PathAway GPS 4 SE - Palm OS Palm OS Treo, Tungsten software and freeware downloads

GPS Navigation using your own maps! Convert any digital map, for use on your Palm. Then, attach a compatible GPS (via bluetooth, cable, snap-on, or card) to your Palm, and you have a powerful GPS Moving Map navigation system. PathAway provides affordable navigational support for aviation, boating, automobile, snowmobiling, hiking, cycling, or any other form of travel.
Utilize the power of the Palm OS and GPS receiver, to give you an incredibly feature-rich and affordable navigation solution. Incredibly easy to use interface, helps you find your way.
Key Features:
- Use the free PathAway Tools for Windows to prepare and manage maps. Maps can be any size, color, and resolution. Limited only by device memory or card space.
- No maps, no problem. PathAway will still show your position in a virtual map space.
- Capture unlimited points and record detailed names and descriptions.
- Attach your own custom icon for easy visual scanning.
- Create point to point routes, and track your progress.
- Follow recorded tracks back to find your way home.
- Create routes quickly by simply clicking points on a map, or by choosing from your database.
- Proximity detection alerts you to upcoming points along your route.
- Multiple screen views for displaying the info you need.

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New features for version 4 - April 2006

- Multimedia Points. Add Photos and Sound to captured points. Included support for Camera phones for Photo capture. Click on points and play their sound or display the picture.
- Track Up Navigation: Automatic or manual Map rotation in 90 degree increments.
- New View Screens. GPS Sky View, Satellite Data View, and Compass View.
- Goto Location: Enter specific location coordinates to position map
- PocketMode Feature Track via your GPS, and save battery life at the same time. Once you enter PocketMode, PathAway turns off the screen (or backlight depending on device), and locks the keys but continues to record GPS data to your track log.
- Calibrate by 3 or More Known Points: Now you can accurately calibrate maps that do not have horizontal and vertical longitude and latitude lines, and do not have a known projection.
- Primary and Secondary Position Coordinate Display: Choose two different Position coordinates to display on the dashboard.
- New Coordinate Grids: Quebec-MTM, MGA, GGRS87, Swedish Grid, Irish grid, Israel Grid
- New Datums: RT90, GD94, EGSA87
- Manual And Proximity based Route Point Targeting. Manual means user must select "Advance Route Point" before PathAway will target the next point in sequence. Proximity means you must enter within a proximity of a route point before the next point will be automatically targeted.
- Measure distance between 2 points: Want to know the distance between 2 points on the map? Simply select Measure... from the Popup menu, and click on the 2 points.
- Large size Icon and Text Menu display: Double the size of the icons for better viewing, or enlarge the text on the menus for arms-length viewing, or easier finger selection.
- Coordinate Grid Lines on Map: Show the latitude and longitude lines on the map. Automatically determines best gapping between lines to keep the screen uncluttered.
- Import GPS data from Data Logger NMEA file: Download data logged in your Data Logger GPS, (I.e.. RoyalTek BlueGPS.) and import the NMEA file directly into PathAway.
- Support for SDIO GPS: Now use your SDIO slot as you GPS receiver. Direct support for SDIO GPS devices added. Ie. Stellus StarNet SDIO GPS.
- New Data Import Formats: GPX, LOC Supported via PathAway PC Conversion Tools, or handheld from the new "Import..." option via Database dialogs. Great for GeoCache users.
- Elevation alarms and warnings: Receive audible alerts when you rise above or fall below specified elevations in relation to the track or route you're following.
- GPS fix acquired and lost alarms: Receive audible alerts when a GPS fix is acquired or lost.
- Custom Alarm Sounds: Add your own sound clips to be used for any of the available alarms. Even attach a sound to a specific point to be played as the "in-proximity" sound.
- On-Map Display of Estimated Travel Time. PathAway displays the ETE on the map by showiing rings indicating the time to reach points on the map.
- GPS Connection Retrys: Option to maintain trying to connect to GPS even if communications are temporarily lost.
- "Auto Detect" baud rate. Turn on Auto Detect, and system will cycle through baud rates until if begins to receive a valid stream. GPS Configure Dialog
- Elevation Correction: Automatically adjust elevation to correct for SIRF II Elevation error, or set a fixed elevation adjustment to be applied to all elevation data received from GPS.

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Version 3 New Features

- Improved Handling of large maps > 100 mb.
- Improved Map Manager for converting maps.
- Added 20 new Map Datums.
- Added Support for Garmin iQue 3600 internal GPS and expandable screen.
- Added support for Sony UX Series Expandable landscape screens.
- Large/Small Text support added to Text Labels.
- Huge Maps on Cards Support Improved. 700% Faster
- Built-in World Map View
- New Route on Startup option.
- Color and thickness setting for track/route lines.
- Choice of 3 different Current Position Pointers, with Color and Size.
- Dashboard Color set. Contrast dashboard to your maps
- Hide Dashboard and Top Toolbar. See the map using the Entire Screen
- Dashboard Text Size - Small - Normal - Large
- Auto zoom to Highest detailed map when connected to GPS
- Added support for Track and Route file support on Cards.
- Single Point Routing.
- Vertical distance and Angle To.
- Garmin Positioning protocol.
- Garmin Waypoint Symbols.
- Upload/Download From GPS
- Magellan data upload/download support.
- Map Datum and Ellipizoid support.
- Map Projection support in separate Shared Libraries.
- Scaling of maps for zoom In and out.
- Customizable Dashboard, Dashboard overlays map.
- Easier Map Calibration on the Palm.
- Alarms. Play audible sounds when you approach points, turns, or get off-track.
- On-map Proximity highlighting. Easily spot closest point.
- Search for points in point databases.
- Upload/download Routes/Tracks and Points to and from Garmin GPS devices.
Pocket PC version