Maps view
The map view utilizes your entire PDA screen to show as large a map area as possible.
All Pocket PC screens are supported (screen orientation, VGA display, high DPI screen resolution …)
Different visual information can be present on the map.
If your current location is contained in the visualized map, the position marker, a cross icon or an arrow, is inserted on the map at your current coordinates.
If you are GPS disconnected mode, or not moving, the position marker is displayed as a cross. If you are navigating with a GPS, the arrow marker points in your direction of travel
Proximity information can be superimposed on maps to allow easy visual scanning of POIs that are in close proximity. The Preferences screen allows defining map's display preferences such as no POIs superimposed; only POIs specific types; POIs label or icons, etc.
The scale of the current map, indicated at the bottom right corner of the screen, represents the half of the screen's height.
TIP – In the GPS disconnected mode, the current position is set to the center of the current map. In the GPS connected mode, the map can be centered around the GPS position by activating the Centered GPS mode via the menu option Center→GPS
Scrolling maps
Maps can be larger than the screen, so scrolling and moving your maps around is very important.
Besides scrolling automatically as you move, maps can be scrolled using your finger or your stylus. Tap and drag a point on the map to drag the map around. Release the stylus when you've reached the position you would like to view and the map moves and redraws. Zooming into maps
Your current map can be smoothly zoomed in/out using the scroll hard button.
Maps are zoomed smoothly in extending/shrinking by two the current geographical data, except if there is a related map loaded on your device corresponding to the demanding scale. Map data extrapolation is limited to 4 times to avoid details distortion.
You can also select a map by its name. Select maps covering the current area by pointing the scale indicator. This action brings up the list of all preloaded maps available at different scale for the current area. Display the chosen map by clicking on its name.
Select any maps loaded on your device by applying the main menu option Map. Tip: Windows Mobile Navigation Pad actions:
 Up Key: smoothly zoom in
Down key: smoothly zoom out
Left key: zoom in by displaying the next available map at a smaller scale
Right key: zoom out by displaying the next available map at a larger scale
Routing information panel
The Routing information panel, displayed on the upper left corner of the map, gives navigation indications from current position to any destination location.
These routing data include the heading to follow (represented by a red arrow) and total distance and estimated travel time between your current position and destination. If a GPS is connected, the time estimation to reach your destination is based on your current speed.
From the map, you can select destination points by pressing any location (including POI icons) and applying the Set To option from the context sensitive popup menu.
From the POIs list or POIs details screen, you can apply the menu option Center.
Menus Structure
To keep full screen size, no tool bar is available within the Tracker application. Instead, two popup menus are available from the map view:
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the map context sensitive popup menu activated with a short single tap done on any position on the map
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the main menu to access Tracker main functions, available via a long tap done on any position on the map.
The main Menu
The main menu activated with a long tap on the map, gives access to all Tracker functions:  Center
The Center→GPS option triggers the Centered GPS. In this mode the map is always centered around the GPS position. To deactivate the Centered GPS mode, click another time on this option.
The Center→POI List option enables to center the map around a specific POI selected from the list of POIs. See the POI section for details.
Track
This option gives access to the main tracks functions to record, pause, and stops the tracking process, as well as all the tracks managing functions such as getting details, creating new tracks and listing all tracks. See the Track section for more information.
GPS
This option gives access to the GPS Details screen and as well as Start and Stop the GPS navigation assistance. Details on the Using GPS navigation section.
Map
This option changes the current map display. You can choose any preloaded maps on your device via the List option or select one of the maps covering the current area by selecting its name in the narrowed list display at the bottom of the popup list.
The Web Auto option addresses the on-line map function download.
SMS
IMPORTANT - Due to technical limitation the SMS functions are restricted to the Windows Mobile 5 version of the Tracker software.
This option communicates positions by SMS to a valid phone number. You can Send your current position or Request the position of your partner. Details on the SMS section .
Preferences
This option regroups all the settings to personalize your applications such as map display options, units of display, GPS configuration, track recording options, time estimation settings. Details on the Preferences section.
This option also brings up the about box. For details see the Register your license code in the about box section.
Exit
This option terminates the Tracker application.
The map context sensitive popup menu
This context sensitive popup menu, activated with a long tap on the map, offers several functions that are related to the tapped position:
 Center
With this option you can quickly shift your focus point to another one by re-centering the current map around the tapped position
Set to
This option initializes your destination to the current tapped position. The Routing Information, displayed on the upper left corner of the map reflects the course and distance from between your current position and the tapped position.
