Bike Tracker

There are loads of apps out there for Android that track bike rides, runs, and other physical activities, so why create a new one? I wrote Bike Tracker because I found that all of the other trackers were weak in key areas that were important to me. I didn't care about social sharing of my routes, nor did I did own heart rate monitors and other Bluetooth-attached accessories. I didn't go cycling to train for anything, I just went out to enjoy myself, and what I really wanted was an app that could track my rides and provide conversion from GPX format into Google Earth-friendly KML files without the need to connect to an online service. In fact, the app does not require an internet connection, unless you opt to display a map.

I was also rather disillusioned with the available spoken turn-by-turn direction apps out there, and so I've written what I believe is a superior turn-by-turn engine into Bike Tracker. It gives timely and accurate turn instructions, and will talk you back onto the course if you ever take a wrong turn or drift off route. The app also connects directly with your "Ride with GPS" account, so you can gain immediate access to all your cycling routes in just a few taps.

Furthermore, I wanted highly-customizable voice feedback that used whatever TTS engine was set as the default on my device. Most apps provide voice feedback to some degree, but as those apps are designed to work in multiple languages, not much seems to be done to clean up the way various tidbits of information are spoken. Bike Tracker is written solely in English, and so great pains have been taken to present spoken information (especially times-of-day) in a manner that is familiar to English-speaking users. I even give you the power to tweak the parameters used by the turn-by-turn algorithm, so that it can be tailored to best suit your needs.

I've also provided a large array of information that you can choose to have spoken, including; total riding time; total moving time; total stopped time; distance; time-of-day; start time; average GPS accuracy; and worst GPS readings. You can select which of these pieces of information is spoken, in which order it is spoken, and you can customize the fixed spoken words that surround the information (such as "Total distance is 3.5 kilometers" or "You've traveled 3.5 kilometers" for example).

Also included are flexible methods of presenting different information each time the app speaks. For instance, I have a large amount of information I want spoken each kilometer, but at the half-kilometer I have the app ONLY announce the distance. The combinations are virtually endless.

What and how information is spoken is defined in a PROFILE, and you can create as many profiles as you like. For example, I have two very similar profiles that differ only in how much is spoken. One speaks LOTS of verbose information for when I'm on solo rides, while the other speaks minimal information for when I'm on rides with others.

Another feature lets you designate "Quiet Apps". Whenever any of the quiet apps are in the foreground, Bike Track will SHUT-UP and say nothing. You can assign apps like calls handles (both stock and VoIP), push-to-talk services, voice recorders, etc, where you simply do no want to be interrupted by spoken information from Bike Tracker.

During rides, you can invoke a SECONDARY SUMMARY that starts from zero, but doesn't change the PRIMARY SUMMARY that may be returned to once the secondary summary is of no further value. This is handy for ride-within-a-ride situations.

Once a ride is over, the recorded GPX file can be converted into a KML (without having rely on an online service), ready for display on Google Earth using their route fly-over feature. If you need to edit the GPX file (using such PC apps as Java Open Street Maps) you can quickly convert the edited GPX into a new KML. The app includes error-smoothing algorithms that you can adjust to suit your needs.

有应用程序负载在那里为Android跟踪骑自行车，运行等物理活动，所以为什么要创建一个新的？我写了自行车跟踪，因为我发现，所有其他纤夫在这对我很重要的关键领域表现疲弱。我不关心社交分享我的路线，我也没有做自己的心脏速率监视器和其他支持蓝牙的连接配件。我没有去骑车训练什么，我只是出去享受自己，我真正想要的是一个应用程序，可以追踪我的游乐设施，并提供了从GPX格式转换成谷歌地球友好的KML文件，而不需要连接到在线服务。事实上，应用程序并不需要互联网连接，除非你选择显示的地图。

我也相当失望与现有的口语转由转动方向应用服务在那里，所以我写了什么，我相信是一个卓越转由转发动机进入自行车跟踪。它提供了及时，准确的转弯指示，并会跟你放回当然，如果你曾经采取了错误的转弯或昏昏路线。该应用程序还直接与连接你的“骑GPS”账户，这样你就可以马上使用到所有的自行车路线在短短的几个水龙头。

此外，我想高度可定制的声音的反馈，无论使用TTS引擎设置为我的设备上的默认。大多数应用程序提供语音反馈在一定程度上，但这些应用程序都设计在多国语言的工作，没有多少似乎做清理各种信息都花絮说话的方式。自行车跟踪完全是用英文写的，所以煞费苦心已采取的方式是熟悉的英语用户提出口语的信息（尤其是- - 次天）。我甚至给你调整所使用的转由转​​算法参数的权力，使其可以根据最适合您的需求。

我还提供了一个大阵，你可以选择发言，包括信息;总骑行时间;总的运动时间;总停车时间;距离;一天中的时间;开始时间;平均GPS的精确度;和最差的GPS数据。你可以选择这些信息的是口语，其中为了它是口语，你可以自定义固定口语单词环绕信息（如“总距离为3.5公里的”或“你已经走过3.5公里”例如）。

此外，还包括每个应用程序的时间讲不同的呈现信息的方法灵活。举例来说，我有大量的我想讲每公里信息，但在半公里我有程序只宣布的距离。组合几乎是无止境的。

和哪些信息是如何讲在一个配置文件中定义的，只要你喜欢，你可以创建任意多个配置文件。例如，我有不同之处仅在有多少是讲两个非常相似的轮廓。一人讲的详细信息地段，当我在乘坐独唱，而另一说，当我乘坐上与他人最低限度的信息。

另一个功能允许您指定“安静的应用程序”。无论何时安静的应用程序都在前台，自行车轨道将关起来再说什么。您可以将这样的方法调用句柄（包括股票和VoIP），一键通服务，语音记录等，在那里你根本就没有想从自行车跟踪口语信息被打断的应用程序。

在游乐项目，你可以调用的辅助内容，从零开始，但不会改变可能返回一次次总结是没有进一步的价值初步总结。这是非常方便的乘坐中之骑的情况。

一旦乘坐过，录制的文件GPX可以转换成KML（而不必依赖于在线服务），准备用他们的路线飞行，在功能上的谷歌地球显示。如果你需要编辑GPX文件（例如使用PC应用程序中的Java的开放街道地图），你可以快速转换的编辑GPX到一个新的KML。该应用程序包括错误平滑算法，可以调整，以满足您的需求。