What's New

Feature Summary 

Additional features in the Version 2.x for MapPoint 2002 and 2004

• Auto re-calculate route when you off-track
• Speed sensitive (ETA or distance based)  Driving Assistant (please read how to use? for version 2.x) 
  Visual and audio warning with Text-To-Speech enabled driving direction speak out.
  The Driving Assistant now works for multiple waypoints with Guidance Manager, completely get around a bug in MapPoint2002 that causes error driving directions when a route contains multiple waypoints..
• Accurate Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) to the destination with given current GPS time and location
• Zoom-in and zoom-out shortcut keys. (Z/X)
• Magnetic heading (compass heading) display 
• Automatic tracking current position on the map instead of by refresh/redraw rate. (how to set it?)
• Zodiac GPS chipset v 2.x support (Zodiac with NMEA extension)  View Known GPSs Not Supported by AGPS

Version 1.1.x for MapPoint 2001

• Variable GPS refresh rate.  Either time interval driven or GPS data driven (PII-233Mhz and up for GPS driven)
•   "Route from current GPS position" (click on the compass or press "R")
• Capture NMEA183 data from GPS to a file and playback/pause NMEA183 data as it's from a GPS
• Display Average Ground Speed, Elevation, Location in the selectable unit
• Display speed in Mph, Kmh or Knots, elevation in meter or feet.  Can switch the display unit on the fly.
• Heading Information: a compass, current location with heading
• GPS Time (Atomic clock) with one-click to sync the system time with GPS time
• GPS State and Satellite View displays the satellite positions in the sky and the detailed reception information.
• Plot Trail to plot a trace on the map with advanced pushpin notes. (enhanced feature in version 2.x)
•   "Push a pin" in the compass menu for people just want to lay a push pin on the current location.
•  Raw CSV trace note output format option (see FAQ for how to export to the database)
• Intuitive design with shift-less, Alt-less shortcut keys and  tool tips hint
• Automatic Start AGPS when MapPoint starts if you left AGPS opened while you shutdown MapPoint last time.
• Semi-automatic track current position on the map (v 1.x only)