The interface

The track 'n share interface is designed to be easy to use. There is a status bar at the bottom of the screen, which will tell you if you are online. When you do not have a connection to the internet, you will not be able to upload trips or to open the track-n-share.com website from the application.

The top left of the screen shows three tabs. The tab that is currently selected is highlighted. In the image below, you can see that the tab "Track(ed) Adventures" is selected. You can go to the settings screen by pressing the "Change your preferences" tab and selecting settings. Also, you can open the track-n-share.com website from the application. To do this, simply select the track-n-share.com tab and the webpage is automatically opened on the page you last visited.

The wizard (Track(ed) Adventures tab)

track 'n share's user interface features a wizard that will guide you from adding a new track to uploading your experiences to the website. The wizard consists of 3 steps:

Step 1: Import or open a track
Step 2: Add your experiences in text and pictures
Step 3: Share your trip (optional)

Furthermore there is the "Reset wizard" button that resets the wizard and takes you back to step 1.

Step 1: Import or open a track

You will have three options in the first step:

From GPS
Opens a screen to download the GPS data directly from your GPS, for Magellan and Garmin devices. For other brands, you can use the "From File" import.

From File
track 'n share uses the open GPX standard file format. A converter from the open source GPS Babel project is supplied to convert your file format into the GPX 1.1 standard (see Converting a track file to GPX 1.1). The converter can be found in the startmenu. When you select "From File" you can select the file you want to use.

Existing
This option can be used to open a trip from the database. This option will allow you to open trips that you have saved before to view or edit.

When you choose one of the three options and proceed, you will notice that the Step 1 of the wizard will change into completed and the buttons are greyed out. You are now in Step 2 of the wizard. To go back to step 1, press the "Reset Wizard" button.

Step 2: Add your experiences in text and pictures

In Step 2 of the wizard, you have saved or opened a track/trip. In this step you can add your experiences. Experiences can be recorded with photos and text. Also, you will have a screen that displays the track with your photos positioned along the track at the exact position where you have taken them. When you have finished editing, you can use the finished button to close all open forms and go to Step 3.

Step 3: Share your trip (optional)

When you are online, you will have the option to upload your trip to www.track-n-share.com. Notice that this option will only become available when you are online and you have completed Step 2 (that is clicked the "Finished!" button).

Reset Wizard

At any time during the wizard, you can press the "Reset Wizard" button to go back to Step 1. All open forms are automatically closed.

Help

If you want to know more about a particular step in the wizard, simply press the help button (an internet connection is required). The help knows which screen is opened and will automatically display the help for that screen. You can press the help button at any time. The help also contains the tutorial.