Description:
NaviComputer is a GPS maps and offroad navigation/tracking software designed for Windows Mobile devices.
What makes NaviComputer outstanding is the ability to view maps offline - without need for internet connection or dataplan.
Maps can be easily downloaded from various online map sources like OpenStreetMap either with the bundled PC software "NaviMapper" or directly with NaviComputer on the mobile device.
NaviComputer also allows you to track your movement, display information such as distance travelled, speed or elevation profile and import/export tracks in the common gpx format.
With these features, NaviComputer is the perfect solution for all kinds of outdoor sports, adventurers, travelling, city sightseeing trips and so forth...
Features:
- Offline map navigation without internet connection/dataplan.
- Easy map download from online mapsources like OpenStreetMap.
- Finger friendly and smooth user interface.
- Track recording with stats like distance, av.speed and elevation profile.
- Conform to the common gpx file format (import and export).
- Multilingual user interface (English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch).
Released version 0.96:
Many users wanted to have shorter trackpoint intervalls in recorded tracks, especially important when moving fast by bike or car. The previous version was limited to a min intervall of 5sec. Another limitation was the track displayed in the map view: If a track had more than 600 trackpoints, only every second point was displayed in the track. Both limitations were made to keep the performance high on all kind of smartphones and to save batterie power. Now I decided to create a file with 'expert settings' where the user himself can specify the limits so everyone can adapt it to his/her needs and device performance.
This is what I came up with:
By default, the program still comes with a trackpoint intervall of 5sec and tracks are displayed with max 1000 points. After running the program the first time, you will find a file named 'expert.config' in the NaviComputer program directory. This file is in xml format and can be opened and edited with a texteditor.
You can simply change the values to your needs (use only integer values).
Device Requirements:
- Windows Mobile 6 operating system.
- WVGA, VGA, QWVGA or QVGA touch display.
- .NET Compact Framework 3.5 installed.
- GPS receiver (internal gps receiver recommended, but external receivers may work as well).
PC Requirements:
- Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 OS.
- .NET Framework 3.5 installed.
- Internet access.
- Active Sync (for installation) recommended.
Installation:
Connect your device to Active Sync and run the .exe installer.
This will install NaviComputer on your device and NaviMapper on your PC.
If you cannot use activesync, you will find the CAB in your program directory after running the setup.
Support Development:
NaviComputer is free to use for everyone.
If you like this software and use it regularly, please donate to support further development and encouragement.
After donating any amount you will get a personal license file via email. The donation hint, which comes up on startup of the program after regular use, won't come up again then. You will also get subscribed to NaviComputer Newsletter which will inform you about updates and new releases. Any amount is appreciated!
Update Description:
v0.96:
NaviComputer:
- Fix: Error in GPX file header.
- New: Adjustable recording trackpoint intervall (expert.config).
- New: Maximum trackpoints of a track displayed in map view is adjustable (expert.config).
v0.95:
NaviMapper:
- New: Possibility to resize / maximize the NaviMappper Window.
NaviComputer:
- New: Display total climb and total descend height.
- New: Display selected POI in Compass View.
NaviComputer:
- New: GPS Compass.
- New: Possibility to switch between GPX, Maps and Bookmarks lists by tapping the arrows (without sliding).
- Fix: Possible crash when deleting a gpx file.
- Fix: OpenPisteMap map source.
NaviComputer:
- New: Possibility to select a POI on the map and display its name.
- New: Possibility to display distance and bearing to the selected POI in the top bar.
- New: Possibility to display current GPS location (Lat/Long) in the top bar.
- Fix: OpenStreetmap map source.
v0.92:
NaviMapper:
- Change: Faster map download. (Download time reduced by 80-90%).
- Change: Improved map rendering (faster, no more hangs).
- Change: More flexible MapSources.xml format for more possible map sources.
NaviComputer:
- New: Possibility to add POI as waypoints to recording track/gpx.
- New: Possibility to edit Bookmarks.
- New: Map scale.
- New: Dutch translation (Thanks to Manfred).
- Change: Improved map rendering in online mode (faster, non UI blocking).
- Change: Faster map download. (Download time reduced by 60-80%).
- Change: More flexible MapSources.xml format for more possible map sources.
v0.91:
- New: Square Screen support.
- New: Spanish translation (Thanks to Iņigo).
- New: French translation (Thanks to Paul).
- New: Italian translation (Thanks to Giovanni).
- New: Possibility to toggle gps on/off by tapping the right corner in the topbar.
- Fix: Wrong location when adding POI while 2xZoom is enabled.
- Fix: Importing some gpx files / waypoints failed.
v0.90:
NaviMapper:
- New: Retain selected map directory.
- Change: Create valid nmap file even if max 5% of tiles could not be downloaded. (Previously a single missing tile caused the nmap file to be invalid)
- Fix: Do not require admin rights anymore.
- Fix: Ask before overwriting an already existing nmap file with same filename.
NaviComputer:
- New: Userinterface with sliding animations and kinematic scrolling lists.
- New: Extended GPX support: Support all kinds of GPX elements - Tracks, Routes and Waypoints.
- New: Extended GPX display: Show altitude graph of imported GPX Tracks.
- New: Possibility to display GPX tracks and waypoints on the map without manually scrolling to that location.
- New: Bookmarks: Add, remove and show Bookmarks/ POI on the map.
- New: Offline maps management: Browse/delete maps, show a specific map without manually scrolling / centering to that location.
- New: Automatically change map and (if necessary zoom out/in) if moving out of current map area.
- Change: Do not activate/deactivate digital 2xZoom automatically.
- Change: Do not render map while it is not visible -> Less power consumption.
- Change: Hide WM topbar in fullscreen mode.
- Change: Improved QVGA/QWVGA downscaling.
- Fix: Track rendering: Connection to trackpoints ouside the screen bounds.
- Fix: Compatibility to some GPX devices. Altitude data could not be retrieved from some devices (e.g Xperia...).
- Fix: Ask before overwriting an already existing GPX file with same filename.
- Fix: Add an index to default GPX filename if the default filename (->date) already exists.
- Fix: Ask before overwriting an already existing nmap file with same filename.
