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Live tracking is at the heart of everything that Map My Tracks does. It’s where Map My Tracks started some five years ago and the goal has always been to provide sports events with a viable mass tracking solution that is easy to use and engaging for spectators to watch online.
Today Map My Tracks officially launches the Event Tracker. To celebrate the launch the Event Tracker it is being used by UCI WorldTour team GreenEDGE in the Tour Down Under. Online spectators can watch a live stream of biometric data and real-time telemetry from the pro peloton and follow all the latest news from the event. Each rider’s heart rate, power, cadence and speed along with their position in the race all feature in the Event Tracker for online spectators to follow.
Map My Tracks Event Tracker works in conjunction with a range of supported mobile apps for sports tracking. During an event the Map My Tracks iPhone app, OutFront, captures and streams live data from each participant and broadcasts it live to the event tracker for spectators to follow, both online and via the app itself. As the tracking device is a mobile phone is makes using Map My Tracks Event Tracker the only viable tracking solution for mass participations sports events like sportives, marathons and regattas. There’s no need for specialist tracking devices, just a mobile phone with a compatible app from Map My Tracks. Cycling, running or sailing event organisers now have a way of showcasing their event live online while it takes place for online spectators around the world to follow.
Map My Tracks is a social network for sports enthusiasts where people share their training and workouts. As with all of its features there is a strong social theme to the Event Tracker. It’s an open system where event organisers can add their event and races themselves and participants opt in to be a part of the live event. It is as good to use in at professional event like the Tour Down Under or simply for a weekend run or training ride out with friends.
The Map My Tracks team have drawn on their experience of providing custom tracking solutions for Team Sky and sports events like the HotChillee London to Paris and the Cracknell - Walters E2E Record Attempt to provide an online experience that is an asset to participants, event organisers and online spectators.
Live tracking is just one side of it the Event Tracker. Each event can be replayed to provide second-by-second analysis of the action. Detailed statistics of an individual’s performance can be assessed and shared with friends, family or coaches.
The launch of the Event Tracker is timed to coincide with the start of the 2012 cycling, running and sailing season providing sportive, marathon and regatta organisers with a live tracking system that can include all of their participants, not just the elite athletes.
The pro cycling team, GreenEDGE, will be one of the first to use the Map My Tracks Event Tracker in the Tour Down Under. Live tracking is available to watch online during the event from January 17 to January 22. Each race starts at 11:00 local time and a replay of the day’s action is available any time after the race finish.
For more information about the Map My Tracks Event Tracker, or custom event tracking solutions, contact the events team.
16/01/2012 | Posted by Nick
Map My Tracks now supports the widely accepted standards for linking to other users and tagging content. From today, website users can add '@' links and hashtags to activity notes and comments to automatically link to other people's profiles or to groups of tagged activities.
The introduction of these features make is easy to link to friend’s on Map My Tracks and group activities together from events or training sessions.
They are as easy to use as they are on services like Twitter and work in just the same way. For example the hashtag of #marchmiles links through to a hub featuring all the activities using the tag and also include a distance tally from any user using the tag. Likewise @Nick links through to Nick’s profile page.
At the moment this is only available on the website but the next release of OutFront will include this as well.
It’s a simple but powerful addition to Map My Tracks and one that we hope you like.
04/01/2012 | Posted by Nick
SRM have long been considered the gold standard of power meters that provides cyclists with additional data about their performance. They're popular amongst pro and elite cyclist around the world - so much so that most of the UCI World Tour cycling teams ride with SRM power meters - including Team Sky to which Map My Tracks are official suppliers.
We’re thrilled to announce that we have now added support to import, read and analyze SRM data files here on Map My Tracks. Power, cadence, speed, elevation, heart rate and pace are available to analyze and just like any other activity the data can be examined in detail for any ascent, descent or time period throughout the session.
Uploading an SRM file is simple
First connect the SRM PowerControl unit with your computer to download the data. The files are saved in the directory you have designated but the default directory is: C:\Program Files\SRM Training System\_DATA.SRM.
Then either email the files to your personal Map My Tracks email dropbox or use the upload options in your profile to add the SRM file to your profile. There are also upload options in the My Activities section. As with all activities a public one is available for everyone to see and private ones are for your eyes only. If you’re part of a team on Map My Tracks the public activities will be added to the team for team members to review.
Analyzing SRM data
Once uploaded the SRM data is available to analyze within your profile or training room.
