When software is open source, anyone may see, modify, and distribute its underlying programming instructions.
My Tracks lets you record a journey, for instance this geometric trip I took in May, and save the track log to Google Maps. Trips can be shown on Google Maps, publicly or privately, and each trip's statistics can be added to a Google Docs spreadsheet. My Tracks lets people track their location on a map the software shows a variety of details including speed, average speed, elevation gain, and distance traveled.
The software is governed under Google's preferred open-source license, the Apache License 2.0. The move means also means enthusiasts can help with translation and programmers can create spin-offs for which they can charge money if they desire, he added.
"For instance, one could easily build an application for tracking fitness activities, geocaching, aviation, and so on." "You can expect My Tracks to become better than ever with the contributions we hope it will receive from other developers, and also that many applications which work side-by-side with My Tracks will be written," Google engineer Rodrigo Damazio said in an e-mail list posting Friday.
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Google has released the source code for an an Android phone GPS program called My Tracks, which lets people record where they've been, log journeys in Google Docs, and post their trip maps online.