyGeoDiary service enables consumers to easily record, annotate, organize and share their personal location-information from a central place on the web. Consumers can publish and use their location data across variety of services on the web such as sites for tracking fitness regimen, sharing travel journals, blogging, enabling mobile workforce management, geotagging photos, or simply managing one’s real-world geodiary.

Proxpro's Prompt is a GPS software service that makes sure people are never late. It is a "push" technology that optimizes navigation and traffic information based on a personal calendar. Prompt compares the user's current location to the time and location of their next appointment, consults real-time and predicted traffic, displays the fastest route and tells people exactly when to leave to get to their next appointment on time.

Special settings also allow users to effortlessly monitor their daily commute to work in the morning and return drive home again in the evenings.

GPS Tracker’s many convenient features—including automatic GPS detection, real-time tracking, and detailed map and route information—make it much easier to stay on course. This all-in-one GPS software app also allows for personalized notes and photos to chronicle the stunning waterfall you stumble upon.

Features: Track locations in real-time including latitude, longitude, altitude, speed and more.Capture favorite vacation routes, scenic spots with personalized notes, photos.Export personalized favorite trips, locations, view with Google Earth and share with friends.Get detailed map and route information of POI (Point-of-Interests).Automatic GPS detection and connection.Tag my location with category, note, photo and alarm.Display current location map with zoom capability.Manage location favorites with ease.Turn on/off alarm and view photo with single click.Associate favorites with photos from web and on device. Instant photo capture from the application.Locate saved geo-locations or any physical address with detailed map and route information.Export personalized locations and routes to Google Earth, save as outlook contact or email attachment and share your trip information (route, notes, photos etc) with friends.GPS data log and real time satellite location status.

Micro Technologies Micro BTS (Buddy Tracking System) is a location-based service meant to deliver tracking services to mobile telephony users who are constantly moving. If you like to constantly keep tabs on the whereabouts of loved ones, then Micro Technologies "Micro Buddy Tracking System" should interest you. "Micro BTS" is a mixture of GPS (Global Positioning System), Internet, and mobile phone services. This GPS software resides on a user's phone, which enables him or her to share messages and real-time location status with friends from a mobile phone.

Using this technology , one can share others’ position with his or her friends and family, create and join groups, record and review track history.



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Friday, May 6, 2011

Jul 16, GPS software for developers of GPS applications

There exist so many GPS software programs and many developer's sources are available for others. You only have to find out what is available.

Developers working on Windows Mobile, Embedded, or location-based solutions have a new place to turn to when looking for information online. Focused primarily on Microsoft mobile technologies and paying specific attention to the Compact Framework and Dot Net platforms, www.Mobidogs.com opened their pages to community traffic. According to the editors, "the goal of this new site is to be a leading central repository of the important information and links that a mobile developer needs while developing GPS software for Microsoft mobile platforms".

The MarshallSoft GPS Component for C/C++/C# (MGC4C) is a Win32 DLL that allows any C/C++/C# program to receive and decode standard NMEA 183 sentences from a GPS receiver connected to the RS232 serial port. Requires a 32-bit Windows C/C++/C# compiler. MGC4C includes the following: - Uses the Windows Win32 API for serial port input. - Works with both real and virtual serial ports. - Runs as a background thread unattended. - The most current GPS data is always available on demand. - Most commonly used NMEA sentence types automatically decoded. - Does not depend on support DLLs.

- Several latitude/longitude calculation functions included. Several example programs are provided, including examples for Microsoft Visual C/C++ (MSVC), Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC), Borland C/C++, Borland C++ Builder (BCB), Watcom C/C++, C#, and LCC-WIN32. MGC4C can be used in the development of Win32 applications running under Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista. The shareware version of MGC4C is fully functional. Registration is $105 for email delivery and includes one year free updates. Available with source code for $195. Also available for Visual Basic (MGC4VB).