To help better analyze the data each data type can be switched on or off.
Any segment of the activity can be examined in more detail. Simply click into the chart and choose the period to examine in more detail.
View the data on any device
As with all activities on Map My Tracks they can be reviewed via desktop, tablet and mobile browsers. The forthcoming update of the Map My Tracks iPhone app, OutFront, can also be used to review, analyze and share SRM data files.
This is just the start of what we have planned for SRM data files. We’ll be modifying the dropbox to let you upload SRM files by email as well as increasing the range reports on the data.
As ever, we’d love to hear from you to find out what you’d like to see added. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy using the new tools.
07/07/2011 | Posted by Nick
With the cycle sportive season in full swing we are delighted to announce the launch of Map My Tracks Endurance app for iPhone®.
Endurance is the perfect companion on long distance rides or runs when you want share your progress live online for others to follow.
Map My Tracks Endurance is a light-weight, low-power app that is designed to make long distance live tracking possible with an iPhone. Capable of tracking live for over 24 hours on one charge, Map My Tracks Endurance reduces the battery drain that can be experienced from other iPhone tracking apps. With this app it’s easy for friends, family or sponsors to follow your progress online throughout long distance events like sportives, gran fondos or marathons.
As with our other iPhone apps, Endurance seamlessly connects with your MapMyTracks.com profile to let spectators follow your progress online from around the world. And just like OutFront, when multiple riders use the same tag their activities can be followed live on an event hub. With the Map My Tracks Endurance app sports event organisers have a viable live tracking solution that all their participants can use.
The app will get its first outing in the the Ride Across Britain where the team of riders from Cisco will be using Map My Tracks Endurance throughout the nine day event. Their progress will be followed live on the Cisco Riders event hub on MapMyTracks.com by sponsors, friends and Cisco work colleagues around the world.
Map My Tracks Endurance is free to download from the App Store and is compatible with iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS & iPhone 4 and as usual unlimited live tracking is available to all Map My Tracks account holders.
Using Endurance
Endurance couldn’t be simpler to use when out riding or running. Once logged into the app set the update frequency, add a tag, then tap start. It’s that simple.
Endurance has been designed with long distance live tracking in mind. In order to extend the battery life the app is optimised to use GPS only when needed. More frequent updates use more power and in turn reduces the overall tracking time. So adjust the update frequency to suit the activity session. In tests carried out on an iPhone 4 at two minute updates the battery life was extended to over 10 hours.
As Map My Tracks Endurance is a light-weight tracking app is does not provide a breakdown of your performance within the app (for that we suggest you use OutFront). However, since each activity is live there is full breakdown of the activity stats online in your profile.
04/06/2011 | Posted by Nick
We are always looking for ways to make it easy for you to re-use the information within your Map My Tracks profiles. That's why we have added an iCalendar feed of all your activities. Every activity is added to a personal iCalendar feed that you can subscribe to with an iCalendar-compatible calendar program.
The personal iCalendar feed is available on your ‘My activities’ page and includes details of when each activity was done along with a breakdown of how you got on. Here’s how it looks if you subscribe to it on an iPhone.
The iCalendar format is compatible with a range of calendar apps like Google Calendar, Apple iCal or Outlook. Each time you add an activity to your profile on Map My Tracks your iCalendar feed is updated with the details and populates your calendars with the activity.
This small, but useful, update gives you another way to monitor your activities carried out on Map My Tracks.
Hope you enjoy using it.
14/12/2010 | Posted by Nick
As part of an ongoing round of enhancements we have added a small but useful addition to the site today. Now if you like the look of someone's activity you can show your appreciation by liking it. Simple really.
Likes are an easy way to compliment or motivate other user’s activities here on Map My Tracks. Given their simplicity you won’t be surprised to find that they are easy to use. On any activity you can like it by clicking on the Like icon on the map. If you’re on someone’s profile or your own home page then you can like each activity in the list.
And that’s it. As I said, a small but useful addition to help motivate and show your appreciation. We hope you like using Likes.
24/11/2010 | Posted by Nick
Last week we launched Map My Tracks Hubs for events, clubs and teams to use as an easy way to group activities and track everyone live. To make Hubs even more useful we made it possible to embed them on your own event or club website.
Since Hubs are a fast and easy way to bring live tracking to an event, team or group’s activities we wanted to make sure that it was just as easy to take a Hub away with you and place it on your own website. Embeddable Hubs let you easily add live tracking to your website or simply to showcase all the activities from your participants in the run up to an event.
