FootPrints is Here!
Wait, you don’t know what FootPrints is? Well it’s software that was originally on the HTC Cruise that lets you create a diary of places and events. So on one screen you can have a photo, the location (even GPS tagged), voice notes, the time/date, written notes and a phone number so you can create a diary of events. So if you go on a trip or if you just want to remember a restaurant location this is a pretty slick piece of software. It links with GoogleMaps as well as TomTom, CoPilot, PaPaGo and NaviTel but you do not need any of those GPS applications to use it (I just use GMaps myself).
The install is easy, just head over here to XDA and download the version you want (if you just want GMaps to work with it then any of them are fine and doesn’t change how it works- a standalone version that’s not bundled is coming out soon as well though). If you want Google Maps to work with it then you need to install FootPrints first and then GMaps (I uninstalled Google Maps then installed FootPrints and put Google Maps back on – if you don’t do this the GMaps icon will not appear). This will install into Programs – MultiMedia and should work for all Touch pro variants and presumably the Diamond as well. GoogleMaps is the pushpin icon.
And once you get it up and running you’ll see why this is such a nice piece of software (a TF3D tab is in the works as well by the way:)) But none of this would be possible without KDKobes terrific work and devotion to this project which I know has been very extensive. This was written for a QVGA device and had to be reworked for the Touch Pro. And of course, I know Herg has and continues to play a huge role in this project as well as a related project which I’ll get into shortly. So please, stand up and give these guys a round of applause – they did this for you so a little hand clapping is the least you can do for them:)
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David K all of the versions work with Google Maps. The GoogleMaps download on the XDA link is just a link to GMaps without FootPrints. So you should download the Tom Tom version and then install GMaps after it. It runs very well and plays nuce with the GPS
David K Herg “I know Herg has and continues to play a huge role in this project as well as a related project which I’ll get into shortly” Don’t give it away yet;)
[...] Friday we mentioned to you that FootPrints was reworked for the Fuze and I noted that Herg had contributed to that project and had a project of his own on the side. [...]
[...] Friday we mentioned to you that FootPrints was reworked for the Fuze and I noted that Herg had contributed to that project and had a project of his own on the side. [...]
aldrin i hope mobile matt creates a tab for footprint that matches the fuzeberry theme!!!!
[...] happen so fast you don’t think it even worked (but it does – I tried it:)) Also if you have FootPrints installed then it will work with FootPrints. The result is that if you have a picture that was tagged with [...]
chemical349 dear expertise,
i am using a touch pro and i have following the instruction here to install the footprint (tomtom version) and i reinstall the gmap 3.0.0.2.
both program works fine but i just couldn’t find the middle in footprint which mark my gps location into gmap.
should i try another version of footprint but one of earlier thread said anyone will of footprints version will do. pls help.
[...] wrote up on GParkS last month. Just to belabor the point, we could also always use FootPrints to take a photo of the spot, use the GPS to map it and go back to it (or just GMaps without GPS), [...]
[...] app for that We wrote up on GParkS last month. Just to belabor the point, we could also always use FootPrints to take a photo of the spot, use the GPS to map it and go back to it (or just GMaps without GPS), [...]
well, I’ve only got the free maps from TomTom – should I use that version, or the one with google maps? I’m very intrigued to incorporate FootPrints into my daily routine. Seems to be a fantastic way to ‘journal’ my outings. Thanks for the heads up