CodeXchange announced a new evolution in the development and distribution of GPS software. The updated site is a marketplace for computer programmers to buy, sell and trade their code. The improved site challenges the standard business model by empowering developers to write and market their own code on CodeXchange. With new features like keyword and category searches, expanded descriptions of submitted code to make finding the right code fast and easy and the Code Wanted section, the revamped CodeXchange site offers an unbeatable combination of ease of use with top quality rated code. “The exciting thing about CodeXchange is that it empowers developers to pursue the projects they want to pursue. With the addition of the Code Wanted section, project managers can post requests for developers to write,” said Dauren Tatubaev, a research analyst with Evans Data. “Using CodeXchange any developer can operate his or her code as an information product. Developers set their own prices, handle their own negotiations and keep all of the income. Project managers can leverage the already available code to reduce expenses and speed development. CodeXchange empowers both the developer and the IT project manager.”

Ivan Mitrovic's KMaps is the leading Mobile Location Services Platform, built on the top of Google Maps and Google Local Search utilizing the advanced Map Caching Capabilities for offline navigation and featuring the set of Online Location Based Services for people on the go... KMaps is J2ME based and is currently running on Palm based mobile devices, Treo 650, Treo 600 and Tungstens with the ports to other mobile platforms under development... And the worst of all, it is free.

Cristian Streng's Mobile Gmaps is a free piece of GPS software that displays Google Maps and MSN Virtual Earth maps and satellite imagery on Java J2ME-enabled mobile phones or other devices. Mobile GMaps is distributed under the Attribution/NonCommercial/NoDerivs Creative Commons license. You may download, use and distribute the application free of charge for non-commercial purposes. You may NOT use it for any commercial purpose.