Hubs can work really well to bring together everyone’s activities before, during and after an event or race. If you’re part of a sport club then create a Hub for your club. If you’re running an event then create a Hub for everyone to add all the training they do before the event then use a Hub to showcase the event live on the web. Since hubs are so easy to set up you can have as many as you need for your participants.
Getting started with embeddable Hubs
First create a Hub for your event, club or team by simply deciding on a tag. Then tell everyone about it and have them sync or upload their activities on Map My Tracks with the tag.
For example, our local sailing club, Whitstable Yacht Club, uses a tag of ‘wyc’ so that all their members can add their racing to the club’s hub.
To embed a Hub on your website first browse to the Map My Tracks Hub then copy code to use on your website.Hubs appear on Map My Tracks under the address format of mapmytracks.com/explore/tag/yourtag. So to follow the example for Whitstable Yacht Club their Hub is online at www.mapmytracks.com/explore/tag/wyc.
Once on the Hub click on the embed option on the map and copy the code to your own website. It’s that simple.
Whitstable Yacht Club have embedded their hub on the club website which can be used to showcase live or recorded activities throughout the season.
Adding activities to a Hub
Once a Hub is up and running it’s easy to add activities to it. For live tracks simply use one of the Map My Tracks mobile apps and track live with the choosen tag. In the case of Whitstable Yacht Club the activities would be tagged ‘wyc’.
It’s possible to add recorded activities to any hub either from our mobile apps, as GPX or direct from any Garmin device. As long as apply your choosen tag to each activity they will appear in your Hub. At present, it is not possible to upload activities to a Hub using the email dropbox.
Why use Map My Tracks Hubs?
- They are fast and easy to use with no set up or registration
- You can easily create a Map My Tracks Hubs on the fly when you need them just by tagging activities
- They are the simplest way to broadcast live action from your event, race or club
We’ve tried to make Hubs as simple as possible to use so that you can start to add live tracking to your own website. We have lots more planned for Hubs so do let us know what you’d like to see added to make them even more useful.
We hope you enjoy using the Hubs.
22/11/2010 | Posted by Nick | Comments: (8)
Owners of devices like the Garmin Edge or the Garmin Forerunner can now review and analyse their heart rate, cadence or power output here on Map My Tracks along with all the stats you've become familiar with.
Over the past few months we have been busy adding several new features on the website along with new improvements to our range of mobile apps. New to the mix of features is support for heart rate, cadence and power. This is an exciting move for us and, we think, it helps to make Map My Tracks even more useful.
At the moment it is only possible to add heart rate, cadence and power data by uploading Garmin data to Map My Tracks, either by file or by using the Garmin Communicator plugin. Either way, the data is read in and ends up along with all the other activity data like speed, pace, calorie burn or elevation and forms part of the replay analysis that has also had a major face lift.
You can replay dhaffner’s activity to see it in action. The heart rate and cadence data appears at the bottom of the data column. Click on the bar to reveal the full chart to zoom in and analyze further.
We have much more planned but in the meantime we hope you like the new features. If you have an idea for a feature that would help you out please get in touch and let us know. Email ideas to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Hope you enjoy using the new tools.
19/10/2010 | Posted by Nick | Comments: (2)
On Map My Tracks it's long been possible to watch or replay activities on a map with a bird's eye view of the action and today we are pleased to announce that Google Earth and Street View has been added to the set.
With the addition of Street View and Google Earth to Map My Tracks it is now easier to appreciate the surrounding terrain for an activity and get a first-person view of the road ahead. One of the really exciting features of using Street View is that, now for the first time, it’s possible to see the road ahead as users carry out their activities live. It’s as if your riding or running with them as they do their activity. Street View works great for all road-based activities and Google Earth can be used to get a 3D fly through of the action.
To switch on Street View or Google Earth first load up an activity then click on the map options.
Select either Street View or Google Earth or both if you want the full experience.
Street View
Google Earth 3D fly-through
If you have not already installed the Google Earth plugin you’ll need to do this once before the Google Earth view appears.
We’re really excited about being able to add both Street View and Google Earth to Map My Tracks and we’re looking forward to getting a new insight into everyone’s activities. We hope you like the new additions and, as ever, do let us know what you think.
