News

31 december 2009 : ttMaps 0.3.1 released !

This version is primarily intended to ensure compatibility with version 9.0 of the TomTom navigation software. But it also contains some improvements.

For a complete list of new features, see the changelog.

18 november 2009 : ttMaps 0.3.0

This new release introduces a new functionality related to navigation: it is possible to define a target, and ttMaps will guide you along the shortest path (great circle). This feature will be especially useful not only for sailors, aircraft pilots, but also for geocachers and orienteers.

As usual, several small improvements have been made, new projections have been added and bugs have been fixed.

For a complete list of new features, see the changelog.

13 august 2009 : ttMaps 0.2.6

This new version brings no new functionality, but supports many new projections, especially for Australia and Portugal.

24 july 2009 : ttMaps 0.2.5

This new version brings no new functionality, but supports many new projections, contains the coordinates of the cities of several new countries (Germany, Austria, Belgium, Liechtenstein) and fixes a few bugs.

Important note : If you are using maps with the MRWORLD projection, you must rename it to MRWORLD2 by using "ECW Header Editor" or ecwhed.

6 june 2009 : ttMaps 0.2.4

This new version brings new functionalities for a better user experience, and many new projections.

Introduction

The main usage of the TomTom autonomous GPS is road navigation. However, it may happen that one wishes to use maps such as "raster" or "bit map", ie scanned paper maps. The software allows ttMaps to extend the use of GPS TomTom to other activities such as hiking, paragliding or caving, aviation and shipping. It also allows their use in countries where the TomTom company still does not sell vector maps. As a drawing is better than a long speech, here are some screenshots .

Disclaimer

This software is not a professional software and its use is the sole responsibility of the user, who accepts any defects. The author of the software assumes no liability for loss or injury or loss of data that can result from a software bug, or an error made by the user during installation or use.

Features

The software is under development. So far, the features are as follows:

• Display a map or an aerial photograph centered on the current position
• Show the bearing and distance to the goal
• Display north of the map, altitude, time and scale
• Zoom maps or aerial photos
• Management of several sets of maps or aerial photos
• Browse maps
• Display the map centered on a town or zip code
• Display current track
• Display a route
• Record, display and replay tracks
• Export tracks to GPX format
• Statistics on the track (distance and altitude)
• Points of interest
• Select POI categories to be displayed
• Show the bearing and distance to a point of interest
• Display of the state of GPS (satellites in sight, reception level)
• Switch off GPS static navigation mode, for use in hiking
• Switch off the display after a certain time (configurable) of non-use, when the GPS is running on batteries. The autonomy rises to 6 or 7 hours, instead of 2 hours if the display is turned on permanently.
• Display battery state and current battery charge
• Support for the majority of existing projections (list)
• User interface similar to that of TomTom, in order not to confuse users
• Interface in several languages
• Keyboard layout configuration (QWERTY, AZERTY)
• Time zones
• Fix altitude for GPS not doing so automatically

Here are some features planned for future versions:

• Browse maps by dragging with your finger, for a more precise positioning
• Voice assisted navigation

Prerequisite

To install ttMaps, you must have:

• An autonomous GPS TomTom (TomTom Go, One, XL)
• Version 7 or higher of the TomTom NavCore
• At least 20 MB of available memory on the TomTom SD
• A computer running Windows, Linux or MacOS X and a USB cable

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Last modification : 05/01/2010