Johan Franson offers some very useful components that could save you a lot of time in developing your own GPS software. GPSTools is available for Windows and pocket PC as ActiveX and .NET (Compact Framework) components. It includes GPS and mapping support to custom Windows and pocket PC applications. Serial Tools adds serial port support to your C#, VB.NET application and to Internet Explorer. >B>CoordTrans GPS software converts geographic positions between different co-ordinate systems. GpsGate lets you share one GPS receiver between many running applications. You can simulate and log GPS data. HHD Software has several programs for developers. The USB Monitor is an invaluable tool for all developers and engineers, who design, create and connect to PC a whole range of equipment with universal serial bus on board. This tool captures all the USB Request Blocks (URBs) transferred from the device driver to the host controller and back. The Serial Monitor is a monitoring application, which allows you to view, log and analyze serial port activities. The program attaches itself to the serial port driver under Windows NT, 2000, XP and monitors all activity that any software performs via serial ports. The Protocol Analyzer feature allows you to monitor the serial protocol between two different serial devices, connected by null-modem cables to your computer. The Serial Monitor can also be configured to log the entire monitoring session. You can playback the session at a later time, having full control on its flow. CSC makes serial communication development easy and straightforward. Their serial communication libraries, DLLs, TSRs, drivers, tools and multiport cards will bring your project to fruition in a fraction of the allotted time. The serial communication library supports Windows XP, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows 3.x, and MS-DOS. WCSC also provides a complete line of multiport serial communication cards (PCI, ISA, Universal PCI, PCMCIA) for RS232, RS422, and RS485 communications.
COMM-DRV/Lib Pro is a Professional Serial Communication libraries for Windows and MS-DOS. Supports all versions of Windows. Zmodem, Xmodem, & Ymodem file transfer routines provided. Includes modem handling routines as well as string handling routines. COMPLETE SOURCE CODE INCLUDED.
COMM-DRV++ Pro is a professional C/C++ serial communication class library for Windows . It supports both Microsoft Visual C/++ and Borland C++ compilers. Xmodem, Ymodem, & Zmodem file transfer protocols are provided. All Hayes compatible modems are supported. Serial stream token/string lookup is also included. All baudrates provided by the underlying hardware is supported. Callback functions for efficient communication handling.
COMM-DRV/CE Pro is a professional serial communication library for Windows/CE & Pocket PC. It supports ZModem, YModem, and XModem file transfer protocols as well as modem communication. COMM-DRV/CE does not require that you have a Pocket PC to develop serial communication applications. It was developed with eMbedded Visual C++ 3.0 which includes a Pocket PC emulator that behaves virtually identically to any of the Pocket PCs on the market today. Moreover we have included the DLLs necessary to support both the emulator as well as the actual Pocket PC devices. Your time is valuable and every effort was made to ensure that the product is easy to use. Ample examples are included that are ready to compile immediately. The documentation walks you through setting up your environment. You will be able to get started with your project immediately upon installation.
Comm-Logger is a very easy to use serial communication data logger. It can log data directly from the serial port to a standard file. Up to 32 ports may be logged concurrently. The purpose of NemaTalker (NMEA talker) from SailSoft.nl is to provide the user and the developer of NMEA software and/or hardware with a very powerful testing tool. The program will transmit proper NMEA 0183 sentences via a PC serial communications port using the industry standard RS232 interfacing option. This data then can be processed by chart plotters and other devices without the need to leave the workshop or office. From version 1.3.0 it is also possible to send the NMEA data over the internet User Datagram Protocol (UDP) to a UDP client.
Although the name of the program suggests that it only can act as a "talker", it is capable to receive incoming data, so functioning as "listener". Incoming data however is not processed, but the raw NMEA data can be stored in an optional log file and made visible in a convenient trace window. Currently the program can simulate the output of 1 to 6 different instruments simultaneously: GPS, Weather, Sounder, Heading, Velocity and Radar, plus a feature for custom formatted sentences. The program is designed so that extra instruments can be added in a relative simple way.
The GPS instrument is equipped with 2 very exciting options. One option is the automatic running according to a waypoint file, where the program "follows" the waypoints of that file. You can not alter the course manually. The second option is the "navigate" function. The program runs also according a preset waypoint file, but you can alter course and speed, and you will see a simulation of the cross-track error (XTE) on the instrument.
NemaTalker supports both NMEA version 2.20 and 2.30/3.01. GPSSIMUL, also from SailSoft.nl, generates GPS NMEA-0183 output sentences at the communications port (COM1 or COM2) of your PC. It is a useful program for developers of PC-GPS software, because it eliminates the need for a GPS unit during developing and testing. But it is also useful for people that want to test or check any NMEA compatible device like autopilots and chart plotters. Compared to NemaTalker it has less functionality, since it does only GPS, while NemaTalker can simulate many more instruments. GPSSIMUL V2.1 supports the following NMEA sentences: GGA, GSA, GLL, RMC, VTG, ZDA, so it can be used in combination with many popular GPS mapping programs available. IPaNema, again from SailSoft.nl, reads any NMEA data from one of the serial ports (Com1-4) and delivers the NMEA data to any user selectable port and IP address using the UDP protocol acting as UDP server. From version 1.0.1 it can also act as an UDP client, receiving NMEA sentences wrapped in UDP packets and outputs these to a serial communications port (Com1-4). All NMEA sentences received can be monitored while they pass along.
IPaNema can be used to make received NMEA data (like GPS streams) available to any or all clients on an IP network, either wired or wireless using 802.11. Because it can be used both as server or client it gives the user much flexibility in situations were NMEA data must be transmitted over IP networks. Even more flexibility can be obtained when our NMEA simulator NemaTalker is used as UDP server, acting as NMEA talker over an IP network! Note also that several UDP clients can receive the NMEA data simultaneously so that NMEA data can be distributed to several locations in the network. The GPS software program is freeware and may be distributed freely.

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Scientific Component has released GPS ToolKit.NET version 2.0 for Windows 98, ME, 2000 and Windows XP, a native .NET managed component for adding GPS support to any Visual Basic .NET, C#, or C++ project. GPS ToolKit.NET provides .NET software developers with an API that adds full support for reading real-time data from GPS units. The GPS software provides access to dozens of data sets, including position, speed, course, satellite, and navigation data, in a number of formats and units. Additionally, GPS ToolKit.NET notifies the application each time a new fix is received, or navigation or satellite data is updated. Version 2.0 adds support for automatic detection of connected GPS units, notification of unit disconnection, sending of data and commands to GPS units, and automatic system port detection. GPS ToolKit.NET works with all types of GPS units, including RS232, USB, and Bluetooth units, and can read from an unlimited number of GPS units simultaneously. The software also allows for playback of NMEA 0183 input files at various speeds, including real-time playback. GPS ToolKit.NET is a native .NET managed component and comes complete with six example applications in Visual Basic.NET, C#, and C++.