19/10/2010 | Posted by Nick | Comments: (1)
To support the Nigel Mansell Cycle Challenge around Britain Map My Tracks has launched the first live first-person tracking system that allows online viewers to experience the ride as Nigel is seeing it. The ex-Formula 1 champion has embarked on an epic 1200 miles ride around Britain over 13 days in aid of UK Youth and with Map My Tracks' virtual tracking system spectators can follow Nigel's progress in real-time and see the roads as he see them.
The Nigel Mansell Cycle Challenge takes place from July 22 through to August 3 and each day’s ride will be tracked live so that spectators can watch Nigel at any stage to see where and what he is seeing.
By overlaying the Map My Tracks live tracking platform with Google Street View spectators get, for the first time, a view of the road as if they were cycling it themselves. The first-person viewer updates and travels down the roads as new data is received live from the Map My Tracks tracker that Nigel and his group have with them. Updates can be set as frequently as every two seconds but for this challenge new updates are taken every one minute.
Ride with Nigel as if sitting on his saddle or view the full route with statistics of their performance.
Please support Nigel and his team of riders in their challenge to ride 1200 in 13 days.
23/07/2010 | Posted by Nick
Understanding what training you have done and how you are getting on is vital for improving your performance. That's why we have added a weekly summary of all the key stats to the user's profiles.
The statistics bar provides a summary of the total distance, duration, calories burned and number of activities for any given week. It makes it super simple to better understand the extent of activities that have been done this week or any previous week.
Each total is supported by a full breakdown for each day’s activities. Say, for example, you have done two rides on Monday the total milage for that day gets displayed on the bar chart. You can also check the duration and see how many calories you burned for each day. It makes it easy to see the effort that has been made and better judge your training.
This new feature, coupled with the weekly summary email, means that you get an at-a-glance picture of your activities. We hope you like the new addition. Please let us know if you’d like to see other additions to the site. We are always happy to hear what you would find useful.
09/06/2010 | Posted by Nick
One of the more frequent requests is a way to embed the latest activity done on people's own websites or blogs. In response to popular demand we have added a new widget that makes it super simple to embed details of your latest activity on your blog or website. What's more it will highlight when you are live so that your friends or family can easily follow your progress.
How to use the widget?
As with all our widgets you are in complete control over your privacy. The widget will only ever display the latest public activity that you have done.
To use it you will first need to enable the ‘Latest activity’ widget within your profile.
Once enabled you can set the width of the widget to match the column width of your blog or website.
Simply enter the width then copy and paste the code to your site. It’s that simple.
By way of an example, my own latest activity together with weekly and total distances is below.
We hope you enjoy using the new widget. As ever, keep the suggestions and comments coming in.
25/04/2010 | Posted by Nick | Comments: (1)
Being able to compare two activities together has been on Map My Tracks for a while now but it was a little tricky to use. We've listened to the feedback from users who had trouble using it and have now rolled out a new and improved way to select and compare any two activities.
Activity comparison is a great way to find out it you’re making progress in your training. It makes is easy to select an activity you may have carried out six months ago and compare it to a more recent one. What’s more you can compare your performance against other peoples’ activities who may have done the same route.
To compare any two activities of your own visit your activity wall then click ‘Compare activities’. Drag and drop the maps of the two activities you want to compare to the edit bar at the bottom and click Compare. You’ll then see both activities presented together. Click the play button in the top of the sidebar and watch a replay. It’s that simple.
If you’re keen to compare your activities against other peoples first add their activity to your Favourites. All favourite activities get listed on your activity wall favourites so you can select and compare any public activity. To compare yours against other people’s you’ll need to make your own activity a favourite as well then simply use the activity comparison tools to view both at the same time.
We hope you enjoy using the activity comparison tools. Please let us know what you think here on the blog, on Twitter or on Facebook.
Enjoy.
24/03/2010 | Posted by Nick
Today sees the launch of the Map My Tracks Activity Wall that lets you easily discover new routes and workouts, follow the activities of others and add comment on activities near you. The Activity Wall is made from a series of columns that let you build the wall to show the activities you want to follow.
Follow one or all activity types, follow other Map My Tracks users or simply follow activities in your town. The choice is yours.
So why is the wall useful? With the number of activities being added to Map My Tracks increasing each day it has made it tricky to find and follow different activities that may be of interest. The activity wall aims to fix this and let you see the activities that you are interested in. The explore map still lets you see all the activities, as before, on a map if that is what you prefer.
