Tutorial

File Menu

File-tab in GPS Altitude Chart

On the File tab you can find the usual commands:

• Open a GPX File
  You have to export this GPX file with your GPS receiver device specific GPS software. You can also use Drag'n'Drop to open your GPX files.
• Save As PDF and PNG
  Store the chart exactly as you see it in a scalable PDF file or a bitmap PNG file (size on screen equals PNG size)

Tracks Menu

Tracks-tab in GPS Altitude Chart

On the Tracks tab you can select the track segments to be displayed in the elevation profile.

Most GPS receivers break up the tracklog into many segments whenever they lose reception or are turned off.

The ">>" and "<<" buttons move the selected segments and "up" and "dn" change the order in the right list. The common modifiers can be used to select multiple segments at once.

View Menu

View-tab in GPS Altitude Chart

On the View tab there are several options:

• Chart Type lets you choose wether the altitude should be displayed vs. distance or time or both.
  When "Both" is selected the two elevation plots are displayed stacked upon each other.
• It can be selected wether the altitude axis of the elevation plot should include 0 or if it automatically scales to the recorded tracklog's altitude.
• The annotations in the left top corner can be turned on and off.

Distance and time stacked. On the blue graph you can tell that I took a long break! (Waiting for the first chair up)

Displaying the annotations.

Track Info Menu

Track Info-tab in GPS Altitude Chart

Display some additional information on the Track Info tab. You can for example see into how many segments your GPS receiver split up the tracklog and the total number of trackpoints recorded.

Multiple Languages

GPS Altitude Chart supports multiple languages. Currently these are English and German. The system preferences are determined automatically and the language set accordingly. Please contact me if you want to contribute to more translations.

It's that simple...

As you can see it is very easy to create a good looking elevation plots with GPS Altitude Chart. All you need is a GPX file containing the tracklog recorded with your GPS receiver and you are ready to go.