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Plug a GPS into your laptop
-- Fire-up GooPs -- Jump into your car, boat, or plane -- and get ready
for the Ride of Your Life!
- Track
yourself in breathtaking 3D with Google Earth and GooPs,
an amazing companion to Google Earth that shows you where you are in
REAL-TIME!
- Watch
yourself zooming through the landscape, while laid
out
behind you is a colorful track showing your traveled path and speed.
- Use all
of Google Earth's fantastic zooming and panning features
to survey the landscape around you as you travel. Or use GooPs' built
in AutoView feature for hands free control of tilt, rotation, and zoom.
- GooPs
is great for all types of vehicles, land, sea,
or air and
is compatible with almost any GPS (NMEA).
- No
network connection is required (you can pre-load your trip
into Google Earth and run standalone)
- Use
GooPs' built in record/playback capability to re-live your
trip (Pro only), or save your trip directly to Google Earth as KML
- Track
your friends and family too! GooPs can track other GooPs
users if you have peer-to-peer network visibility (mobile vpn or static
IP) - no servers or monthly subscriptions required. GooPs can also track GpsGate users!
What is GooPs?
GooPs is a compact plug-in that enables real-time tracking and navigation in Google Earth. GooPs
allows you to see your current location in Google Earth in real-time
and keeps a track history of where you have been, including timestamps
and speed. GooPs gives you the performance and
capabilities of systems costing hundreds or even thousands of dollars more. GooPs works with most modern GPS units and can track other GooPs users and users on the popular GpsGate.com location server. GooPs can also upload your location to the GpsGate.com server.
GooPs
Features:
GooPs comes in three
versions, Free,
Plus, and
Pro. GooPs
Free is the free version that contains all of the core
features that have made GooPs
so popular. GooPs Plus
has all of the great core features plus some of the
most popular advanced features like AutoView
and SpeedTrack.
GooPs Pro
gives you all of the advanced features and unlimited tracking.
Basic Features (included in all versions):
-
Classic
3D Cursors - make it easy to see your current position and
heading from any angle.
- Custom
Image Cursors – see your own car in Google Earth
(supports most image formats).
- Real-time
Tracks - see where you and your friends have been (tracks
can be saved to kml or kmz). Track length 5-10 minutes.
- Track
your friends - track up to two other GooPs, or GpsGate users
- Full
Native Google Earth View Navigation - adjust your zoom,
rotation, and tilt from Google Earth - no need for secondary
interfaces.
- Integrated
FTP client - allows you to share your trips with friends and family in
real-time using Google Earth or Google Maps.
- Save
your trips to Google Earth or a file (kml) - allows you to
easily archive your trips with the press of a button.
GooPs Plus Features:
- More Tracking - track up to five GooPs users,
expanded track length up to 30-40 hours.
- SpeedTrack - track
color shows how fast you are going any place on your trip.
- AutoView -
hands free tilt, rotation, and zoom based on speed – no more
fussing with
controls while driving.
- TimeStamps
- shows when you were where you were.
- Floating GPS Data Window - for easy viewing of your current speed, altitidue, and heading.
- Tracking Device Support
- for Sanav GC101 and Laipac S-911 tracking devices.
GooPs Pro Features:
- Unlimited tracking - track as many GooPs users as
you
like, expanded track length up to 30-40 hours.
- Lifelike
3D Model Cursors Model your own car or use one of the
thousands of models available at the Google 3D warehouse.
- NMEA log
record and playback - record
and playback a log of your trip
- Fully
configurable AutoView - configure AutoView to your own
preferences via the GooPs configuration file.
- PointMarkers - make
your path a known width.
Note on
tracking:
If
you need to track a large fleet of vehicles you don't need to buy GooPs Pro for each
vehicle. You can run GooPs
Pro on just the system that is doing the tracking. and run
GooPs Free
or GooPs Plus
in the vehicles being tracked.
GooPs
Feature Comparison
|
GooPs
Free |
GooPs
Plus |
GooPs
Pro |
| Fast
real-time tracking |
5-10 minutes |
30-40 hours |
30-40 hours |
| Remote
Tracking |
Two
vehicles |
Five
vehicles |
Unlimited |
| GpsGate Tracking |
* |
* |
* |
| Tracking Device Support |
|
* |
* |
| Floating GPS Data WIndow |
|
* |
* |
| SpeedTrack |
|
* |
* |
| AutoView |
|
Pre-configured |
Fully
Configurable |
| Classic
3D Cursors |
* |
* |
* |
| Image
Cursors |
* |
* |
* |
| Lifelike
3D Model Cursors |
|
|
* |
| Real-time
tracks |
* |
* |
* |
| TimeStamps |
|
* |
* |
| PointMarkers |
|
|
* |
| Record/Playback
NMEA Log |
|
|
* |
| Native
Google Earth View Control |
* |
* |
* |
| Integrated FTP Client |
* |
* |
* |
| Save trip to Google Earth |
* |
* |
* |
Get
GooPs Plus/Pro now!
System Requirements:
- Tested on Windows 7, Windows Vista, XP Pro and Home editions
(may work on others).
- Google Earth - (not required for server only
capability)
- No network connection required (except of course if
you want to track other GooPs users).
- TCP/IP network capability is required although the
network does not have to be connected.
- NMEA GPS (most) - works with RS232, USB,
Bluetooth.
Use Franson GpsGate to expand
GooPs connectivity options in two ways:
Use the built-in GooPs/GpsGate.com location server integration - details here.
OR
Run the Franson GpsGate software directly on your system:
Run GpsGate on your PDA or cell phone
and have it forward your GPS data to GooPs/GpsGate running on your home
computer.
Use GpsGate as a server based position
sharing solution for GooPs - no need for a VPN or static IP address.
GpsGate allows you to run
GooPs and other GPS applications at the same time from a single GPS.
Get Franson GpsGate here!
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