| My Tracks | |
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 My Tracks 2.0 Logo | |
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| Original author | |
| Developer | |
| Initial release | 12 February 2009 (2009-02-12)[1] |
| Final release | |
| Preview release | 2.0.2.rc6 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | Java,XML (content language) |
| Operating system | Android 1.5+ |
| Size | Varies with device[2] |
| License | Apache License, Version 2.0 |
| Website | www |
My Tracks was aGlobal Positioning System (GPS) tracking application that ran onAndroid. The application used a device's GPS capabilities to collect data, allowing real-time review of path, speed, distance, and elevation. Later, this data could be saved toGoogle Maps,Google Fusion Tables, orGoogle Docs and shared withGoogle+,Facebook, orTwitter. The application also allowed a user to record annotations along the path, hear periodic voice announcements of progress, and sync with select third-party bio-metric sensors.
In 2016, Google announced that My Tracks would be deprecated and no longer available in theGoogle Play Store.[2][4] An in-app popup alerted users that My Tracks would stop working on April 30, 2016;[5]
The application made its debut on February 12, 2009 under a closed license.[1] A year later on March 28, 2010,Google announced theopen-sourcing of the application, stating that "Thecollective intelligence of the development community will create a more powerful, more intuitive, more useful, and more robust My Tracks."[6] The first major re-haul of the application came on July 13, 2012 when Google released version 2.0. This introduced a new interface, support for playing back data inGoogle Earth for Android, improved charts, and additional statistics.[7] In 2014 the developers announced on the google code project site that My Tracks would no longer developed in the open and that the source code would be removed.[8] The last open source version was 2.0.5 released in August 2013.[9]
In September 2013, theGoogle Play Store listed the application as being installed on 10,000,000 – 50,000,000 devices, with an overall rating of 4.4/5 from over 80,000 reviews.[2]CNET gave the application 4/5 stars, praising its "Chart, Statistics, and satellite playback" and ability to pause recordings but criticized it for an "unattractive interface" and lack of "athletic-specific features".[10] PCWorld awarded MyTracks 5/5 stars, stating "this app is just about perfect. It is intuitive to use and very stable."[11]
OpenTracks is an open-source fork launched in 2019.[12]
| OpenTracks | |
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 OpenTracks Logo | |
| Initial release | 19 September 2019 (2019-09-19).[13] |
| Stable release | |
| Repository | https://github.com/OpenTracksApp/OpenTracks |
| Written in | Java,XML (content language) |
| Operating system | Android 5.0+ |
| Platform | Android (operating system) |
| License | Apache License, Version 2.0 |
| Website | opentracksapp |
