About GPS Essentials
The most complete GPS tool available: Navigate, manage waypoints, tracks, routes, build your own dashboard from 45 widgets. ❧❧❧❧❧ Dashboard ❧❧❧❧❧ Shows navigation va
The most complete GPS tool available: Navigate, manage waypoints, tracks, routes, build your own dashboard from 45 widgets.
❧❧❧❧❧ Dashboard ❧❧❧❧❧
Shows navigation values such as: Accuracy, Altitude, Speed, Battery, Bearing, Climb, Course, Date, Declination, Distance, ETA, Latitude, Longitude, Max Speed, Min Speed, Actual Speed, True Speed, Sunrise, Sunset, Moonset, Moonrise, Moon Phase, Target, Time, TTG, Turn.
❧❧❧❧❧ Compass ❧❧❧❧❧
Show the orientation of the earth's magnetic field, shows an arbitrary tracking angle and the current target. Also a marine orienteering compass.
❧❧❧❧❧ Tracks ❧❧❧❧❧
Record tracks and view them on map. Export KML files and import into Google Maps, Google Earth and others.
❧❧❧❧❧ Routes ❧❧❧❧❧
Manage routes and view them on map. Import KML files from Google Maps, Google Earth and others. Create turn-by-turn instructions between waypoints.
❧❧❧❧❧ Camera ❧❧❧❧❧
A camera HUD (heads-up display) view to show your waypoints, take pictures and share them.
❧❧❧❧❧ Map ❧❧❧❧❧
A map to show your waypoints. Convert mail addresses of your contacts to waypoint so that they can be used within the app.
Supports Google Maps, MapQuest, OpenStreetMap and others.
Supports Google Maps v2: Indoor Maps, Traffic, Buildings, Satellite and Terrain layers and map rotation.
❧❧❧❧❧ Waypoints ❧❧❧❧❧
A list of all your waypoints with export and import (KML, KMZ, GPX and LOC format).
❧❧❧❧❧ Satellites ❧❧❧❧❧
A sky view of the current positions that shows satellites in view.
❧❧❧❧❧ Features ❧❧❧❧❧
Supported position formats: UTM, MGRS, OSGB, Degree-Minute-Second, Degree-Minute-Fractions, Decimal, Mils. Supports over 230 datums.
Waypoints, routes and tracks can be exported as KML or GPX files and sent by email or uploaded to Google Docs or DropBox.
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Purchase the "GPS Essentials Donation Plugin" on Android Market if you want to support development.
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WHAT ARE THE PERMISSIONS GOOD FOR?
✓ Coarse/Fine/Background location: To access network locations and GPS
✓ Full internet access: To read map tiles, send bug reports
✓ Modify/delete USB storage contents: To write waypoints, tracks and images onto the SD card
✓ Read phone state and identity: To tag pictures with the device ID (can be switched off in settings)
✓ Take pictures and videos: Camera HUD, take pictures
✓ Your accounts: Required to run Google Maps v2
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of GPS Essentials since it was posted on our website on 2015-04-25 03:00:00.
The latest version is and it was updated on 2024-04-23 10:10:15. See below the changes in each version.
GPS Essentials version
Updated At: 2024-04-05
Changes: Fixed refresh after database import
Fixed crash when dashboard map is maximized
Please report issues on https://groups.google.com/g/gpsessentials
GPS Essentials version
Updated At: 2024-03-26
Changes: Removed file picker, superseded by document API
Fixed services not restarting
GPS Essentials version
Updated At: 2024-03-18
Changes: Export to and import from external storage like Google Drive and Drop Box
Removes server synchronization
Upgrades for Android 13 (API level 33)
GPS Essentials version
Updated At: 2023-03-19
Changes: Fixed HikeBikeMap not opening
Bugfixes and performance improvements.
GPS Essentials version
Updated At: 2020-02-14
Changes: This is a maintenance release that removes a few features that were broken for some time.
Terrain Routing: The third party web service has been discontinued, there is no Terrain tab on the big plus menu anymore.
Wear OS support has been discontinued. Wear OS went through some major changes, for example Wear OS apps are not integrated into phone apps anymore. GPS Essentials will roll out a stand-alone Wear OS app at a later point in time.
GPS Essentials version
Updated At: 2018-12-08
Changes: Position widget is configurable now. Tap on the position widget to select a format different from the default format. You can have multiple position widgets using different formats on your dashboard.
GPS Essentials version
Updated At: 2016-12-06
Changes: 4.4.22:,✓ Fixed Google Maps target leg.,4.4.21:,✓ Fixed Google Maps crashing on orientation change.,✓ Added target pointer widget.,4.4.20:,✓ Bugfixes.,4.4.19:,✓ Fixed crash when picking file on Marhsmallow and later.,4.4.18:,✓ Fixed dialog background color in dark theme.,✓ Fixed dashboard add value to visible cells first.,4.4.16, 4.4.17:,✓ Bugfixes.,4.4.15:,✓ Fixed polyline move.,4.4.14:,✓ Added OpenTopomap.
GPS Essentials version 2.0.6
Updated At: 2011-04-10
Changes: Several fixes and updates
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