What's new in MacGPS Pro 10.1
Nov 18, 2013
- Compatible with OS X 10.9 Mavericks.
- Auto-Open & Find-by-Location for New South Wales TopoView maps, Western Australia 50K & 25K topos, and the updated US Forest Service topos.
- Imports PDF map files at 250 pixels per inch, including VicMap (Victoria, Australia) 30K Geospacial PDFs.
- Reads GeoPDF, PRJ & EWW files for georeferencing.
- Reads KMZ files from Google Earth.
- Labels Lat-Lon Grid Lines on printed maps.
- Save only selected Waypoints, Routes, and Tracks.
- Use “Open Index Map” to quickly find a desired map.
New in MacGPS Pro 9.2 (Dec 1, 2011)
- Generate Waypoints for your favorite geotagged photos.
- Create a “Go To” Waypoint and Navigate to it in Real-Time.
- View UTM grid line labels in the Map Window.
New in MacGPS Pro 9.0 (Jan 10, 2011)
- User-Friendly Improvements:
- Tracks: split and join as needed.
- Editing of Track Points.
- Choice of editing in either the Map or List Windows.
- Control over which auto-open map opens when more than one is available.
- Turn on or off visibility on a map for individual Waypoints,
- Routes, and Tracks.
- New and colored Waypoint icons for newer receiver compatibility.
- Stitch together ECW maps.
- UTM zone info in the Map Window title.
- Faster opening of maps and charts from CDROMs and DVDs.
- Error messages include correction guidance.
- Additional keyboard shortcuts.
- Help Menu instructions revised.
- For Mac Sailors:
- Choice of color palette for displaying all NOAA and other BSB charts.
- NOAA charts: margin removal, stitch together, auto-open, find by
- latitude and longitude or chart name.
- BSB charts: margin removal and stitch together of Canada and other
- BSB international marine charts.
- For Australia and New Zealand:
- Geoscience Australia 250K topo maps: remove map margin, stitch
- together, auto-open, find by latitude and longitude, map name, or
- click on provided guide map.
- Land Information New Zealand 50K and 250K topo maps: remove map
- margin, stitch together, auto-open, find by latitude and longitude,
- map name, or click on provided guide map.
- Chatham Islands: Transverse Mercator 2000 map projection and grid coverage.
New in MacGPS Pro 8.7 (Nov 20, 2010)
- Support for Garmin GPSMap 62 and GPSMap 78.
- Easier Route Creation and Editing.
- Show the UTM Zone in the map window title.
- Store the Auto-Open Maps folder/DEM files anywhere, such as an external drive.
- Open more maps with automatic georeferencing.
New in MacGPS Pro 8.6 (Nov 30, 2009)
- “Startup Items” folder for files which will open automatically when MacGPS Pro starts.
- New Map Grids and Datums for Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxombourg, New Zealand & Sweden.
- Depth Data in Track Files.
- Imports CompeGPS “.imp” files.
New in MacGPS Pro 8.5 (Oct 2, 2009)
- Supports the Garmin Edge 605 and Edge 705 GPS receivers.
- Imports the new Land Information New Zealand Topo50 and Topo250 maps.
- Reads Garmin Training Center TCX History Files.
New in MacGPS Pro 8.4 (Aug 7, 2009)
- Supports the Garmin Oregon GPS receiver.
- Supports U.S. Forest Service 24K Topo Maps.
- Adds the Equidistant Conic map projection.
- Projects a new waypoint with a given distance and direction away from an existing point.
New in MacGPS Pro 8.3 (Dec 29, 2008)
- Increase the maximum number of track points to 250,000.
- Support for the Garmin Forerunner 205, Forerunner 305, Edge 205 and Edge 305 receivers.
- The Show Grid Lines function works with maps drawn using more National Grid map projections (Dutch, Irish, New Zealand, Swedish and Taiwan).
New in MacGPS Pro 8.2 (Dec 29, 2008)
- Calculate the acreage of an area on the map.
- Plot a graph of speed vs distance for a track.
- Displays a scale on the bottom of each printed map page.
New in MacGPS Pro 8.1 (Oct 2, 2008)
- Select the desired map area through the Preview function before printing.
- View your speed in the track display of the Main Window.
- Zoom and move around the map window with additional keyboard shortcuts.
New in MacGPS Pro 7.6 (Mar 19, 2008)
- Works with the Garmin Colorado GPS receiver series.
- Simultaneous Display of Maps in different datums.
- Edit track and route names.
- Stitching together of MacTopos Canada maps.
- 5 X faster USB transfers.
- Improved USB support for Garmin receivers means more Garmin internal software versions will work no problems.
- Support for the Magellan eXplorist series of GPS receivers.
- Print the Map Window complete with multiple maps and overlaid GPS data.
- Plot Elevation versus Distance for Routes and Track logs.
- Real-Time update of the Elevation versus Distance for the active Track Log.
- Print Elevation versus Distance Graphs.
- Use with our New MacElevation digital elevation data to know and plot the altitude of any US map or GPS data.
- Print the Satellite Visibility Window.
- Improved import of Backroad Mapbooks Canadian Topo Maps.
- Expanded and revised Help menu.
- New USA locator maps make it easy to find and open the correct MacTopos map with a simple double-click.
- Save Maps with Waypoint, Route, and Tracklog overlays as PDF files.
- Handles both uppercase and lowercase waypoint names.