Start building your own wall
We have made is super simple to set the wall the way you want to and add new columns with content you want to follow. Start by logging in to customise the wall the way you want to. Add columns to include:
- all public activities;
- your own public and private activities;;
- activity types (e.g., cycling, running, walking, etc)
- activities by other Map My Tracks users;
- all activities in a country; and
- all activities around a place near you.
Adding and uploading activities to the wall
Getting your activities live on the wall is done directly from the Map My Tracks phone app. Alternatively, simply upload GPX or Garmin files here on the site. Either way your public activities become part of the wall for others to see and follow. As before, all private activities remain visible to just you.
Comment on activities
The activity wall also makes it quicker and easier to post a comment on someone’s activity. Comments are a great way to provide encouragement, or find out more about the activity.
Follow friends
The activity wall lets you easily follow the activities of other Map My Tracks users. This is a great way to follow friends that you may share workouts with or simply to get inspiration from others.
We’ve made a small change to the main navigation of the site to make the activity wall just one click away at all times.
We’re really excited to see how you use the activity wall. As ever, if you would like to see additional features added to the wall just let us know.
Enjoy.
17/11/2009 | Posted by Nick | Comments: (36)
With the Tour de France in full swing we're thrilled to be adding split time replays to the first two time trial stages. Stage 1 and stage 4 are ready to replay and analyse to see how your favourite team performed over the race course.
Each Tour de France stage replay provides a unique way of seeing the racing action and lets you easily understand where the time trials were won or lost. It’s a fascinating way to analyse the performance of riders over the whole course and quite clearly demonstrates the relative finishing positions at the end of the race.
The team time trial replay illustrates how Lance Armstrong and the Astana team powered through the course to take the top slot. Quite an impressive demonstration of their talent. The individual time trial shows the strength of the top riders that set the pace.
GPS traces of the routes are displayed over Google Maps with split times, speed, distances and stage standings available for analysis.
Replay Stage 1 and Stage 4 of the Tour de France
Stage 1 replay
Stage 4 replay
We’ll be broadcasting the final individual time trial on stage 18. Tune in to watch the race action on July 23.
We hope you like the new feature. Let us know what you think.
08/07/2009 | Posted by Nick
Understanding more about how you have performed is vital for any training schedule. That's why we've added performance graphs to each activity here on Map My Tracks. The performance graphs illustrate both the speed and elevation profile of the activity and help to give you a better idea of the difficulty of a route.
We’ve made it easy to analyse the profile of the activity over the distance of the activity or over the time of the activity. Both offer something a little different and provide some interesting viewing. The graph tools let you zoom in to a particular phase of the activity to really get a close look at the data.
The elevation data is drawn from Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) elevation data and, in our experience, provides a more stable impression of the elevation in comparison to a lot of GPS elevation data acquired directly from a mobile phone.
Do let us know what you think. And, as ever, give us your feedback on this new feature and any other tools you’d like to see on Map My Tracks.
02/05/2009 | Posted by Nick
It's now a breeze to import GPS tracks created by devices from Velocitek, Garmin or Magellan into Map My Tracks and replay the activity. We have introduced a new file import facility that lets you upload GPX file formats directly into your activity log to replay, compare or share your activities here on Map My Tracks. It's great if you use GPS data logging devices, such as the Velocitek Speed Puck, SC 1 or a Garmin Forerunner, EDGE or eTrex.
We’re really excited about this new feature and best of all it’s available free, under both the Free and Pro Plans, to use and upload as many activities as you like. Up until now it has only been possible to add activities directly by using the Map My Tracks mobile application but now it’s open to other devices.
Uploading an activity
Uploading an activity is easy. First export the GPX data file from your device then go to your My Activities page on Map My Tracks. In the sidebar click on ‘Import track data’. Fill out the form to give it a title, description and activity type then browse to your GPX data file you created earlier and click on ‘Import my activity’. It’s that simple.
Once uploaded the activity slots right in with your other activities and can be replayed, compared or shared just like all the other activities.
What is a GPX file?
Not sure what a GPX file is? In short, it’s a handy file format to move GPS data around. In the words of Wikipedia, “GPX, or GPS eXchange Format is an XML schema designed for describing GPS data between software applications.”
At present, the data import needs to be in a GPX file format. Most devices allow you to export your track data in this format. If your device doesn’t directly export as GPX there is a handy convector available from GPSBabel to help in the process.
As ever, we hope you enjoy this new feature. Let us know how you get on.
