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My Tracks

GPS tracking application

Field	Value
name	My Tracks
title	My Tracks
logo	Google MyTracks 2.0 Logo, Android Application, Nov 2012.png
logo size	124px
logo caption	My Tracks 2.0 Logo
screenshot	Screenshot of MyTracks 2.0 Android Application, Nov 2012.jpg
screenshot size	250px
collapsible	Yes
author	Google
developer	Google
released
discontinued	yes
latest release version	2.0.11
latest release date
latest preview version	2.0.2.rc6
latest preview date
frequently updated
programming language	Java, XML (content language)
operating system	Android 1.5+
size	Varies with device
language count
license	Apache License, Version 2.0
website

My Tracks was a Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking application that ran on Android. 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 to Google Maps, Google Fusion Tables, or Google Docs and shared with Google+, Facebook, or Twitter. 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 the Google Play Store. An in-app popup alerted users that My Tracks would stop working on April 30, 2016;

History

The application made its debut on February 12, 2009 under a closed license. A year later on March 28, 2010, Google announced the open-sourcing of the application, stating that "The collective intelligence of the development community will create a more powerful, more intuitive, more useful, and more robust My Tracks."{{cite web |url=http://google-latlong.blogspot.ca/2010/05/code-for-my-tracks-is-now-yours.html |title=Code for My Tracks is now yours

Reception

In September 2013, the Google 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. 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". PCWorld awarded MyTracks 5/5 stars, stating "this app is just about perfect. It is intuitive to use and very stable."

Forks

OpenTracks is an open-source fork launched in 2019.

References

(February 12, 2009). "My Tracks turns Android phone into GPS device". CNET.
. ["My Tracks"](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.maps.mytracks).
(Jan 30, 2014). "My Tracks".
"My Tracks no longer available after April 30, 2016 - Google Maps Help".
"Screenshot about App discontinuation (German)".
(July 13, 2012). "Google Launches MyTracks 2.0 GPS App For Hikers, Bikers & Runners". TechCrunch.
"My Tracks for Android - Google Project Hosting".
"Google Code Archive - Long-term storage for Google Code Project Hosting".
(October 4, 2012). "My Tracks review: Google makes a solid multipurpose GPS tracker". CNET.
(September 14, 2010). "My Tracks". PCWorld.
(2024-03-06). "OpenTracksApp/OpenTracks". GitHub.
"OpenTracks v3.0.0".
"OpenTracks v4.0.6".

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