The leading GPS interface tool for Windows! GPS answers the significant world demand for accurate, viable and cost effective positioning systems. The Geographic Tracker delivers all of the power and utility of GPS to the Windows environment by allowing you to link a GPS receiver to other Microsoft Windows applications through standard Windows DDE messaging.
This standard "plug-and-play" GPS interface component supports most of the leading GPS receivers on the market. Simply plug your GPS receiver into the serial port of a computer running Windows and the Geographic Tracker will GPS-enable your applications.
A special edition of our Geographic Tracker has been included with every copy of MapInfo Professional for the past 10 years!
Geographic Tracker
Features
Powerful, easy-to-use interface
State-of-the-art visual control to GPS information, satellite configuration, and satellite signal strengths. Record and play back GPS data.
GPS info at your fingertips!
View a list of your GPS Devices
Path Manager
Geographic Tracker's Path Manager allows users to import coordinate data from files or download waypoints, routes, and tracks from a GPS unit. From the Path Manager, this coordinate data can be exported in a different file format or uploaded to the GPS unit.
The Path Manager
Use Within MapInfo
The Geographic Tracker MBX allows MapInfo users to coordinate Geographic Tracker with MapInfo Professional. GPS data can be viewed live in MapInfo, or replayed from log files. Coordinate data can be recorded as points, polylines, or polygons in MapInfo tables. Users can also transfer data between MapInfo tables and Geographic Tracker's Path Manager. The Geographic Tracker includes MapBasic code as well, to allow writing custom applications around the Tracker's core GPS tracking functionality.
Use Tracker within MapInfo
Geographic Tracker
Details
Protocols
Garmin
MBP
NMEA
TAIP
TSIP
Input and Output for Waypoint, Route and Track
Comma Separated Values (*.csv) for waypoints only
Esri Shape (*.shp) point files for waypoints or polyline files for routes or tracks
Excel (*.xls) for waypoints only
GPS exchange (*.gpx)
Keyhole Markup Language (*.kml, *.kmz)
MapInfo Interchange (*.mif)
MapInfo TAB (*.tab)
GPS Connection Methods
COM
USB
Geographic Tracker
Who's Using The Geographic Tracker
We have over 120,000 customers around the world, here are just a few:
Nasa
Ericcson
Lucent
The FAA
The National Park Service
Chevron - Texaco
Boeing
Shell
Exxon-Mobil
Thales Geosolutions
Oracle
British Geological Survey
BP Amoco
Harvard University
Yale School of Architecture
Yale University
Princeton University
Domino's Pizza
User Comments
"We needed GPS connectivity to retain our competitive advantage. That's why we have shipped the Geographic Tracker with every box of MapInfo Professional since 1995."
T. - MapInfo Corporation
"The Geographic Tracker is a nifty tool that every GPS user should have in their toolbox!"
J. Stewart - Plisga and Day
"As more software programs add GPS functionality, the Geographic Tracker remains my favorite because it is so flexible. The Tracker provides all the satellite information one needs while allowing any number of Windows applications to receive positioning information at the same time. Support for custom application development and range of signal connections makes this product simply unbeatable."
Q: How do I transfer my floating license from one computer to another? A: You will find step by step instructions for doing this in our 'Installing and Configuring the Floating License' White Paper found here.