My Tracks for Android

My Maps Editor by Google

How to use the My Maps Editor application with My Tracks:

The My Maps Editor can edit and view Google My Maps. When installed you can use this application to open maps you have stored on maps.google.com or maps of your friends. After the My Maps Editor is installed, whenever you click on a link to a map your phone will offer to open the map in the browser or the My Maps Editor. We strongly suggest you choose the My Maps Editor as the map will not properly load currently with the default Android browser.

Twidroid

How to use the Twidroid application with My Tracks:

Twidroid is great application for Twitter on Android devices, and Twidroid makes sharing with My Tracks simple. Twidroid understands My Tracks sharing messages just like the Gmail application. Once you install Twidroid you can easily share your tracks as a tweet. Twitter is a robust service with many web services built around it. For example you can also link your Twitter status to Facebook.

Power Manager

How to use the Power Manager application with My Tracks:

The Power Manager application is a powerful way to control how your handset uses its battery. If you choose to install the Power Manager there are two ways to make sure it works well with My Tracks.

- By default Power Manager will create a profile that will turn off the GPS when the battery goes below 30%. We recommend changing this profile to trigger at 5%.
- Many users choose to make a My Tracks profile for Power Manager. Typically this profile will turn off some radios such as WiFi and Bluetooth. If you put a short cut to that profile on your desktop next to My Tracks it is easy to set the power before starting a long trip.

Linda File Manager

How to use the Linda File Manager application with My Tracks:

My Tracks is capable of importing "gpx" files. There are two ways to access this functionality. One is to navigate to a "gpx" file on the browser and to click on link with the type of "gpx". The other option is to choose to open a file using the Linda File Manager. For example, if you put a file on the SD card in the directory "/sd/gpx" you can import that file:

- Start the Linda File Manager
- Select SD card
- Select the directory "gpx"
- Select the file you had previously placed there.
- From the dialog "Complete action using" choose My Tracks.

These Applications enhance the functionality of My Tracks.