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Gps Nautical Charts released.

We are pleased to announce the first release of Gps Nautical Charts app for Blackberry. The app includes fully offline GPS accurate NOAA RNCs® along with POI layers created from NOAA ENCs® covering entire USA (other regions coming soon). We do special processing to create chart bundles that merge RNC chart data available across multiple scales to a single bundle. The object layers available in equivalent ENCs are also available as layers for the same chart and are searchable. Some of the features in this release are: Download any NOAA RNC chart in US for offline usage Auto Follow Mode Seamless mosaicing of chart, whenever possible Distance/Bearing tool Create custom way points POI layer for each Chart derived from ENCs Search POIs/Way points Pan/zoom/locate yourself Record GPS tracks View tracks overlay Live track animationTrack analytics/stats Export tracks in GPX format. A complete description of the feature is also available at this link . A video illustr...

TopoSports now supports Auto Follow mode

We've updated Toposports to version 6.1. This version of the app has the following two features: Auto Follow mode Digital zoom Auto Follow Mode When the auto follow mode is on, the app continuously updates your current location on the map at regular interval. The refresh frequency defaults to once every 3 seconds but can be changed by changing the interval value under Options. To enable this do the following: Open the quad map Press menu and select 'Auto Follow' The indicator at the bottom right of your screen would first show "Scan". Once the device locks to satellites, it would turn to "Follow". When the indicator is set to "Follow", the app would continuously update your location on the screen. Digital zoom The latest version of the app adds an additional layer of zoom to all the quads. While the app has had this option for almost an year now, it has been made default with this release. It can enabled/disabled via the corresponding check b...

Gerlitzen, Glacier 3000 - 10+ new resorts added

We are pleased to announce that we've added support for the following new ski resorts in the app. As usual, all the data is GPS accurate. Switzerland Villars-Gryon-Diablerets- Glaci er-3000: This is also available under resort complex covering Villars, Gryon, Les Diablerets & Glaci er-3000 Engadin-Scuol Wildhaus-Toggenburg Austria Sonnenkopf (Klosterle): This is also included as part of St. Anton Lech Zurs resort complex. Radstadt-Altenmarkt: This is also included in Salzburge Sportwelt resort complex. Pitztaler-Gletscher Gerlitzen Wildkogel (Neukirchen-Bramberg) Jerzens-Hochzeiger Italy Vigiljoch: This is also included as part of Ortler ski arena resort complex. France Devoluy (Superdevoluy-La Joue du Loup) To download the new resorts, please do the following: From homescreen select Add Maps+ On Android and blackberry phones, press the menu button and select Refresh. On iPhone touch the refresh button on the top right.

US/Canada resorts updated - Vail, Squaw & more

We continue to update the data for the ski resorts as they open for the 2011-12 ski season. We've updated the data for the following ski resorts over the weekend. Please re-download the data for the following ski resorts to get the updates. To download the updates, please do the following: From homescreen of the app, select Add Maps+ Select the resort you want to download and select 'Yes' when prompted Beaver Creek Buttermilk Copper Mountain Loveland Vail Winter Park Heavenly Kirkwood Mammoth Northstar at Tahoe Squaw Valley USA Park City Mountain The Canyons Mt Hood Meadows Summit at Snoqualmie Whitefish Big Mountain Loon Mountain Killington Sugarloaf Stratton Kicking Horse Mt Washington Timberline Lodge Mt Snow Marmot Basin Cannon Mountain Gore Mountain Holiday Valley Hunter Mountain

New resorts added to Gps Ski Maps

We are pleased to announce that we've added support for the following new ski resorts in the app. As usual, all the data is GPS accurate. California Dodge Ridge Utah Brian Head, Utah. Western Canada Whitewater Castle Mountain, AB Northwest Mission Ridge White Pass NorthEast Elk Mountain Le Massif, QC To download the new resorts, please do the following: From homescreen select Add Maps+ On Android and blackberry phones, press the menu button and select Refresh. On iPhone touch the refresh button on the top right.

GPs Ski App now available for iPhone.

On popular demand, we've released the Gps Ski Maps app for the iPhone . The app requires iOS version 4.0 or higher. The app version is currently available for the following two regions (iTunes link below): Australia/New Zealand Chile/Argentina The iPhone app also supports our most popular feature (run by run analysis/stats) amongst others. We are excited to be on iOS. We will be providing more updates as the app gets approved for other regions.

Create waypoints by manually entering location coordinates

We've updated TopoSports to version 5.1. This version has the ability to create waypoints by manually entering the latitude, longitude coordinates of the point. To create a waypoint this way, do the following: Press menu and select "New WayPoint" Check the box that says "Enter coordinates" and select "Ok". Enter the latitude and longitude coordinates of the point and click/touch "Save".