User Guide to GeoTours Mobile
GeoTours Mobile plays GPS tour guides, fully supports GPs eXchange (.gpx) data with related audio (.mp3) and image (.jpg) content, and GeoTours Mobile is all you need to use GPS maps from TravelByGPS.com on your GPS-enabled Windows Mobile device.
Quick Instruction
Improtant: The installation and use of GeoTours Mobile on a Windows Mobile device assumes that you are able to connect to your device from your PC and that you have dotNET framework 2.0 previously installed on your PC and dotNET Compact framework 2.0 on your mobile device. See detailed installation instructions if you have questions about these requirements.
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Install Software:
First connect you mobile device to your PC then:
- Click on free trial link.
- Save installation program to your desktop.
- Run the installation program.
- Allow the installation program to download the setup program.
- Follow the GeoTours Mobile Setup Wizard.
- Complete additional steps on your mobile device.
Get Data:
- Search travelbygps.com.
- Download free GPS map in GPs eXchange (.gpx) or compressed (.zip) file format
- Copy files to Mobile Device/Storage Card.
Play:
1) Load tour. 2) Start tour.
Note: GeoTours Mobile software is provided as a free trial. The trial program is the same as full version, except that the number of tour points is limited to 5 and audio play is limited to 10 sec. The trial version is unlocked by manually entering a license key code. Obtain the license key code when you purchase the program.
Click here to purhase the program.
Detailed Instructions
If you have previously connected your Windows Mobile device to your PC, and already have the dotNET Framework installed on your PC and your mobile device, then you are ready to proceed with GeoTour Mobile software installation. If you do not know if you are ready, proceed with the installation anyway. If the installation fails because you need to install other software, the installation program will tell you what you need to do and additional information is provided in the installation troubleshooing section.
Software Installation
1). Click on free trial link. GeoTours Mobile software is downloaded from secure servers at regnow.com
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2). Save the installation program to your desktop.
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3). Run the installation program. Now locate the program on your computer and double-click the program icon. Your computer may prompt you with a security warning, asking if you want to run the program. Run the progam. If you are curious, the publisher is Geovative Solutions LLC (geovative.com). |
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4). Allow the installation program to download the setup program.. The installation program must connect to the internet (DNS Server) in order to download the GeoTours Mobile setup program. Your computer may notify you that the program is attempting to connect. Allow program to connect. |
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6) Complete additional steps on your mobile device. The installation program will be completed when you acknowledge the publisher on your mobile device. You may see a screen on your device which stats that "The program is from on unknown publisher." You must select "Yes" to continue the installation on your device. |
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| Program installation will be successful, assuming that you have .NET Framwork installed and Windows CE Appilication installed. If the program does not install for these reasons, see the installation troubleshooting section below.. |
Get Data
Playing Tours
| Once you have GeoTours on your device, you can launch the program to become familuar with the pages, but to expeience most of the program features, you will need to load tour data. |  |
| The trial version is restricted to loading only the first five (5) tour locations. The trial version is also restricts the duration of audio to 15 seconds. When you purchase the |  |
Installation Troubleshooting
Windows Mobile
GeoTours Mobile was developed for PDAs and smartphones running Windows Mobile software. In oder to install GeoTours Mobile software on your device you must be able to connect to it. If during the installation of GeoTours Mobile software you saw a warning like this
You must install ActiveSync (for computers running Windows XP) or Windows Mobile Device Center (for computers running Window Vista).
For more information about installing ActiveSync or Windows Mobile Device Center, visit www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/activesync
dotNET Installation
If you saw a message like this:
you must install because the .NET ("dotNET") Framework for you PC.
For more information about installing the dotNET Framework, visit http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5
Run the GeoTours Mobile setup progarm again, after installing dotNET.
dotNET Compact Installation
If you received a ".NET CF Instialization Error" on your mobile device when attempting to run the GeoTours Mobile program, then you must install the .NET Compact Framework.
For more information about installing the dotNET Framework, visit http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=
