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Topo Sports HD for Playbook now available.

We are pleased to announce the release of TopoSports HD for Playbook . The app supports all the features that the blackberry phone version of the app supports. In addition to that, for Playbook, in auto follow mode, the map automatically rotates so that its always facing course up. Here is the link to download the app directly from AppWorld. http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/105997/?lang=EN TopoSports HD for Playbook, offers fully offline, GPS accurate, high quality Topo maps covering entire USA(Alaska coming soon),  Canada & New Zealand (NEW!!) for outdoor sports enthusiasts - bikers, hikers etc.  The app gives you access to 70000+ quads that cover almost all of USA, Canada & New Zealand. US data is derived from USGS 1:24K DRGs . Canada data is derived from NRCan 1:50K Toporama  DRGs.  New Zealand data is derived from 1:50K DRGs published by LINZ. The app also provides offline access to Geographic Names data for downloaded quad...

Nautical charts app updated with Admiralty charts covering UK waters.

We are pleased to announce an update to Gps Nautical Charts. The new version adds supports for UKHO charts covering UK waters . The UK version includes fully offline GPS accurate UKHO RNCs® along with POI layers created from UKHO ENCs® covering entire UK (other European 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. A complete folio of available charts can be seen here . The UK charts are divided into the following folios for ease of download. BRISTOL CHANNEL & SOUTH IRELAND ENGLAND S COAST & SCILLIES IRELAND W C-KENMARE R-FORELAND IRISH SEA N&E SCOTLAND-LEWIS-FORTH-N ISLES NORTH SEA-FORTH-THAMES ENTRANCE SCOTLAND KINTYRE-LOCH BROOM THAMES-MEDWAY & APPROACHES OTHERS If we have missed out the chart you are looking for, please do let us know.

Topo Sports now has an Import Manager

We are pleased to announce the release of new version (v 8.2) of the TopoSports app. The new version adds support for the following: Import Manager Track /route overlay improvements. Import Manager The import manager lets you import routes and waypoints from GPX and KML files. The Import Manager is accessible from: The homescreen of the app. Via menu from the map screen. The import manager let you import GPX and KML files that are stored: Locally on the device Remotely over the web: You must know the http url of the GPX or KML file for importing remotely. We've tried to support most commonly used elements used in GPX and KML files found on the web. The app even tries its best to figure out if the file is compressed and automatically uncompress it before import. If for some reason, the app is unable to handle your file, please contact us by email and we will try our best to support it. Once the files are imported, they are accessible via the "Imported Routes/Tracks" ...

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