23/04/2009 | Posted by Nick | Comments: (3)
Sometimes it's the small things that can make a difference. With that in mind we have been busy adding a few small changes around the place that, we think, do make a difference.
Small change no. 1
Live track indicator - it’s now easier to see all live tracks when exploring tracks. The explore page markers now highlights the user’s live location to let you easily follow their progress.
Small change no. 2
Tracks near you - we’ve made the explore page first focus on tracks from your country. We’ve been overwhelmed with the number of users around the world that are using Map My Tracks. However, this meant that the explore page had grown to show the world map at all times and made it difficult to see the tracks and locations. Our solution - switch the the focus of this page to first show tracks near you. At present it zooms to show the tracks in your country . You’re not missing out on any tracks as all the latest tracks are still available in the side bar. Scroll over any one of them and you’ll zoom to the location.
Small change no. 3
Multilingual support - Tracks titles, tags, descriptions and comments all now support language characters from around the world. Yet another small but important change that makes it easier for local languages to be used with personalising track data.
We hope you like the changes and find them useful. As ever, keep your ideas coming. It’s always good to hear them.
29/09/2008 | Posted by Nick
Map My Tracks is all about sharing your outdoor activity with others. It's also about discovering others in your area and with this in mind we have introduced a small, but very interesting, feature on every track that shows all the other nearby users.
Now in the sidebar of each track a new ‘Others nearby’ tab shows a live stream of the whereabouts of the nearest ten Map My Tracks users. The stream is made up of the most recent public tracks from users. It adheres to all the usual privacy controls that lets you decide how locations information is published.
As well as a list of the nearest ten Map My Tracks users in the sidebar it’s also possible to see the whereabouts on each map. It’s worth zooming out a little to see where others are around you.
This is a great new way of checking out if your friends are nearby or watching others in your area as they go about their outdoors activities.
We hope you like it.
01/09/2008 | Posted by Nick | Comments: (29)
It's been a busy time at Map My Tracks HQ. Hot on the heels of upgrading all our servers we are pleased to announce the release of Map My Tracks Mobile version 1.3. This release includes some great new features including location sharing, event tracking and for the first time it is compatible with Blackberrys.
Location sharing
You asked for it so now you can easily share your location with sites like Twitter and FriendFeed. Now when you are out and about you can use Map My Tracks to automatically make a tweet on Twitter showing your current location. It also let them follow your progress as you move around. You can also do the same with your FriendFeed account. To start sharing your location all you need to do is enable these services on your profile page here are Map My Tracks and make sure that you have v1.3 installed on your phone.
Once enabled, your location is shared each time a track is made or it can be manually shared using the ‘Where am I?’ feature on the phone.
Event tracking
We’re really excited about this. Event tracking is great for showing groups of people tracking all at once. It’s perfect for tracking any outdoor activity that involves groups of people or for competitions and makes it super easy for event organisers to present a bird’s eye view of all competitors in a race. We’ve already used this to bring live action from this year’s Map My Tracks Musto Skiff UK Nationals. More information about events is here.
Blackberry version
Blackberry users can now use Map My Tracks. For the first time v1.3 is compatible with Blackberrys with either an internal GPS receiver and using and external GPS receiver.
Get the latest version
The latest version can be install over the air by browsing to http://www.mapmytracks.com/install using your mobile phone.
If you don’t want to install the latest version over the air then download these files to your desktop to install via phone’s PC suite
Signed version - Try this set first
Download signed JAD
Download signed JAR
Unsigned version - Use this set if the signed version doesn’t work on your phone
Download unsigned JAD
Download unsigned JAR
Blackberry version
Download
To use these files you will need a Map My Tracks account. Sign up free and start tracking today.
We hope you like the new features. Please keep letting us what would make Map My Tracks even better.
Happy tracking from the team at Map My Tracks.
14/07/2008 | Posted by Nick | Comments: (3)
Showing your current location or activity on your own website or blog just got easier. Today we have rolled out a suite of new features that make it easy location-enable your website. It's the perfect solution to answer the question "Where are you?".
As well as the existing tools to show your current activity we have added a GeoRSS Location feed and Last location map.
Location feed
The location feed is a GeoRSS feed which automatically updates with live public tracks. Each time a track is made public it is added to the location feed. It’s great to add to your blog or website to let your friends know where you right now or where you have been. For those of you not familiar with GeoRSS don’t worry. They do the same as a standard RSS feed but also include geo data plotting your last known latitude and longitude.
