Recording trip details on a map

Stephen, wanting to plot places visited in the past, use SPOT to track current trips, wanting to put all the trips on one map, the map attached is from a app called Trackmytrip, but only works on smart phones, which I don't have.

John

OziExplorer will do everything you want and a lot more.

I always save every track that we drive, and any important waypoints along the way.

The only trouble with SPOT (yes I know what they are and also use a SPOT 3)
is that the data is only recorded every 5 minutes in my case. When you look at the data that it collects, either on SPOTWALLA or on the SPOT page, you never get nice clear lines on a map.

The image below is from OziExplorer with the EOTOPO 144k map loaded. The blue lines (this colour I selected, but you can customise what ever colour you want) are the actual path that I drove and recorded by OziExplorer and all those yellow squares with numbers are the waypoints that I recorded.

The area is around the Oodnadatta Track area and Coober Pedy. when you go in at 100%, you will see even more data.

So from these images, you will not get any better than this type of track recording.


Cheers


Stephen

Michelle, thanks, once again as I am a technological troglodyte, WIN 7 here only.

Understood - just be aware that Win 7 reaches end of life in January 2020, which means no future security updates or fixes so you will be at greater risk for viruses and malware. I know you feel like you're not technical but going forward, the best way for you to stay secure is on Windows 10 otherwise you are just making things worse for yourself. Otherwise, ditch the PC and stick with a phone/tablet that does everything in the one device to save money and keep it simple.

In my experience, ExplorOz Traveller records a continuous track like OziExplorer. It is possible to see a series of short straight lines if you zoom into magnified street detail, but for the purpose of recording your travels on a map it is more than adequate - plus its other uses and features, of course.

Here's an example:

Example of same trip recorded on two devices on the same day. One a Spot Gen3 with (1.5 min recording intervals) the other an iPad running Exploroz Traveller App.





You can see the difference in the recording of tracks at Zoom 15. ExplorOz follows the actual road.

Cheers

Anthony