GPS Essentials Manual

2026-10-13

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Contents

  1. Welcome
    1. Get Familiar With Android
    2. About This Manual
    3. Labs
    4. Support
    5. Training Videos
    6. Installation
    7. Storage
  2. Start Screen
    1. Navigation Drawer
    2. Activities
  3. Domain Model
    1. Streams GPS Essentials Creates
    2. Categories
    3. Styles
    4. Stream Type
    5. Granularity
  4. Dashboard
    1. Adding, Moving and Removing Widgets
    2. Using Widgets
    3. Edit Mode, Themes and Fonts
    4. Multiple Configurations
    5. Available Widgets
  5. Camera
    1. The Classic Camera
    2. The Labs Camera
    3. Where Pictures Go
  6. Compass
    1. Buttons
    2. Tracking Angle
    3. Audio Output
    4. Calibration
  7. Portable Maps
    1. The Map
    2. Dial Menu
    3. Choosing a Map
    4. Using Maps Offline
    5. The Map with Labs On
    6. Dashboard Split View
  8. Google Maps
    1. The Map
    2. Waypoints
  9. Streams
    1. Selecting Streams
    2. Stream View
    3. Creating New Nodes
    4. Mark/Copy/Move
    5. Add Elements
    6. Cards
    7. Charts
    8. Categories
    9. Import
    10. Export
    11. Edit Waypoint
  10. Routes
    1. The Route Card
    2. While You Navigate
    3. Auto Skip
    4. Straight Line Routes
    5. Directions
  11. Tracks
    1. Track Control
    2. While Recording
    3. Stop Recording
    4. The Track Card
  12. Waypoints
    1. Creating Waypoints
  13. Satellites
    1. Getting a Fix
  14. Pictures
    1. Viewing a Picture
    2. Transferring Pictures
    3. Saving Memory When Processing Pictures
  15. Messages
    1. What You Find Here
    2. Read and Unread
    3. Working with Messages
  16. Tags
    1. Adding and Removing Tags
    2. The Tags List
  17. Settings
    1. GPS Readout
    2. Presentation
    3. Routes
    4. Saved Image Meta Data
    5. Maps
    6. Miscellaneous
    7. Labs
    8. Debug
    9. Saving Battery
  18. Support the App
  19. Scripting
  20. Appendix A: All Step-By-Steps
  21. Appendix B: Error Reports
  22. Appendix C: Versions