From Storm Source Software comes the GPS.NET Global Positioning SDK that will let you write GPS-enabled .NET applications in minutes for your desktop or mobile device. This rich object model contains over fifty classes designed to make GPS tasks easy, and works with almost every GPS device, including Bluetooth, Compact Flash, and Secure Digital. GPS.NET is certified by the National Software Testing Labs (NSTL0050) and has been accepted into the Windows Mobile certification program. SoftMap Pro from SoftMap Technologies 2002 Inc. is a GIS software (Geographical Information System), powerful, easy to use and low priced. It is the desk-top version of the SoftMap Plus software, used in consumer products. SoftMap Pro is fully programmable in VBA and allows the development of applications in many key areas. It is designed to be easy to learn, thanks to the user friendly interface, a multimedia tutorial and navigation on seamless maps: this characteristic is the trademark of SoftMap family of software. SoftMap Pro offers intuitive management of databases and great precision in all geometric calculations or changes in coordinate systems. The GPSTk provides both fundamental and advanced GPS processing algorithms to the open source community. A wide array of functions are provided by the GPSTk library, notably: RINEX I/O, ephemeris calculation, atmospheric refraction models, and positioning algorithms. GPSTk applications provided more concrete benefits to the user, including: cycle slip detection and removal, calculation of the Total Electron Content (TEC) of the ionosphere, and RINEX file manipulation. GPSTk is distributed under the GNU LGPL. This license makes the library free to use, share, and improve, and allows you to pass on the result. Software developed under any license scheme can use this library. Notably, it is possible for commercial projects to use the GPSTk. Bruce Stemplewski’s GarXface C++ library and DLL makes communicating with Garmin GPS devices a breeze. All you need to do is use the C++ library to make easy to use function calls to the included DLL. The GarXface GPS DLL does all the the complicated work of communicating to the Garmin GPS for you.
The GarXface OCX is an ActiveX control that can be used in Visual Basic type applications. It can actually be used in any application that can use ActiveX controls. This includes but is not limited to Excel, Access, Word, Lotus Notes, Visual FoxPro and Delphi. The control can even be used from a web page, which would make it perfect for geocaching websites. GarXface OCX can be used in C++ but if you are a Visual C++ programmer then you may find the associated C++ library easier to use. GPS ToolKit Pro ActiveX from Scientific Component makes it easy to add GPS support to any Visual Basic, Visual C++, Delphi, Excel or scripting project that supports ActiveX controls. Access lat/lon, speed, course, altitude, and dozens of other datasets from a GPS or NMEA 0183 log file with GPS ToolKit. PortController.NET and PortController ActiveX are powerful, easy to use components that make RS-232 serial port communications simple. The Global Positioning SDK is a multi threaded framework for Visual Studio.NET and Visual Studio 6 to develop precise, efficient, and reliable location-based services. Over fifty classes in one lightweight assembly gives you precise, high-performance features and gets your product to market fast.

The team at MobiForms has added signature capture and sketching capabilities into the latest release of MobiForms 2.21. It also includes additional commands in the simple MobiScript language such as if, end if and loops providing true programming power. MobiForms 2.21 has improved support for Oracle and Sybase databases. Alternatively, with no database installed it can be programmed to read or write to any ASCII file format instead. It is a revolutionary rapid application development (RAD) tool for mobile applications on Windows CE, Pocket PC, EPOC/Symbian and Palm and lets you develop professional applications like asset collection, field service, inspection, market research, site surveys, stock control or workshop management. MobiForms gives you the power of a whole army of unrelenting programmers by automating the development process. An application that would traditionally take days to write in Java or C++ can be built in minutes.

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Jun 6, GPS software utilities

GPS Software Utilities let you transfer data between a GPS receiver and other GPS applications. Others make it possible to calibrate maps or to create your own maps. Or to use several GPS applications with only one GPS receiver. Transferring from one file format to another is very useful too. Or send your position via SMS to a server, where your position is plotted on a map. And many more. GPS software utilities are indispensable for everyone who is serious about GPS.

