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Track Kit - GPS Tracker with offline maps
Track Kit is a GPS tracking and publishing app that offers a variety of features. The app allows users to explore new places before traveling and share travel routes and pictures with friends. It includes features such as track recording, large map screen, quick camera button, statistics display, segments and splits, pre-loaded tracks, multi-color gradients for speed, altitude, and vertical speed, and more. The app also offers free offline maps from popular providers such as Google Maps, Bing, OSM, MapQuest, Yandex, and USGS. Users can store favorite locations as labels or waypoints, add fully editable waypoints with pictures, text, URL, and audio notes, and add labels to maps. The app also includes map tools such as search, distance measurement, angle measurement, and compass. Users can record, share, search, compare, and optimize tracks. Real-time tracking of friends is also possible with an internet connection. Other features include sensor recording and compass navigation. The app allows for sharing and publishing tracks on the Track Kit website, as well as sharing tracks and pictures via Gmail, Facebook, and Twitter. Import and export of GPX, KML, and KMZ files are supported, with KMZ files able to be imported to Google Earth. The Track Kit website offers a platform for users to register for free and share tracks with the world. Certain important notes are mentioned, including the use of GPS in background mode and the need to register for free on the website to store tracks on the server. The app may not be fully functional on iPod Touch and Wi-Fi only iPads without an external GPS attachment.