Last location map
The last location map updates a map that can be displayed on your blog or website. It shows your last location when using Map My Tracks Mobile and is updated each time you make a track. All you have to do is embed a small line of code on your blog. That’s it.
Here’s my last location map.
Privacy
Your privacy is important to us which is why both the location feed and last location map need activating before they can be used. This is done on your profile page. Only public tracks are included in these features. Just as before, if you make a track private it remains private and only available for the track owner to see here on this site.
Don’t forget that it is also possible to embed a complete track on your site with replay tools. This has been available for some time but it does hurt to highlight how to do it.
To embed a track on your site will require a short line of code that is available when viewing any public track. To copy this code first load the track that you wish to embed. In the sidebar click Share/export then Copy the code to embed the map on your site.
Hope you enjoy the new tools.
28/05/2008 | Posted by Nick
One of the unexpected benefits of Map My Tracks is that it introduces people to new locations from around the world. Many of the tracks that are being made look to be in glorious locations and Google's satellite map provide a little glimpse of what it might be like on the ground.
With this in mind we’re pleased to introduce a ‘Featured tracks’ to the home page. Featured tracks is a collection of tracks that have caught the eye of the Map My Tracks team.
A great example of this is Simon’s drive around Longleat Safari Park.
Keep an eye on new featured tracks as we add them. Hope you enjoy the new feature.
13/05/2008 | Posted by Nick
Two tracks on one screen, replayed together. Well that's what you asked for so we built it. Track comparison lets you choose any two tracks to replay together and compare their performance. For the first time, this new feature allows you to compare against your own earlier activity or better still have a virtual race against someone else! It's a great way of seeing if you've improved or just to compare against a buddy's tracks.
All the usual speed, distance, course and position are displayed for both tracks with the option to synchronise the starting positions so that you can get an accurate comparison.
Comparing GPS tracks is simple
First choose the two tracks to compare from the explore page and click ‘Compare tracks’ at the top and bottom of the list of tracks. The track comparison page overlays both tracks on one map. Synchronise the starting positions of each tracks by sliding the player controls for both tracks in position. Once synchronised, press play and watch both tracks replay together. As with all the tracks you can speed up the action.
GPS track comparison was a feature request from our users. Keep the requests coming so that we can make Map My Tracks even better.
09/03/2008 | Posted by Nick
To celebrate our attendance at the Dinghy Show this weekend we have rolled out another release of Map My Tracks Mobile that improves our support for many Windows Mobile handsets.
This release, v1.1, helps to extend the range of compatible handsets that Map My Tracks supports. One of the key features added on this occasion is the addition of an onscreen QWERTY keyboard.
This provides an alternative way of entering text using an onscreen keypad instead of the handset’s numeric buttons. This is especially useful for users whose phones have QWERTY keypads. To launch the onscreen keypad, simply click the select button when highlighting a text field.
To further extend the range of phones that we can support a manual GPS setup has been added. On some phones, the Java is unable to connect to internal GPS hardware or external Bluetooth devices. This is most common on some Windows Mobile devices whose Java does not support the required APIs. To accommodate this we have introduces a manual setup within the GPS settings page that allows you to choose the COM port that the internal or Bluetooth GPS device is associated with.
Also in this version are a suite of improvements to the accuracy of information and data and a couple of bug fixes.
To make the most of these features grab the latest version from http://www.mapmytracks.com/install.
Enjoy.
28/02/2008 | Posted by Nick
Different sports require different statistics, which is why we have added the ability for you to set your default map type and distance units for viewing tracks. Now you have the choice to set street, terrain or satellite maps as your standard view together with the option to view your tracks using imperial, metric or nautical distance units.
As before, these options can also be changed as you view a track so you can still adjust the way in which track data is presented should you decide that nautical miles don’t really apply when you have just completed a bike ride!
Preferences are set on the ‘my profile’ page.
15/01/2008 | Posted by Nick
Understanding your performance is essential in any training regime. To help in that understanding we have today introduced split times and pace indicators on tracks.
Split time analysis and pace summaries provide some useful benchmarks for a lot of land-based sports activities like running and cycling. As with all of the distance data displayed we have made it possible to switch between kilometres, miles and nautical miles. Whatever suits your needs.
We’re keen to continue improving Map My Tracks to make sure that you have the right tools for your sport. Let us know what you like to see.
UPDATE: Split time markers have also been added along a track on a map.
04/01/2008 | Posted by Nick
