QMapShack an excellent application for route planning and GPS data

Some years ago QLandkarte GT was once considered the best tool for displaying maps free on Linux (and possibly some of our readers remember it or get to use it). These maps could be loaded onto Garmin devices. Unfortunately this project was abandoned so many of its users turned to other options.

However not everything was lost since the abandonment of QLandkarte GT with the help of multiple users QmapShack was born which is a redesigned and conceptually different branch of the QLandkarte GT program (developed by the same author) and ported to Qt5.

About QmapShack

This application can be used in the planning stage of the hikes to plan a route, as well as to save information about the routes traveled, keep a travel diary or prepare trip reports.

The prepared route can be exported to different formats and used in a campaign on different devices and in different navigation programs. Various map formats and digital elevation models are supported.

At the same time, you can see several cards overlapping each other, setting its drawing order according to the scale and changing the transparency level. It is possible to add labels, even attach multimedia files to points on the map.

For any point on the road, you can see the distance from the beginning to the end of the road, the travel time from this point, the height above sea level, the angle of inclination of the relief and the speed of movement.

You can view, create and edit GPX routes and routes. Automatic routing is even possible. QMapShack combines information from different sources as a "project", which makes the program interesting for larger projects with several different elements. All in all, QMapShack is best described as a universal map planning and routing tool.

Among its main functions, the following stand out:

Maps:

• Garmin Vector Maps and Raster Maps * .jnx
• GDAL compliant raster maps
• GEMF raster maps
• Online maps (TMS and WTMS (partially))
• Show multiple maps in one view
• Reproject maps on the fly to see the projection
• Digital elevation model independent of the maps.
• Shading and coloring of earrings

GIS data:

• 100% project-oriented data management
• Summarize project by journal
• Support for tracks, routes, waypoints and areas.
• Tracking point extensions support (e.g. heart rate)
• Supports the proprietary binary format of GPX, SLF, FIT, TCX, SMl, LOG, QLB, and QMapShack
• Simple geocache support
• Store projects in a database
• Support for multiple databases.

Planning:

• Undo / redo history for all items
• Track point edit mode to create / change tracks, routes or areas
• Cut / copy / combine / invert tracks
• Various filters to enhance tracks
• Tracking point extensions such as heart rate, cadence, ...
• Adjust tracking statistics by activities
• Color the track by extension or activity
• Possibility to create routes and calculate them by Routino (offline), MapQuest (online) or BRouter (online / offline)

The code is distributed under the GPLv3 license. Compatible with Linux, Windows and macOS.

How to install QmapShack on Linux?

In order to install this application in our system, we must download the source code of the application to carry out the compilation.

We must go to the following link where can wes get the source code.  Done the download we are going to unzip the package with the following command:

unzip maproom-qmapshack*.zip

Now we enter the directory that was created with:

cd maproom-qmapshack

And we proceed to compile running the following commands:

ccmake QMapShack
make

Now for those who are Arch Linux users and any other derivative of it, can be installed from the Arch Linux repositories.

They just have to open a terminal and execute the following command in it:

sudo pacman -S qmapshack

Finally you can consult the documentation for the use of the application In the following link.