Your GPS data in Google Earth and Google Maps

Google Earth and Google Maps are made to work with GPS data

Many services allow you to upload your GPS tracks and waypoints to Google Earth. Others also let you upload your photos and even geo-reference them for you, so they are projected exactly on the spots where they have been taken.

Hybrid GeoTools' Active GPX Route Player for Google Earth. The “Media Player” of GPS playback. Simple to use yet endlessly customizable, up to 50 routes can be played back at the same time. Adjust time, speed scale, viewing behavior, track and icon appearance and watch progress against an altitude profile. Every turn, acceleration and stop is faithfully recreated.

New in Version 1.1 - Virtual Cyclist - Set the power, weight, aerodynamics and see how you’d perform on the climbs of the Tour de France.

Hybrid GeoTools' 3D Route Builder is a GPS Editor for Google Earth. It offers fine grain control of routes directly in Google Earth not only in terms of positioning and altitude but also in time. Easily shift and scale time, correct barometric drift, synch to video files and build accurate GPS (GPX), KML/KMZ and Garmin TCX files from scratch or from existing files. Playback routes in real-time and optionally with absolute altitude - that means tunnels, bridges, cable car rides and flights take on new levels of realism.

3dtracking Ltd has just launched a new range of completely free GPS services through their website http://www.3dtracking.net. Simply put, through using your mobile phone or PDA, along with your GPS receiver, you can record and view your movements in detail on Google Earth or Google Maps. You can even use the free service for live tracking using Google Earth or Google Maps. Download of the required 3dtracking GPS software application, as well as use of the website, is completely free (and there are no future plans to charge for this either. Ever). The web server also retains all the data you've ever recorded and submitted, so you can always go back and view your older recorded data at any time.

Adam Schneider has added Google Maps as an output format in GPS Visualizer. You can upload your GPS data file (in a supported format) and instantly view it in Google Maps. It is also available as an output choice in the other input forms, including the address form.

Phone2GEarth is an easy Nokia Series 80 GPS software application that allows to log tracks which are directly saved as Google Earth KML files. New and useful features like: - English, Spanish, German and French languages. - Place marks supported with timestamps in the track. - bluetooth autostart, for easy use. - Complete Series 80: 9300, 9500 - Color and phone name configurable. It allows deferent phones, tracks etc. Requirements: * Series 80 (Symbian) Smartphone (9500, 9300). * GPS Bluetooth (NMEA protocol). * Google Earth (Windows).

Earth Bridge is designed to bridge the gap between Google Earth and your GPS receiver. See your location on Google Earth in real-time and easily control your view. Record your track as you move. Earth Bridge GPS software requires an NMEA 0183 compatible GPS device connected via a serial interface.

GEtrax is a Windows GPS software application that can...

• Plot various format track files in Google Earth...
• GPX
• XML
• OziExplorer
• Raw NMEA data (text)
• CSV data (text - one type only)
• Plot GPX or OziExplorer format waypoint files in Google Earth (as placemarks).
• Read live (NMEA) data from any gps (COM port) and plot location and track in Google Earth.
• Read a track file directly from a Garmin gps and plot it in Google Earth.
• Put tracks (including live data) on a server and email a recipient for remote viewing.
• Save tracks in GoogleMap and OziExplorer format.
• Save track and waypoint files as GPX format for archiving.
• Read track data from existing KML files.
• Read Ham radio tracking data from Findu.com or from a receiver and plot the location and track in Google Earth.

GPS Radar GPS software from JGUI allows you to use your Windows Mobile*) device for the following reasons:

• monitore your localization by GPS receiver.
• save the track and points of moving.
• generate various XML reports.
• upload points to dedicated Internet server.
• review your moving on designed web pages with Google Maps streets or satellites images.
• generate GoogleEarth current location.
• generate GoogleEarth track files.
• review your moving directly on GoogleEarth interface screen with all its features.

GPS Track GPS software connects to a GPS and records the path that you travel. Tracks can be uploaded to a web site, sent by email, transferred via Bluetooth, or written to a flash memory card. Google Maps and Google Earth are used to view the tracks. File formats such as GPX and CSV are also supported. Compatibility: This GPS software requires a cell phone or other mobile device with:

• J2ME (Java 2 mobile edition).
• Java API for Bluetooth (JSR-82).

EveryTrail is an online platform that enables you to visualize your travel and outdoor activities and share these with like minded people from all over the world. With EveryTrail you can easily upload GPS data you recorded while out on the trail and add your photos and notes, to create a visual record of your outdoor activity. EveryTrail was created by a small group of passionate travel and outdoor enthusiasts, out of dissatisfaction with current solutions to share trips with friends and like minded people. See our Article about a Small castle trip.

Platial enables anyone to find, create and use meaningful maps of Places that matter to them. It can connect people, neighborhoods, cities and countries through a citizen-driven common context that goes beyond geopolitical boundaries. Platial provides a home for people who love quirky geographical information or just want to mark the locations that have meaning to them. Sign up for a free account, and you can start building and sharing personalized maps, complete with place markers, tags and descriptions of each spot. Collaborate on them with your buddies, or keep them to yourself.

AtlasCT's ReLive! is a social photo sharing and mapping application which enables users to take photos with their mobile phones and then easily tag the photos to their precise location on a map. Users can also add notes, creating a travelogue map which tracks their journey. ReLive! enables users to “relive” their trip through an easy-to-access web interface, and to invite friends and family members to experience their journey with them. The technological advantages that AtlasCT brings to the market are the company’s ability to support both mobile and web clients through the same platform, and its streaming vector solution, which greatly reduces transmitted map tiles and bandwidth consumption. The company’s advanced streaming vector transmission technology enables reducing transmission times by 90% versus traditional raster (JPEG) transmission. By decreasing map loading times, it improves the users’ experience and reduces the cost of Internet use for the user and the mobile operator. Relive! does not use Google Maps/Earth, but Navteq maps.

The website WikiLoc is a completely free service that allows anyone in the world to post and share GPS information mainly about outdoor activities, be walking, hiking, cycling, sailing... It's based in Google Maps/Earth and you can switch the base maps to layers served by whatever freely accessible Open Geospatial Web Map Service you like.

MotionBased is a web application that translates GPS data into functional analysis and online mapping for endurance and outdoor athletes. Performance analysis, online mapping, and route sharing provided by MotionBased will not only make GPS devices more valuable but will change the way athletes train.

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