“MyTracks”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

MyTracks was a GPS tracking application that runs on Android. The application uses a device's GPS to collect data, allowing real-time review of path, speed, distance, and elevation. Later, this data can be saved to Google Maps, Google Fusion Tables, or Google Docs and shared with Google+, Facebook, or Twitter. The application also allows a user to record annotations along the path, hear periodic voice announcements of progress, and sync with select third-party bio-metric sensors.

Google has announced that as of the 1st May 2016, MyTracks will be deprecated and no longer available in the Google Play Store.^[2]^[4] The app itself continues to work and is still available to sideload via APK repositories.

An in-app popup alerted users that MyTracks would stop working on April 30, 2016;^[5] Google has confirmed^[6] they will be investing in "other, more wide-reaching, mapping projects".

Features

History

The application made its debut on February 12, 2009 under a closed license.^[1] A year later on March 28, 2010, Google announced the release of the source code and open-sourcing of the application, stating "The collective intelligence of the development community will create a more powerful, more intuitive, more useful, and more robust My Tracks."^[7] The first major re-haul of the application came on July 13, 2012 when Google released version 2.0 of the application. Version 2.0 introduced a new interface, support for playing back data in Google Earth for Android (although this feature is broken since Google Earth v8^[8]), improved charts, and additional statistics.^[9] In 2014 the developers announced on the google code project site that My Tracks is no longer developed in the open and that the source will be removed on 01/01/2015.^[10] The last open source version was 2.0.5 released in August 2013.^[11]

Reception

As of September 2013, the Google Play Store listed the application as being installed on 10,000,000 – 50,000,000 devices, with an overall rating of 4.4/5 from over 80,000 reviews.^[2] CNET gave the application 4/5 stars, praising its "Chart, Statistics, and satellite playback" and ability to pause recordings but criticized it for an "unattractive interface" and lack of "athletic-specific features".^[12] PCWorld awarded MyTracks with a perfect 5/5 stars, stating "this app is just about perfect. It is intuitive to use and very stable." However, PCWorld did mention they would like to see a few features added.^[13]

External links

References

1. ^¹{{cite web |url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10163128-94.html |title=My Tracks turns Android phone into GPS device |last1=Shankland |first1=Stephen |last2= |first2= |date=February 12, 2009 |work= |publisher=CNET |accessdate=December 7, 2012}}
2. ^¹²³{{cite web |url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.maps.mytracks |title=My Tracks |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=December 7, 2012}}
3. ^{{cite web |url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.maps.mytracks |title=My Tracks |author= |date=Jan 30, 2014 |work= |publisher= |accessdate=February 2, 2014}}
4. ^{{Cite web|title = My Tracks no longer available after April 30, 2016 - Google Maps Help|url = https://support.google.com/maps/answer/6333516|website = support.google.com|access-date = 2016-02-06}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=Screenshot about App discontinuation (German)|url=https://plus.google.com/+FrankHahn/posts/WNPv2KbUxiv|website=Google+|accessdate=27 January 2016}}
6. ^{{cite web|title=Google statement about MyTracks discontinuation|url=https://support.google.com/maps/answer/6333516|website=Google|accessdate=31 January 2016}}
7. ^{{cite web |url=http://google-latlong.blogspot.ca/2010/05/code-for-my-tracks-is-now-yours.html |title=Code for My Tracks is now yours |last1=Dornbush |first1=Sandor |last2=Damazio |first2=Rodrigo |date=May 28, 2010 |work= |publisher=Google Lat-Long Blog |accessdate=December 7, 2012}}
8. ^{{cite web |url=https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/maps/PuiHisu7JKo |title=Google Maps and Earth Help Forum: KMZ file won't transfer correctly from My tracks to Google Earth any more |publisher=Google Groups |accessdate=August 7, 2015}}
9. ^{{cite web |url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/07/13/google-mytracks-2-0/ |title=Google Launches MyTracks 2.0 GPS App For Hikers, Bikers & Runners |last1=Lardinois |first1=Frederic |last2= |first2= |date=July 13, 2012 |work= |publisher=TechCrunch |accessdate=December 7, 2012}}
10. ^{{cite web|title=My Tracks for Android - Google Project Hosting|url=https://code.google.com/p/mytracks/|accessdate=2014-06-21}}
11. ^https://code.google.com/p/mytracks/downloads/list?can=1&q=&colspec=Filename+Summary+Uploaded+ReleaseDate+Size+DownloadCount
12. ^{{cite web |url=http://reviews.cnet.com/software/my-tracks-android/4505-3513_7-35477691.html |title=My Tracks review: Google makes a solid multipurpose GPS tracker |last1=Cabebe |first1=Jaymar |last2= |first2= |date=October 4, 2012 |work= |publisher=CNET |accessdate=December 7, 2012}}
13. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/205369/my_tracks_android_app_review.html |title=My Tracks |last1=Rose |first1=Brent |last2= |first2= |date=September 14, 2010 |work= |publisher=PCWorld |accessdate=December 7, 2012}}