GPSDash Overview

GPSDash is a SHAREWARE tool for the PocketPC platform which tries to help you with getting the most out of your (expensive) mobile GPS equipment. It is able to interpret data from receivers that do support the NMEA0183 protocol and presents the most significant data over a visual appealing dashboard. GPSDash also features map relative position tracking which migth be useful to find your way back home :-). As it is especially designed to work with special map-material (e.g. satellite photos, nautical maps etc.), GPSDash is your perfect partner for hiking, sailing or any similar outdoor activity.

Screenshots

• Dashboard - Some shots from the gauges
• Mapview - Track your position on favourite map
• Various other screenshots

Features

• presents GPS data over a consise and visual appealing dashboard
• six auto-scaling (size & metering range) gauges:
  • Speedo - Speed Over Ground
  • Compass - Heading Direction
  • Altimeter - Sea Level Relative Altitude
  • Clock - GPS Reference Time
  • Satellite Signal Reception Situation / Quality
  • Mileage - Trip- and persistent Total-Counter
• shows your current position on your favourite map
• maps may be provided in nearly any available raster-format (GIF, PNG, JPEG, BMP...)
• very easy map calibration with two reference points
• automatically selects the best map based on your current position
• supports map roaming
• support for three different notations of WGS84 coordinates
• support for UTM-coordinates
• easy tap&move distance measuring
• creation of NMEA-data logs
• replay of data logs (real time / accelerated)
• system clock synchronzation
• very small memory footprint (only ~300K)
• ...

For a complete and more detailed listing of the current release, please visit the change section.

Contact Author

GPSDash is still work in progress. If you find any bugs, would like to see new features, or just like the tool, please feel free to contact the developer.
Any feedback appreciated ;-)