Download Free µTrack for Mobile Device Tracking

Free GPS Software | GPS Software Hub | November 16, 2008 at 12:06 pm

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µTrack can be used to track mobile devices in a passive, non-intruisive way.

It can be used to publish the location of a Windows Mobile powered device to a widget that can be included in numerous websites including you’re own. If a widget is not possible or more flexibility is required, µTrack can also be configured to publish directly to any website or webservice. The only requirement for this is that HTTP GET request can be used.

The different items of information that can be published are:

Longitude / Latitude

DeviceID

Date and time

When run, the application only shows a notifyicon and stays dormant until another application uses the GPS Intermediate driver. When the GPS device gets a fix on the position, µTrack will publish this information to the URL specified in the configuration window.

µTrack features:

A lightweight Windows Mobile client whose sole purpose is to monitor and publish GPS coordinates.

A easy to embed widget that can be used on numerous websites.

Out of the box a device can be registered and identified by a custom unique name.

A non-intrusive notify-icon to indicate GPS monitoring is active.

Both support for Windows Mobile 5 and Windows Mobile 6 powered devices.

Auto start monitoring on device reset.

Configurable disabled when roaming.

GPS Intermediate Driver support.

Google Gears GeoLocation support.

Presentation of the current location on a map.

For advanced configurations four different parameters can be used in the GET request: Longitude, Latitude, Date/Time and the deviceID.

Advanced configurations can be tested by an easy to use option which opens the configured URL in the default browser.

Remarks:
To get Google Gears GeoLocation (positioning without GPS hardware) working, please download and install Google Gears for Windows Mobile 5 devices.

Because of its easy concept and two-way-usage, µTrack can be used in all kind of situations and applications.

One usage is to embed the µTrack widget in the website of you’re preference.

<em><div>
<iframe width=”425″ height=”350″ frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no” marginheight=”0″ marginwidth=”0″ src=”http://www.petervrenken.nl/utrack/v1.1.0/show.aspx?account=ACCOUNTNAME” />
<br />
<small><a href=”http://www.petervrenken.nl/utrack/v1.1.0/show.aspx?account=ACCOUNTNAME” style=”color: #0000FF; text-align: left”>Show bigger map</a></small>
</div>.</em>

Just copy the widget code above and replace ACCOUNTNAME with the name configured in the device.

Check out this page for more information regarding the widget server side of µTrack.

Configuration of a custom target website is also easy. Just configure the application to publish to a custom URL and instruct the webserver to process the GET request accordingly:

http://www.exampleserver.com/mywebsite/publish_device_location.aspx?long=@LONG&lat=@LAT&time=@TIME&id=@ID

Download

µTrack version 1.1.2 can be downloaded here and is free for any personal use.

Source: petervrenken.nl