MxGPS 9x from MxGeo is a user-friendly application to transfer data between ESRI’s ArcMap application and Garmin GPS. GPS data can be downloaded directly into ArcMap and stored in shapefile or geodatabase format. Downloaded data is automatically projected into the same spatial reference as the map. If required, a datum transformation is applied to ensure the best possible results. Map features such as points, lines and polygons can be easily uploaded to the GPS as waypoints or track logs. Simply select the layer and features that you require and click 'Send to GPS'. The data will then be available on the GPS unit. Johan Franson made GpsGate that lets you share one GPS receiver between several applications. GpsGate can create any number of virtual ports which most NMEA enabled GPS applications can connect to. So, there is no need anymore to completely close one application, before launching another. Being able to switch between several running programs, without hanging your pocket PC, is GREAT. GpsGate can also be used as a Simulator. Define a set of waypoints and GpsGate will simulate a GPS traveling between those points. You can also log and playback real-time GPS data. GPS Sentry from SentrySoft is a Today plug-in for pocket PC. It helps you keep an eye on your GPS on the Today screen. Features include: -Small footprint, both in memory and on the Today screen. -Multipaged display with a full set of GPS data and statistics. -Log position data in Trimble GML or NMEA $GPRMC format. With GpsGate the program can use your GPS at the same time as other applications. No need to switch it on and off. xImage GPS software from Garmin allows you to retrieve and update images on your Garmin GPS and makes it possible to get a screenshot from most Garmin GPS models. GPS2CAD enables design professionals to easily and inexpensively use recreational-grade GPS units to collect field information and plot it in their CAD program. The program is designed to work with AutoCAD, versions 14.01 through 2004. EasyGPS is free GPS software to create, edit and transfer waypoints and routes between your computer and your GPS receiver. It is much easier to encode waypoint coordinates and names via the keyboard of your PC than it is via the rocker key on your GPS receiver. And it is much easier to manage long lists of waypoints and their coordinates on your computer screen than it is on your GPS receiver. GPSdb does the same, but also lets you download and organize your GPS track logs. Only for Garmin GPS receivers and it is not free. The free and ever popular G7ToWin is GPS software designed to transfer data between Garmin or Lowrance/Eagle GPS units and a PC. The program supports up- and download of waypoints, track logs, routes and events. Events only for Lowrance/Eagle receivers. And from units which support it, you can download a copy of the current GPS screen-display as a Windows bitmap (like PrintScreen, that copies the PC screen to the clipboard). G7ToCE is the (beta) version for pocket PC’s. Another free GPS software is MyGPS. It lets you calibrate maps, starting from a raster graphic file (.bmp, .jpeg, .gif, etc.). It enables the up- and download of waypoints, routes and tracks between your GPS receiver and the calibrated map. It can display altitude profiles of routes and tracks and allows a bi-directional interface, using the protocol of Garmin "eTrex" and "Geko" GPS receivers.

