Geocaching Pocket Query Support MapToaster Topo now supports GPX files with the geocaching.com Pocket Query extensions. The caches are shown with the icon coloured by cache type. When you double-click on a geocache icon on the map, a window opens that shows the full detail of the cache. Great for managing your cache info and taking it out in the field.

Aerial Photos Overlaid with Transparent Topographical Maps If you have Topo/NZ and NZAirPhoto, this new feature combines the rich detail of aerial photography with the information content of the topographic maps, to give an unprecedented view of the terrain. More...

Improved MyPlaces makes creating maintaining sets of Places waypoints much easier

• Places (waypoints) can now be edited on the map. Add/Delete/Move/Edit with the click of a mouse.
• Select Place symbols from drop-down menus. Places can be displayed on the map as either symbols or points
• Place ID's are no longer restricted to 6 characters - this adds support for newer GPS models that allow longer waypoint ID's. You need to take care that the ID's that you use are not too long for your GPS.
• When you load a Places, .GPX or .LOC file from disk, the data is now merged with any that are already loaded. This makes it easier to combine sets waypoints. Previously, when you loaded a file, the existing Places were deleted first.
• You can now filter the Places that are uploaded to the GPS. You have the option of uploading all the Places, just the selected ones, just the points within the current map view, or you can filter by the Group ID.
• Double-clicking a Place symbol on the map now opens the linked document. This enables you to quickly navigate a set of linked photos etc.
• When you use the Del button in the My Places Manager, the software deletes all of the selected rows.
• You can change the colour of Tracks by changing the colour of any row of a Track.
• You can create a Place by dragging/dropping a file onto the appropriate location on the map.
• Now with support for Garmin USB GPS units like the Vista C, GPSMap60, 276 etc.

Automatically Link Digital Photos to the Map You can now use your GPS track log to automatically link digital photos to the map. The Autolinking features enables you to create Places (waypoints) for each of the photographs from your digital camera. To view the images you can double-click on the icon on the map, or access them via MyPlaces.

Geographic Internet Searches Simply right-click on the map and select the web service that you want to search. You can use www.geocaching.com to find nearby geocaches and GeoURL to search for web sites in the vicinty. You can configure MapToaster to search any webservice that understands geographic location.

Realtime GPS Tracking Display When real-time tracking is enabled, a new floating status window is shown. The realtime tracking window provides a view of the GPS data when the GPS cannot be seen, of if you have a GPS unit with no display of its own. This window displays the current location, speed, direction etc. You can also select a Place to navigate to - the heading and distance to this point will then be shown. If you are using a NMEA GPS for tracking, a sky view of the satellite positions is available.

You also have the option of capturing the track into MyPlaces. This features shows where you have been and also allows track gaps with GPS units that have no track capture facilty.

Navigation Favourites "learns" the places that you search for most often. The favorites menu also has sub-menus with common accessed locatuons, such as towns, national parks etc. These sub-menus are fully cutomisablw with the locations that are important to you.

And many others.... The many other additions and refinements include

• Improved Track drawing - now supports point-to-point tracks and tracing out arbitrary paths.
• Calculates areas for the track that you trace out with the track drawing measuring tool.
• Full-screen mode allows you to maximise the viewable area. Just the map and the Status Bar are visible.
• New file formats include GPX, LOC and Excel. GPX is supported for waypoints and tracks. Geocaching.com LOC format waypoint files may be imported. Tracks and waypoints can be saved and loaded from ESRI Shape format files.
• Export Places and Tracks in Microsoft Excel format.
• Track distances have been added to the Tracks grid. The point-to-point distances combined with Excel export allow for easy reporting of distance totals.
• New floating toolbar
• Greater zoom range - zoom in to 400% magnification
• New high-speed rendering option. Like the version 2 "Fast Drawing" mode, but uses less memory.
• Improved keyboard navigation. Uses the all 8 keys in the numeric keys for faster mouse-less navigation.
• Tracks now record speeds.
• Bearings are now displayed when using the measure/track drawing function.
• Magnetic bearings can now be displayed in realtime tracking and while using the measure/track drawing function.
• Now with support for Garmin USB GPS units like the Vista C, GPSMap60, 276 etc.
• Track/waypoint support for Forerunner and Edge personal training and cycle computers.
• Displays Maidehead Square coordinates of the current location.