QMapShack

Having a solid collection of archived GPS tracks or recordings can prove quite useful next time you want to embark on an epic adventure since it enables you to thoroughly plan routes and make sure you are in control of the trip.

Fortunately, you can employ the services of specialized applications such as QMapShack, which aims to improve upon the qualities of its predecessor, QLandkarte GT, by providing you with a comprehensive set of GIS tools for route planning.

Subsequent to a typical installation and upon first launching the app, you are met by a clean and simplistic main window, which might lead you to believe that this app does not have much going for it.

But rest assured, once you get passed simple tasks such as loading maps and other GPS-related data, you soon discover that you are dealing with a very well thought-out utility, mainly thanks to its multiple and accessible contextual menus for each section of the interface.

Probably the first thing you should know is the fact that QMapShack comes with full support for Gamin and TwoNav devices which, in turn, means that you can work with vector maps, raster maps (.jnx) and even online maps (TMS and WTMS).

The application offers multiple ways to display and analyze GPS data and it can even render multiple maps within one instance. To make things even easier, it also packs advanced features such as digital elevation models and hill shading and slope coloring.

Of course, the main words for working with this utility are tracks, routes, waypoints and areas. You can easily create, edit, move or remove tracks, routes or regions, apply various filters to enhance them and calculate distances using services like Routino and MapQuest.

You can also draw tracks without exactly knowing the GPS coordinates using the offline router and also cut, copy and reverse them with no much effort. Also noteworthy is the fact that the app provides multiple undo/redo actions.

Taking all of the above into consideration, QMapShack is an intuitive and efficient tool for route planning and GPS recordings visualization.

In a few words, the utility enables you to use your knowledge and your former GPS recordings to make sure that your future adventures will be even better than before.