Dave Patton's DRGMapCal is Shareware GPS software which automates the process of generating map calibration files for Digital Raster Graphics (DRG) map images and generates OziExplorer calibration files (.map) for Canadian NTS Toporama topographic map images and Landsat 7 ortho-images, as well as MapQuest "street maps". The program will also generate JPR calibration files for the Toporama map images and Landsat 7 ortho-images for use with Fugawi and Memory-Map Navigator. Vic Fraenckel’s GeoCalc GPS software contains sub-applications in a tabbed-notebook format and the user can easily change from one sub-app to another by clicking on the appropriate tab. It performs the following: Conversion of angles in DMS format to decimal degrees and inverse, conversion of UTM grid co-ordinates to Lat/Lon and inverse and Vincenty’s Direct and Inverse calculation. The user can select from a list of standard ellipse/datum names. The program is Free and for that price you even get the source code. This GPS software can be found at www.windreader.com/geodesy/. Mike Morrow’s NMEAgent is an averaging GPS software program (and SO much more) designed to collect and average multiple GPS Lat/Long readings in an effort to produce an accurate location Lat/Long. Run it with a unmoving antenna for at least 24 hours. The reading for the various user selected time intervals will tend to converge to a single number. This is very close to Where You Are in the WGS84 space. Marcin Marszalek’s TrackAnalyser analyses tracks saved in OziExlorer's PLT format. The GPS software analyses tracks (probably) gathered using a GPS receiver and saved in PLT format, native track format of OziExplorer software. It generates statistics concerning not only directly registered values such as location coordinates, altitude and time, but also computed values like distance, climb, speed, pace, vertical speed and slope. Some of the statistics are calculated separately for uphill, flat and downhill travel. It can be found at http://priv.astronet.pl/azzie/TrackAnalyser/ GPSBabel GPS software converts waypoints from one format to another, whether that format is a common mapping format like Delorme, Streets and Trips, or even a serial up- or download. Backends include GPX, Magellan and Garmin serial protocols, Geocaching.com .loc, GPSMan, Garmin Mapsource .mps, Magellan Mapsend .wpt, and many others. The free VisualGPS incorporates many advanced features found in professional programs. Its sole purpose is to display graphically specific NMEA 0183 sentences. This is great for testing GPS receivers, including eventual external antenna and RS-232 output to a PC. VisualGPSce is a Beta-version for the pocket PC. VisualGPSXP is the professional version of VisualGPS. It is a general purpose utility for monitoring the output of a GPS receiver. Cetus GPS for Palm OS is the Swiss Army Knife of GPS tracking and field data collection. It is intended for use by GIS surveyors, scientists, explorers and GPS enthusiasts who need to extend the features of their standard GPS equipment. The GPS software offers a Navigation assistant, Position databases, a Track logger and Data analysis and conversion. Frontbase GPS for Windows is an easy-to-use Garmin GPS software that makes it simple to transfer waypoints, routes and tracks between your Garmin GPS and PC. Use Frontbase GPS software to
* download waypoints, routes and tracks from Garmin GPS to a text file, Microsoft Excel file and to the clipboard.
* upload waypoints, routes and tracks to Garmin GPS from a text file, Microsoft Excel file and from the clipboard.
* make backups of your waypoints, routes and tracks. SeeYou is a planning and analysis tool for glider pilots. It is designed for the desktop and notebook PCs. This GPS software product includes SeeYou Competition module, used worldwide for scoring gliding competitions from local to world class events. Its functions before the flight allow you to plan tasks, manage waypoint lists and upload all that to the Pocket PC device. After the flight, it allows you to download flights from GPS devices, see your flight on maps, explore its details through Statistics and relive it in 3D view. NetGPS is a small, freeware GPS software program you can use to see where people are in real-time, as they travel around. All you need is Oziexplorer, a webserver, a wireless Internet connection and a GPS receiver. For the technically minded, NetGPS sends NMEA data over a TCP/IP network to Oziexplorer, using HTTP. The Remote can either be a Win32 laptop, eg Windows 2000, 95 etc, or a pocket PC 2002/3 device like an iPaq. The receiving computer just needs to run Oziexplorer and NetGPS Desktop. In between is the Webserver Component. Frank Dahlslett’s GPS2SMS is a GPS software program for sending GPS positions as SMS messages via a mobile phone. Just connect a GPS (NMEA output) and a Siemens (serial) or Nokia (serial or IrP or USB) mobile phone to a laptop PC and you are ready to send. New: Support for SIEMENS phones (tested with S35, C45, S45, ME45, S55 and TC35T) SMS2OZI is GPS software for receiving GPS positions from SMS messages and plot the positions on a map (using OziExplorer). SMS2OZI also works together with the free internet mapping site MapQuest for single position display. Connect a Siemens (serial) or Nokia (serial, IrP or USB) mobile phone to a PC and you are ready to track your mates that are using GPS2SMS or TRACK-BOX or Nasar or Benefon (supports: !LOC, !TRK, !EMG and !EGN). New: Support for SIEMENS phones (tested with S35, C45, S45, ME45, S55 and TC35T) and support for Nasar SMS messages. The above-mentioned TRACK-BOX from Klaus Hirschelmann is a HW stand alone solution (no laptop necessary). Serial cable connection for GPS and cellular phone. GPS position is passed on as an SMS-message when the "SEND"-button is pushed or if an incoming call is detected. Operates on 9V battery or 12V car-adapter. (ver.: 2003-08-27) Also see our GPS Tracking page and our GPS phones page for other tracking possibilities. VITO Navigator II from VITO Technology is a GPS software utility that works in NMEA and SiRF and has several windows displaying important information about your trip. It is possible to program your own plug-ins for the display windows. It provides heading/bearing on the destination waypoint and records track and waypoints for further use in navigation. Indication of GPS receiving conditions and current co-ordinates. This GPS software lets you import recorded tracks/points from Geocaching .loc and text .csv files.

