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Precision agriculture
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Planning of hiking, cycling or off-road trips
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Locating Geocashes (see www.geocashing.com)
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Estate agents can use it to plot the outline of a real estate on a map
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Amateur surveying tasks
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Creating maps of unchartered areas
User Documentation :
I do not distribute documentation with the program in order to keep the
download file as small as possible. But you can download a PDF based user
manual from WildSoft's website at
http://www.wildsoft.org/products/palm/gpsmapper.htm. This is also
where you will find the latest version of GPSmapper. You are also
strongly advised to look at the examples on this same website.
Known Problems :
GPSmapper was written in Visual Basic. This means that some
additional files is required to run the application. Since most people
already have these file installed on their computer, we prefer to distribute
GPSmapper without these files as it just makes the application very big to
download. However, if you are experiencing such problems, then we advise
you to download the full installation version which includes these files at :
http://www.wildsoft.org/products/download/gpsmapper_full.zip
Converting GPSmapper CSV files to ESRI shape format
In case you are interested to import your tracks into other GIS programs like
ArcExplorer, ArcView, OziExplorer, Diva-GIS etc, then we advise that you
download our free application called Mapper2Shape from our website at
http://www.wildsoft.org/products/download/mapper2shape.zip.
This application will also allow you to convert shapefiles to CSV format so
that you can import them into GPSmapper.
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Demo version :
The demo version of GPSmapper is almost identical to the registered version but
with a few limitations. For example, you will not be able to do acreage
calculations with the demo version, and the program will not remember your
preference settings. One of the main advantages of the registered version
is that it also remembers the calibration settings of each map you ever
loaded. As soon as you load the map, the program will recognize if you
have already calibrated this map in the past and then reload the calibration
settings for the particular map. There is no time limit on GPSmapper if you do
not register, but you will have to live with the limitations of the
unregistered version.
Registering :
If you like the program, then you are encouraged to regsiter it. It's
the right thing to do! :) Registration cost is only $29.50 for a
single user license and you can register
here at www.palmgear.com. They have reliable credit card facilities and
will automatically issue your registration code, which you need to enter under
the "about" menu of the program to activate your registration.
Contact :
email : werner@wildsoft.org