GpsVP

gpsVP
Author:	Vsevolod Shorin
License:	BSD
Platforms:	Windows and Windows Mobile
Status:	Unmaintained
Version:	0.4.24 (2012-02-05)
Language:	multiple languages
Website:	https://github.com/jerome077/gpsvp
Source code:	https://github.com/jerome077/gpsvp
Programming language:	C
Features Feature Value Map Display Display map yes Map data vector;raster Source offline;caching Rotate map yes 3D view yes Shows website ? Shows phone number ? Shows operation hours ? Routing Routing yes Create route manually ? Calculate route ? Create route via Waypoints ? Routing profiles ? Turn restrictions ? Calculate route without Internet (Offline routing) ? Routing providers ? Avoid traffic ? Traffic Provider ? Navigating Navigate yes Find location yes Find nearby POIs yes Navigate to point yes Navigation with voice / Voice guidance no Keep on road no Lane guidance ? Works without GPS yes Navigate along predefined route ? Tracking Make track yes Customizable log interval yes Track formats ? Geotagging note Fast POI buttons ? Upload GPX to OSM no Monitoring Monitoring yes Show current track yes Open existing track yes Altitude diagram no Show POD value yes Satellite view no Show live NMEA data no Show speed ? Send current position no Editing ? Rendering ? Accessibility Accessibility support blind Complete non graphics text output yes Braille interface ? Exploration modus ? Public Transport mode ? Danger Warnings ? Screenreader ? Screenreader languages ?

GpsVP is a GPS enabled application that can display vector based maps and raster maps.

Licensed under New BSD License.

It has built in support for

• loading OpenStreetMap tiles (offline or on demand over wireless network, if you wish)
• and Garmin format maps (also more than one at a time), various levels of detail, POIs
• It can also record tracks and store POIs.
• a search in OSM is available
• scanned maps can be displayed, prerequisites: georeferenced, tiled, config files
• Map or monitors view
• Remap Hardware Buttons to functions

The application runs on the WIN32-platform (PCs) and on many PocketPC/Smartphones with and without touchscreen.

Offical website: http://code.google.com/p/gpsvp/

The track formats available are GPX or Oziexplorer (*.plt).

Version 0.4.24 as of February 5th, 2012

• ...

Version 0.4.20 as of March 2nd, 2010

• tracks: now uses GPS time (subsecond) instead of system time
• sun azimuth
• navigate along predefined route

Example of use

• 
  Ipaq mounted on bicycle
• 
  Monitors view on a HTC S740 Smartphone. For each box the parameter shown can be configured. One needs to go into the setup and choose some options to get this view.
• 
  Vector map with marked cycle routes on pocket pc

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