AGPS-TrackerOm Help/Info

This page covers new features introduced by AGPS-TrackerOm. Common functionalities with AGPS-Tracker are explained in this Help Info link.

► Geographic Maps

► Contour lines

► Elevation

► Gpx Editor

►Credits

 

Geographic Maps

The geographic maps used by AGPS-TrackerOm are offline, free maps created and maintained by the OpenStreetMap project (“©Openstreetmap-contributors). These maps are compressed in files with extension “.map”  and may be downloaded using A-GPS TrackerOm.

The first time you run the app your archive is empty and you will be invited to select the map of your country and transfer it to your local archive.

To download other map files you can use the  Download Map Download menu. You will get a list of candidate maps and you can navigate inside directories to find the country of your interest. When you select the map then a download will start in background. This new map becomes one of your maps in your local archive. You can see and manage your local archived maps using the Your Maps menu. Maps and DEMs are stored in an internal directory and will be deleted if you uninstall the application.

 

Contour Lines

Contour lines are generated automatically by A-GPS TrackerOm when you keep pressed a point of the map. The contour lines are generated starting from Digital Elevation Map (DEM) data files. The DEMs provide an accurate altitude mapping of the terrain (one point every 30m) and have been made available by NASA. They cover all land between 56 degrees south and 60 degrees north latitude as graphically shown on this DEMs Range.

The first time you run the app your DEMs archive is empty. To load a DEM file you just need to keep pressed a point on the map. If you do not have a DEM for this area you will be prompted to load the file from the A-GPS TrackerOm server.

If you keep pressed a point on the map and you have already downloaded the DEM for this area, then you will see the contour lines created by A-GPS TrackerOm around the touched area.

A DEM file name identifies the geographical coordinates of the DEM area and has extension “.hgt”. For instance the file N44E008.hgt identifies a DEM covering the area with latitude North from 44 to 45 degrees and latitude East from 8 to 9 degrees. You can graphically see the distribution and coverage of DEMs on the map using the button DEMs Domains.

 

Elevation

The elevation is the less precise of the data provided by GPS, it may be subject to unexpected variations. DEMs give an alternative and more stable way to calculate elevation from the knowledge of the geographical position.

AGPS-TrackerOm by default will work in an Auto mode: i.e. if there is a DEM available for this area then the Elevation is calculated from DEMs data interpolation. Otherwise the user has the choice (in the Settings) to use either GPS or DEM or both. 

The GPX files will always contain GPS elevation data.

GPX Editing 

A GPX track, already created in your archive, can be loaded and modified in the following ways: 

  1. Merge two tracks. The first track is simply loaded, a further one may be added. 
  2. Modify or Delete a Point Of Interest (POI). Select a POI (keep pressed it) to Delete it  or Modify POI name and description.
  3. Add a new POI either assigned to a point on the MAP or to a point on the track. 
  4. Save the resulting track to a new GPX file. 

Credits

This app is using some Open Source resources of great value: