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USER GUIDE

MobiTrack®
MobiTrack 2.1
CONTENT

1. INTRODUCTION 3

2. GENERAL APPLICATION STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONALITY 4


2.1 USER INTERFACE 4
2.2 BASIC APPLICATION FLOW 5

3. MAIN MENU FRAME 7


3.1 FIND 7
3.2 FAVOURITES  7
3.3 SHOW MAP  8
3.4 MORE 8
3.5 SETTINGS 9

4. NAVIGATION 10
4.1 NAVIGATION VIEW 10
4.2 ITINERARY 11
4.3 ZOOM 12

5. HANDLE MY SUBSCRIPTION 12
5.1 EXTEND 12
5.2 MY CURRENT SUBSCRIPTION/ LOGIN/ ID 12

6. MOBITRACK ON THE WEB: WWW.TRAKKERNAV.COM 13


6.1 SEARCH DESTINATION 13
6.2 MANAGE YOUR FAVOURITES 13
6.3 CALCULATE A ROUTE 13
6.4 THE MAP  13
6.5 MANAGE YOUR TRIP REPORTS 13
6.6 SUPPORT  14
6.7 EDIT YOUR PROFILE 14
1. INTRODUCTION

BE A GREAT NAVIGATOR
We know mobile navigation and it is just a matter of time before you know it as well.

Once you have read the MobiTrack User guide and learned how to use the features
we offer, your everyday life will feel much more free, safe and organized since all the
information you need is provided through your mobile phone.

So, please take the time to go through the guide and learn all about MobiTrack mobile
navigation.

Best regards,
The MobiTrack Team

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2. GENERAL APPLICATION STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONALITY
2.1 USER INTERFACE

The select icon


The Select icon placed above the fire button on the phone, indicates
that the fire button can be used for selecting/opening the marked
object. It may be a drop down box, a menu item, a folder, a button or a
map position.

Action Menu icon


Items that have Actions/functions are indicated with the Action menu
icon placed above the fire button on the phone.
The Action menu contains all actions that can be used on the marked
object (a map position, a favourite or a list element).
To reduce the cognitive load of the driver, all context sensitive and
navigation related features are placed in the Action menu in the
navigation view. The navigation view action menu is also triggered by
tapping the navigation view on touch screen devices.

Options menu
The Options menu, on most phones accessed from the left phone button, contains access
to general options and frame related options. It contains both static options (below the
horizontal line) and context sensitive options above the horizontal line (like sorting options
for lists).
Option menu elements:
• Tools (You can access Tools from anywhere within the application by pressing * on
the keypad.)
• Make phone call (opens the phone’s own call application)
• Show route demo (only in the navigation view and only when there is no GPS
connected/bad quality GPS signal)
• GPS on/off (only for phones with built in GPS receivers)
• Start/End trip report
• Pause/resume trip report (if there is an ongoing trip report recording)
• View trip report (if there is an ongoing trip report recording)
• Save as favourite: This service make it easy to save your current GPS position or
latest valid position in your list of favourites and add information. Select Options
> Tools and select Save as favourite. Add the information you want and select
Save.
• Help
• About MobiTrack
• Online help
• My web portal
• Settings (same as Settings in Main menu)
• Exit

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2.2 BASIC APPLICATION FLOW

Details
Drive here/Drive via
Walk here/Walk via
Find: Show map
- Near me View on map Find nearby
- Address Sort list Weather
Destinations
- Intersection Start from here
(result list)
- Position View action menu Call
Save/Edit
Select a favourite Delete
Share this
Select position on map Open web page

Find a position or a destination. If your search was not explicit, all results are presented in a
list. To sort the list, select Options > Sort by distance or Options > Sort by name.
By selecting the button Show map in the list header, you can view all search results in the
list on a map.
If you select an item in the list an Action menu with the possible actions on the selected
object appears:
• Details
This options displays all information related to the destination, such as address,
distance, phone number
• Drive here/Drive via (Drive via only when a non pedestrian route is ongoing)
This option will calculate a vehicle based route to the selected destination and start a
navigation session according to your settings in Settings > Navigation.
When there is an ongoing route, the element will change label to Drive via and the
destination will be placed as an intermediate route stop as clever as possible in
between the current location and the destination.
• Walk here/Walk via (Walk via only when a pedestrian route is ongoing)
This option will calculate a pedestrian route to the selected destination and start a
navigation session according to your settings in Settings > Navigation.
When there is an ongoing route, the element will change label to Walk via and
the destination will be placed as an intermediate route stop as clever as possible
inbetween the current location and the destination.
• Show map
View the destination on a map.
• Find nearby
Find interesting things like restaurants, gas stations, museums etc. nearby the selected
destination.
• Weather
Get a weather forecast for the selected destination.
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• Start from here (Only when no GPS position is available)
Set the selected destination as current position/start position.
• Call (Only if there is a phone number available for the destination)
Initiates a call to the selected destination.
• Save/Edit (Save if it is a new search, edit if it is an existing favourite)
Save the selected destination to your list of favourites or edit the selected favourite.
• Delete (If it is an existing favourite)
Delete the selected favourite from the favourite list.
• Share this
Share the selected destination with friends and colleagues by sending it as an SMS.
You can enter a number directly or find a contact from your contact book. The
recipient will receive it as an SMS and the destination will be stored automatically in
Favourites if the receiver is a MobiTrack user.
• Open web page ( If there is a web page connected to the destination)
Opens the destination related URL in the phones web/wap browser.

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3. MAIN MENU FRAME

3.1 FIND

Near me
Select a category and what you want to find nearby your current position, for example
Eating & drinking, Travel & transport and Shopping. If you know what you are looking for
you can enter the name of what you want to find.

Address
Enter city . You can refine your search by also enter a street name and number (optional).
• For cities that have named city parts you can try to enter the name of a specific city
part.

Intersection
Enter city. You can choose to input Street name to get a list of all intersections related to
that street, or simply choose to input also the Cross street name to search for a specific
intersection.

Position
Enter longitude and latitude in the input fields, for example:
E 6 16.794
N 49 07.59
When the search is completed, MobiTrack automatically tries to get the address of the
found position.

3.2 FAVOURITES
MobiTrack allows you to save any type of destination as a personal favourite. After you
have found an address or destination, select Save from the action menu to add it to the list
of Favourites.
MobiTrack automatically stores your last searches in the folder Search history in
Favourites.
You can organize your favourites in folders. Select the favourite you want to move to a
folder. Then select Edit from the Action Menu. You can select to move the favourite to an
existing folder or create a new. In Edit you can also add information about your favourite.
To delete a favourite, select Delete from the Action Menu.
If you want to delete or rename a folder, open the Options menu to find these options.

 In most cases it is sufficient to only enter a part of the name or address.


 At startup, the City drop down box contains the largest cities in the selected country.

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3.3 SHOW MAP

The map view


In map view you can find your current position by selecting Where am I? in the Option
Menu.
You can activate/deactivate the Map follow mode (shortcut 6), which means that the map
is always centered around your position (even when you move around/drive your car).
The marker is displayed when scrolling in the map or when clicking the fire button. Once
the marker is displayed, you can access the Action menu and thus all the available actions
for the marked map position.
The action menu header will automatically change into displaying the address of the
marked position (this may take a few seconds). If it is not possible to get any address, the
header will remain as “Map position”.

Cursor

Your current position

Your current position if you have an ongoing route

Your current position if you have an ongoing pedestrian


route

Your favourites

Your destination’

Your intermediate stops

To zoom in press button 3, to zoom out press button 1

3.4 MORE

Weather
There are two ways to get a weather forecast:
• Select More > Weather from the Main menu. Select a destination from the list and
select Weather to get a 24 hour and 5 day forecast.
• The Weather option is always available in the Action menu when you have selected
an address, favourite or a position in the map. This way you can get weather forecasts
for any place you find in MobiTrack.

Start trip report


There are three ways of starting a trip report:
• To manually start a trip select More > Trip report > Start from the Main menu.
• You can also start a trip report manually from anywhere in the application by selecting
Options > Tools > Start trip report.
• If Automatic trip report in Options > Settings > Navigation is turned on, a trip
report is automatically started when you select Drive here/Walk here.
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To end the trip report recording, select End either from Main menu > More > Trip Report
or from Options > Tools > End trip report. If Automatic trip report in Options > Settings
> Navigation is turned on the trip report is automatically ended when you reach your
destination
To save your trip report, select Save when the trip report is ended. The trip report will be
saved to your account on www.trakkernav.com. On the web you can then manage your
saved trip reports and export them to Excel or pdf-files.
The trip report can be paused, resumed, viewed and ended from Options > Tools.

3.5 SETTINGS

General settings
General settings.

Navigation settings
Settings regarding what is shown in the navigation view and other settings regarding
navigation.

Map settings
Settings regarding what is shown on the map, for example when selecting Show map or
Route on map from navigation view.

GPS settings
Here you connect an external GPS receiver and view the GPS reception quality.

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4. NAVIGATION

1) Your start position:


If you have GPS position 2) Select Destination:
this will be your start Select where you want 3) Start a route:
position automatically. to go. (Find nearby/ You can select between
If no GPS position is address / intersection pedestrian mode or
available, your last GPS / position, select vehicle mode (Drive
position will be used, or favourite or select here or Walk here)
you can set your start position on map.)
position manually.

When the GPS position has too low quality to be able to clearly define the start point,
MobiTrack will inform you about this and ask if you want to calculate a route based on the
last known position as start point. If you want, you can choose to wait until the GPS position
is good enough and MobiTrack will then automatically calculate the route.

4.1 NAVIGATION VIEW

Name of next street


Pictogram showing
next manoeuvre
Distance to next
manoeuvre
Pictogram showing The route
following manoeuvre
Position of next manoeuvre

Your position Your speed

Name of current street

Hide/show panel with distance,


time left and time of arrival

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Action menu elements in navigation view:
• Find (shortcut 1)
• Reroute (shortcut 2)
• Route on map (shortcut 3)
• Route as text (shortcut 4)
• Show itinerary (shortcut 5)
• Night / Day colours (shortcut 6)
• Zoom in/out (shortcut 7)
• More options (shortcut 8)
• List POIs (shortcut 8, 1)
• Pause navigation (shortcut 8, 2)

4.2 ITINERARY

View the current itinerary


When you select Show itinerary in the navigation view Action
menu, the currently valid itinerary is displayed.
The remaining intermediate stops are marked with a orange
flag and the final destination is marked with a black and white.
The items can be moved and deleted from the Action menu.
When the itinerary has been changed in some way, the button
Reroute will appear at the bottom of the display. A reroute
is needed in order to update the route according to your
modifications.

Add intermediate stops to your route


There are different ways of adding stops to your ongoing route:
• From the navigation view.
Open the Actions menu and select Find. Type the desired new location and when you
have found the new location, open the Action Menu. Select Drive/Walk via to add
it as an intermediate route stop. The stop is added as clever as possible, but the final
destination is always kept.
• From the map view
Open the Actions menu in navigation view and select Route on map. Click on a
map position and open the Action Menu. Select Drive/Walk via to add it as an
intermediate route stop. The stop is added as clever as possible, but the final
destination is always kept.
• From within the existing itinerary view
Open the navigation view Action menu and select Show itinerary. In the itinerary
frame, open the Options menu and select Find and find the desired type of location.
Open the Action menu and select Drive/Walk via, and the location is added as a
presumable intermediate stop item in your itinerary (the orange flag associated to
the added stop is marked with a green + sign). The items can now be rearranged or
deleted in the itinerary. When the itinerary frame has been changed, the changes must
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4.3 ZOOM
MobiTrack has a built-in speed sensitive zoom. When you drive at higher speed the map
zooms out allowing you to see more of the route ahead of you. When your speed is reduced
the map will automatically zoom in.
In addition to the automatic zoom it can be controlled manually. Open the Action menu and
select Zoom in/out to change zoom level (shortcut 8).

5. HANDLE MY SUBSCRIPTION

5.1 EXTEND
From Options in the main menu you can select My subscription. Here you can get
information about how to extend your subscription.

5.2 MY CURRENT SUBSCRIPTION/ LOGIN/ ID


From Options in the main menu you can select My subscription. Here you can get
information about your current subscription, your ID and your login on the web.

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6. MOBITRACK ON THE WEB: WWW.TRAKKERNAV.COM

6.1 SEARCH DESTINATION


As in MobiTrack on the phone you can select between a number of search types: Search
addresses and search coordinates. You can also click directly in the map to get an
address and position.

6.2 MANAGE YOUR FAVOURITES


On the web you can manage your favourites in an easy way.
• Add a favourite by finding a destination and then select to Save favourite from the
menu.
• Under the Favourite tab you can select to Delete and Edit information about a
favourite (move to another folder or add/change phone number, internet address or
information)
Each time you start MobiTrack on your phone your favourites on the web and on the phone
will be synchronized.

Menu: When you click on a destination in the result list a menu is presented.

6.3 CALCULATE A ROUTE


To calculate a route you first have to define your start point. Search for an address or
coordinates under the tab Search or select one under your Favourites. When you have
found the desired start point select Use as start in the menu (see picture above). Then find
your destination in the same way and select to Route here in the menu.

6.4 THE MAP


To pan the map, hold the left mouse button down and move the mouse in that direction you
want the map to move.

6.5 MANAGE YOUR TRIP REPORTS


Here you find your saved trip reports. You can select Add to travel report, or to Delete
the trip. Once you have added your trips to a Travel report, you can select to export them to
Excel or pdf-files.

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6.6 SUPPORT
Under the Support tab you will find useful information.
• Getting started will give you help with preparing your phone, installation, activation
and how to connect a GPS. If you run into problem and cannot find your answer in the
FAQ, you will find contact information under Contact support.
• Information on usage. Here you will find the user manual, frequently asked questions
(FAQ) and tips about how to use MobiTrack.

6.7 EDIT YOUR PROFILE


My profile is where you can edit personal information.

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