GPilotS GPS software allows your PalmPilot to talk to your Garmin GPS receiver to send and receive waypoints, routes and tracks and talk to map software to exchange waypoints, route and tracks with them. It allows to create and edit waypoints and view tracks. It allows for fast and light asynchronous communication with support of both 'GPS' and 'host' mode. Connected to a GPS receiver, the PalmPilot is a host and, connected to a PC, GPilotS emulates a selectable GPS receiver. This way you can load tracks, routes and waypoints from your Palm device to a pocket PC. GPilotS is Freeware. Eric Smith’s ggps is a small GPS software using the GTK+ toolkit to display GPS satellite position and signal strength information.

GPSxCAD from Gecko Software is a complete GPS software extension for AutoCAD. It provides new commands within AutoCAD to access, view and input GPS data. GPSxCAD works with most handheld GPS.

Key Features Connects AutoCAD to handheld GPS. Add 3D points, lines and polylines from GPS aquired positions. Moving map navigation. Support for UTM, State Plane and Latitude/Longitude.

Use GPSxCAD GPS software to: Obtain accurate location on map project. Perform real time digitizing of points, lines and polylines. Navigate, using moving map functions. Conduct field surveys. Identify and locate mapped assets. Field measurement of distance.

GPSxCAD GPS software allows geographic information to be collected in the field and to be instantly updated into the GIS database. GIS data can be simultaneously collected and field verified. Information from the field can be sent to the enterprise for real-time information analysis, display and decision making.

Follow Me GPS software from JGUI gives your pocket PC with attached Bluetooth or CF GPS receiver the same functions that a handheld GPS like a Garmin or Magellan has.

This GPS software program: shows your actual position. shows compass directions. tracks your moving in various modes. lists all your tracked points. draws all your tracked points in some simulated map, rescaled continuously. calculates distance to the Target Point. calculates and analyzes "reverse moving". saves/opens your tracked path or point.

VITO ActiveTrace is a sports oriented GPS software specially designed to help you watch your sports progress. VITO ActiveTrace turns your PDA into the universe counter gadget that can not only save the detailed statistics for every trip but also record your tracks, set pushpins, and exchange coordinates with friends. VITO ActiveTrace is the best solution for your outside activities. VITO ActiveTrace: Records your tracks; Collects the detailed statistics for trips; Displays tracks and stats on-line; Sets pushpins; Sends your coordinates to friends via sms. Is all you need for effective training.

The Eye4Software Coordinate Calculator is a very easy to use tool to perform transformations between different map datums and projections. The software can be used to transform a single coordinate or a batch of coordinates read from a comma separated file.

Supported map projections include: Transverse Mercator, Oblique Mercator, Mercator, Lambert Conformal Conic, Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area, Polar Stereographic, Oblique Stereographic, Albers Equal Area Conic, Eckert IV and VI, Mollweide, Polyconic, Krovak and Cassini-Soldner.

The Coordinate Calculator is shipped with a MS Access database containing almost any map projection, geodetic datum and reference ellipsoids around.

MAPC2MAPC is a program to manipulate digital maps: - Load map images and calibrate themLoad calibrations in many different formats and DatumsView the calibrated mapCrop and rescale maps whilst preserving the calibrationReproject maps to 'Plate Carre' (Equirectangular)Rotate maps to true NorthFit maps to other projections and polynomial fitRead and Write Garmin Custom Maps (KMZ) and Write Trekbuddy TilesRead MrSID .sid and .jp2 filesMerge, join or overlay maps regardless of the scale or projectionWrite several calibration formats

Will read and write MAP (Ozi), JPR (Memory-map, Fugawi), GMI (GPSTuner), MCD (GPSMAPOS, GPSGO), CAL (Pathaway), TFW (Mapyx/Quo), KML, KMZ. Will also read GUX (GPSU) and IMP(CompeGPS). Will invoke MrSIDDecode to decode MrSID files, Will handle different input datums but writes WGS84. There is a description of things it can do here and more technical information in the readme file.

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