New POI
This option creates a new point at the tapped position. This function brings up the POI screen, click on OK button to create that POI. For more details refer to the POI screen section.
POI
This option, only available if you tap on an existing POI, shows the POI details of the tapped POI.
Maps availability
Tracker allows displaying two different types of maps in your PDA.
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Either instantly downloads on-line geo-coded maps from a range of worldwide destinations anywhere, anytime.
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Or simply, from home or on the move, choose a POI, or locate yourself on a map and in minutes, you get on-line plans to start your journey or, navigate with your own maps, by converting and calibrate gif raster maps using Visual Cartographer, our Map Manager companion tool.
Tracker supports Mercator map projections with WGS and CH193 datum, and Oblique Mercator on an 1841 Bessel ellipsoid map projection.
IMPORTANT - To operate within Tracker maps must be geo-coded. On-line maps are automatically calibrated, but for your own set of maps, you will need to specify longitude and latitude coordinates of each map within Visual Cartographer.
The description of the conversion and calibration of gif maps within Visual Cartographer are described in the Visual Cartographer user manual.
Requesting on-line maps
GPS Pilot has teamed up with best online maps providers to allow browsing of vast geo-databases to deliver up-to-date, pertinent and concise information to your PDA.
Connecting your Pocket PC to the Internet
Before requesting online maps, make sure that your PDA is able to connect to the Internet.
Cartography access is adapted for land modem, and wireless connection.
Tracker uses an Internet connection to download directly maps into your Pocket PC. This connection can be established by GPRS, by a GSM phone connection, via your computer Internet access.
Tip: In order to facilitate the configuration of your Pocket PC, we will recommend using Microsoft CMWsetup.exe software.
This assistant will assist you in configuring your Pocket PC to accept different options of connections. You will be guided for the set up of a modem connection, a VPN (Virtual Private Network) connection, and a connection through cellular phone.
If you do not use your PDA synchronized with your computer, we recommend entering as parameter for usage of Internet only, this option is valid if you have an ASDL, Ethernet or Wifi connection.
Maps downloads
Once the map request well specified and activated (see following sections), maps download will normally take several seconds, depending on the speed of your internet link, and take around 3mb of cache space. A count down message is displayed on the screen indicating the estimated download time left. Maps are automatically cached on external memory (Compact Flash, Memory Stick, SD Cards), if any on RAM otherwise, so you do not have to go online again to retrieve the maps.
 Maps
SwissGeo carrier proposes Swiss topographical maps of 10/10000 to 1000/10000 scale
Plus European topographical maps 100/10000 scale
SwissGeo plug in
SwissGeo plug-in allows accessing SwissGeo portal from Tracker. Subscription to SwissGeo license and plug-in can be done for 8 Swiss Francs per month, through http://SwissGeo.ch web site. Once the subscription is done, you are able to download SwissGeo on-line maps into your PDA.
SwissGeo activation
To activate your SwissGeo account, select the Preferences option from the main menu.
Click on the SwissGeo tab and enter your SwissGeo member name and SwissGeo member password you received during the purchase of your SwissGeo license followed by the SwissGeo plug-in member.
Click on the “OK” icon to validate your settings.
French and German user manual are available for download via SwissGeo web site.
Requesting SwissGeo on-line maps via the option Map
→ List
 First, specify the map coverage by centering the current map on the desired area: center the current display on a specific POI, or on a specific area.
Then, specify the map scale by selecting the Map→List option from the main menu and choosing a scale level by taping on ones of the predefined scales tabs. : 10, 25, … 1000.
Once area and scale specified, Tracker will automatically sends an on-line request to SwissGeo portal. Your device will then receive and display the map corresponding to the given specification (if of course, the PDA is connected to Internet).
After this web request the web-auto mode is triggered. This mode enables automatic maps download request.
Requesting automatically on-line maps via the option Map→Web-auto
The Web-auto option offers the possibility to browse directly to the on-line map repository to get full coverage for any of your trips without overloading your device memory. Indeed when traveling using GPS navigation assistance and moving to an area not covered by maps already stored on your PDA, Tracker will be automatically request the missing maps. Also, if you are dragging, zooming in/out maps or centering map display to area not covered by maps already stored on your PDA, new maps will be automatically downloaded into your PDA
TIP - The Auto-Web feature does not work on zoomed maps; maps need to be displayed at their regular scale. Also if a map requested (same scale, same area) is already present on the PDA, the map is not re-downloaded.
