topoXpress vs GPS TrackMaker

topoXpress provides the following features: • Multiplatform design: the same software with the same rich functionality for both GIS data collectors and Surveyors on iOS & macOS. • Handling and displaying large spatial datasets (raster and vector). • Responsive and intuitive user interface: easy to learn and use, automatic adjustment to different screen sizes, orientations, and resolutions of mobile (iPhone, iPad) and desktop devices. • Online and offline operation: online data sources (Cloud storage, TMS, WMS, KML), offline raster datasets (jpeg, ecw, ers, tiff, png, lan, bil, ENVI bsq), offline vector datasets (shp, dxf, map, GeoJSON, mif, txt, crd, dat, dbf, tab, mid). • Powerful GIS visualization functions: thematic mapping, transparency, labeling, query, layer groups, vector symbols, line types, fill types, event mapping. • Productive data collection: templates, surveying, stakeout, CoGo (Coordinate Geometry), forms, lists, calculated fields, GIS editing functions, sampling tool, and more. • Collaborative mapping for professional users through the topoXpress cloud service. • Extensive support of GNSS receivers through TCP port & Bluetooth, projection systems, geoids, shift grids. Bluetooth Rangefinder support for CoGo tasks. The app can be used in many different sectors: • Field data collection and inspection • Land Surveying • Topographic mapping • Forestry • Farm mapping • Utility mapping and inspection • Archeology *** NOTE: topoXpress offers all specified GIS functions free of charge. However, loading more than 10.000 records, saving and exporting your job can be done through our cloud service. Please visit our website for further details: https://topoXpress.com **NOTE ON BATTERY USAGE: The app may dramatically decrease battery life during the use with large spatial datasets. The app supports optional background location services, which can may cause a faster battery drain than usual.

GPS TrackMaker brings to your phone the 25-year tradition of the mapping software used by thousands of GPS professionals and enthusiasts. 100% FUNCTIONAL OFFLINE — NOW FREE Record tracks and mark waypoints for free, with no internet, no sign-up and no subscription. The vector map of your region is stored on the device and works anywhere, even without cell coverage. Export your data as GTZ files and open them in GPS TrackMaker for Desktop. CREATE ON THE DESKTOP, CARRY IN YOUR HAND Draw your maps in GPS TrackMaker Desktop with all the detail you need and send everything to TrackMaker on your phone. Every member of your team carries the complete map in their pocket, even without internet. • AGRIBUSINESS — Draw your farm with crop areas, fences, gates, rivers, streams and headquarters. Outline field plots, mark points of interest and add notes to waypoints. • RURAL COLLECTION AND LOGISTICS — Companies that travel back roads (such as milk collection) create detailed maps of the routes to each farm and distribute them to all drivers. • MINING — Keep the whole operation in your hand: extraction areas, blasting points, roads and side paths, available to everyone working on site. • GOLF — Carry the entire course on your phone: holes, contours, paths and points of interest. FORGET THE TRADITIONAL GPS Replace your dedicated GPS device with the phone already in your pocket. No drivers to install, no cables to connect to the PC: all data is transferred online, simply and directly between the phone and GPS TrackMaker Desktop. OFFLINE VECTOR MAPS Browse maps that combine vector drawing and raster images, rendered sharply at any zoom level. • 100% offline navigation • Names in English, Portuguese and Spanish • Your position always visible on the map GPS DATA COLLECTION — FREE Turn your phone into a complete field data collector, at no cost. • Record high-accuracy tracks, even with the screen off • Mark waypoints with hundreds of icons • Export tracks and waypoints as GTZ files and open them in GPS TrackMaker for Desktop NEW: CENTIMETER ACCURACY (GNSS RTK) A phone's GPS is accurate to a few meters. With a GNSS RTK receiver connected to the phone by Bluetooth, TrackMaker becomes a precision GPS: points and tracks accurate to centimeters. • Online Correction: receive over the internet the data that corrects the position, from public or private servers (NTRIP) • Base Station: use your own receiver as a base and send the correction to the other receivers of your team, with no radio and no computer • Configure compatible receivers from the app: Rover or Base Station mode with one tap • RTK panel: solution type (RTK FIXED, FLOAT, PPP), horizontal and vertical accuracy, satellites and signal • Every waypoint taken in RTK records the solution, the accuracy and the antenna height The app remains free. Online Correction and Base Station require signing in with a GPS TrackMaker PRO account. FEATURES FOR PRO ACCOUNTS GPS TrackMaker PRO account holders can sign in to: • Load on the phone the custom maps (.map) created on the desktop • Sync data online, without cables • Attach audio notes and photos to waypoints • Download multiple base maps • Receive Online Correction to work with centimeter accuracy (RTK) • Transmit as a Base Station for your team PRIVACY FIRST Your data stays on your device. We do not sell your information, show ads or track your usage. Location is only used while you record a track, and data only leaves the device when you sync or use Online Correction or Base Station. Ideal for agribusiness, mining, surveying, environmental work, geology, trails, expeditions and any activity that requires custom maps and reliable geographic records.