Adam Schneider[_1_]
September 8th 06, 06:03 PM
A few changes to GPS Visualizer lately which are worth announcing:
* Google Maps: a lot of changes here, although a few are under the hood
where most people won't notice them. The most notable is the ability
to have GPS Visualizer automatically generate a list of waypoints and
display it next to the map. You can click on the items in the list to
pop up the markers' info windows, or just mouse-over them to see the
corresponding "tooltip" on the map. Here's an example:
http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/examples/google_marker_list.html
* When creating Google Earth files from tracks, you can now choose to
have every trackpoint turned into something like a waypoint, that when
clicked upon shows you all the available data for that point (speed,
altitude, etc.) Look for "Draw as waypoints" under Track Options in
the GE form: http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/map?form=googleearth
* Input files can now be zipped (.zip) or gzipped (.gz). I don't know
if anyone will take advantage of this, but it does save upload time.
* A few more input file formats are supported, thanks to GPSBabel.
(If you upload, for example, a .gdb or .mps binary file, the server
uses GPSBabel to convert the file to GPX and then reads it normally.)
* I'm still trying to figure out ways to make it easy to make maps from
geotagged photos. For now, GPS Visualizer will recognize useful
fields called "url" and "thumbnail" in plain-text data and will use
them to build a map with pop-up thumbnails at the relevant locations.
Example: http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/examples/google_photo_map.html
Have fun, and please let me know if you run into any problems.
If you're not yet familiar with GPS Visualizer's "Do-It-Yourself
Mapping," please visit the home page (http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/),
check out the examples, etc.
Adam Schneider
Portland, OR
adamschneider.net
www.gpsvisualizer.com
* Google Maps: a lot of changes here, although a few are under the hood
where most people won't notice them. The most notable is the ability
to have GPS Visualizer automatically generate a list of waypoints and
display it next to the map. You can click on the items in the list to
pop up the markers' info windows, or just mouse-over them to see the
corresponding "tooltip" on the map. Here's an example:
http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/examples/google_marker_list.html
* When creating Google Earth files from tracks, you can now choose to
have every trackpoint turned into something like a waypoint, that when
clicked upon shows you all the available data for that point (speed,
altitude, etc.) Look for "Draw as waypoints" under Track Options in
the GE form: http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/map?form=googleearth
* Input files can now be zipped (.zip) or gzipped (.gz). I don't know
if anyone will take advantage of this, but it does save upload time.
* A few more input file formats are supported, thanks to GPSBabel.
(If you upload, for example, a .gdb or .mps binary file, the server
uses GPSBabel to convert the file to GPX and then reads it normally.)
* I'm still trying to figure out ways to make it easy to make maps from
geotagged photos. For now, GPS Visualizer will recognize useful
fields called "url" and "thumbnail" in plain-text data and will use
them to build a map with pop-up thumbnails at the relevant locations.
Example: http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/examples/google_photo_map.html
Have fun, and please let me know if you run into any problems.
If you're not yet familiar with GPS Visualizer's "Do-It-Yourself
Mapping," please visit the home page (http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/),
check out the examples, etc.
Adam Schneider
Portland, OR
adamschneider.net
www.gpsvisualizer.com