GPS Comes to OS X
Mac users who are interested in GPS can have their own interface-mapping software -- MacGPS Pro 5.0.
James Associates has created MacGPS Pro software that works with Garmin and Magellan GPS receivers for transferring Waypoints, Routes, and Tracklogs. It also works with many brands of GPS receivers for a real-time display of GPS information on a moving map displayed on the Macintosh screen. It is OS X Native as well as available in a Classic version for Mac OS 6 through OS 9.
MacGPS Pro 5.0 offers many new features:
- Import and automatically calibrate your nautical charts for NOS/GEO and BSB versions 1, 2, and 3
- Import your favorite GPX files from sites like Geocaching.com as waypoints for transfer into Garmin or Magellan GPS receivers
- Import your driving directions from the "Maps on US" web site as a route for transfer into Garmin or Magellan receivers
Enjoy automatic calibration when you import: Etopo Canadian maps .MAP georeferenced files from Oziexplorer .JPR georeferenced files from Fugawi.
Display the name of the USGS topo map for your current location or any entered location. Display the recorded date, time, and elevation of a clicked-on tracklog point.
Carefully refined over twelve years as the premier GPS-to-Mac program, MacGPS Pro is written and maintained by Dr. Lawrence W. James, Ph.D., a Stanford graduate with many years of software design experience. Our software is updated frequently with new features suggested by users.
MacGPS Pro 5.0
- Company: James Associates
- Price: $39.95 via email. ($10 more for CD-ROM).
- Web: www.macgpspro.com
- Monday Mar 29, 2004
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