A lot of the best applications for Android is made by Google themselves so when Google announces a new Android Application, we pay attention. This new one from Google is called My Tracks which serves as a GPS tracking application. Specifically:
My Tracks records tracks of outdoor activities using the phone's built-in GPS. It shows these tracks on a map and presents live statistics, including an elevation profile. And here's the best part: it lets you easily share your activities with friends and the world using Google Maps, as well as archive your training history with Google Docs.
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You can just download the application from Android Market and be on your tracking way! No dongles necessary, no additional desktop software required. Here's a specific list of things that can be done with My Tracks:
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- Record and visualize GPS tracks while running, hiking, biking, skiing — or any other outdoor activity
- Get live statistics, such as total/moving time, (average) speed, distance, and elevation profile
- Send performance statistics to Google Docs to build a training history
- Mark places and describe activities for others to discover via Google Maps
If you're eager to learn more about this new app, click the jump to see a video of My Tracks in action!
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I just read the article and watched the video on the new my tracks app! looks really cool! I have been using the app CardioTrainer for a couple months and then sharing by exporting into my maps (CT provides an exportable kml that you can send to my maps -- same place as my tracks). Just wondering if anybody has used both apps. I feel like CardioTrainer is more for actual training and my tracks is just a GREAT standard gps tracking app, but I'm impressed with the google app! What do you think?!
here's a link to the CardioTrainer page incase you want to give that a try too! www.worksmartlabs.com/cardiotrainer/about.php ..i find the CardioTrainer audio cues really helpful during a long run!
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Do you know also GPSies for Android? Link: http://www.gpsies.com/page.do?page=android
GPSies Android views the tracks of GPSies.com on Google maps by an easy location based search (GPS) and is a good combination to My Tracks.
Btw, GPSies.com is a outdoor track community with worldwide over 300.000 trekking, running, walking, cycling, skating (and more) tracks.
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