Web-auto is a multithread process: user actions such as moving the maps, checking GPS screen, creating POI, etc. are possible during on-line requests.
A web-auto status icon displayed in the top right corner of the map view informs of the state of the Web-auto process
 Web-auto mode is active: if your moves bring you outside of the scope of a map, an automatic on-line request will be sent.
 Web-auto mode is active and a download is in progress: a web request has been sent and the device is receiving on-line maps to cover the new area.
 Web-auto mode is active and but download request can not be emitted or received as the Internet connection is not valid: A web request should be sent to demand on-line maps to cover the current area.
To end the web-auto mode, re-apply the Web-auto main menu option.  maps
Aeroplanner carrier proposes aeronautical or marine charts and trip ticks (VFR WAC, VFR sectional, IFR high or low, Vect high or Vect low).
Aeroplanner aeronautical and marine maps coverage is spread all over the world: U.S, Canada, Europe, and Middle East
Aeroplanner charts |
high view |
detailed view |
Paper scanned maps |
Wide Aeronautical Chart
WAC |
Sectional Chart
Sectional |
Instrument Flight Rating
IFR high |
Instrument Flight Rating
IFR low |
Vector maps |
Vect high |
Vect low |
Access to Aeroplanner navigation portal, is available via a yearly subscription -US $ 100.00- from http://Aeroplanner.com web site
Aeroplanner plug in
Aeroplanner plug-in gives complete access Aeroplanner portal from Tracker
Subscription to Aeroplanner plug-in can be done immediately for USD 24.95, from http://GPSpilot.com web site.
Your Aeroplanner plug-in code is function of your PUN and your Aeroplanner login if you do not receive the code during your purchase, please contact us at Support@GPSpilot.com.
Once the subscription to Aeroplanner services and Aeroplanner plug in are done, you are able to download Aeroplanner on-line maps into your PDA.
Aeroplanner activation
To activate your Aeroplanner plug in account, select the Map→List option from the main menu. Click on the Aeroplanner tab or logo and enter your Aeroplanner username and pass code you received during the purchase of your Aeroplanner license and plug-in member. Click on the “check” icon to validate your settings.
Requesting Aeroplanner on-line maps via the option Map→List
 First, specify the map area you wish to request by centering the map around an area, either focus on POI, or locate the area by centering an existing map on it. Then, specify the map's scale by zoom in/out to obtain the right scale factor.
Finally, select the Map→List option from the main menu. In the list screen, apply menu Maps-Aeroplanner.
The full route check box will enable you to download all the maps needed to cover the current track
Tracker will automatically sends an on-line request to Aeroplanner portal and will receive and display the map corresponding to the given specification (if of course, the PDA is connected to Internet)
Requesting automatically on-line maps via the option Map→Web-auto
The Web-auto option offers the possibility to browse directly to the on-line map repository to get full coverage for any of your trips without overloading your device memory. Indeed when traveling using GPS navigation assistance and moving to an area not covered by maps already stored on your PDA, Tracker will be automatically request the missing maps. Also, if you are dragging, zooming in/out maps or centering map display to area not covered by maps already stored on your PDA, new maps will be automatically downloaded into your PDA
TIP - The Auto-Web feature does not work on zoomed maps; maps need to be displayed at their regular scale. Also if a map requested (same scale, same area) is already present on the PDA, the map is not re-downloaded.
Web-auto is a multithread process: user actions such as moving the maps, checking GPS screen, creating POI, etc. are possible during on-line requests.
A web-auto status icon displayed in the top right corner of the map view informs of the state of the Web-auto process
Web-auto mode is active: if your moves bring you outside of the scope of a map, an automatic on-line request will be sent.
Web-auto mode is active and a download is in progress: a web request has been sent and the device is receiving on-line maps to cover the new area.
Web-auto mode is active and but download request can not be emitted or received as the Internet connection is not valid: A web request should be sent to demand on-line maps to cover the current area.
To end the web-auto mode, re-apply the Web-auto main menu option.
A first-aid tutorial that answers to most common questions is available via the menu Option-Help.
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