TopoFusion Basic

People who frequently use GPS devices in their trips might look for a software that will allow them to view the recorded tracks and edit them. TopoFusion will provide a friendly package that is aimed at helping users to view their GPS tracks and edit them in detail. It will offer them numerous satellite imagery servers and tools for adjusting map parameters or GPS device settings.

TopoFusion provides users with a classical mapping layout that features a main map view, complemented by adjacent track listing and folder structure sections. It bares a highly technical air and experienced users might sense the implicit similarities with GIS software.

Users can easily load and navigate through their GPS tracks in the main viewing area and one can also add preferred satellite images in the background. Featuring decent rendering speed and some occasional sluggish behavior when drawing 3D scenes, the application comes packed with numerous buttons for quick access to commonly used mapping tools.

The application allows people to input their GPS data with ease and once the tracks have been imported, they can edit their vertices. Adding waypoints with linked text or image content is also possible and TopoFusion provides a decent relief shading for better terrain visualizing.

People can use the map server dropdown menu and select the required satellite imagery products to match their GPS data. Some of the most common map servers provided include the famous LandSat series, USGS maps, US Topo maps, OpenStreetMap raster and vector data, etc. However, as seen in other versions of this application, most map servers are obsolete and this might confuse users.

TopoFusion will likely be a good choice for novice users who are just getting into GPS track handling and editing. It provides a decent amount of features that are well implemented into an overall easy-to-use interface. Nevertheless, having said that, experienced users who need more advanced mapping capabilities might not be satisfied by its features and could be inclined to seek other, more powerful mapping software.