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View maps of Earth and other planets with PrettyMap! See current day and night regions, learn geography by taking the quiz, enjoy 3D elevation surfaces, measure distances between locations and create your own maps with special places!
PrettyMap lets you view vector and raster maps and images (such as country boundaries, cities, rivers, buildings, roads, satellite photos, digital elevation models and topographies), search in geographically-referenced data, visualize and analyze spatial information, download current weather reports and forecasts, display weather maps, extend your knowledge by taking an educational quiz, and edit your own simple maps.
PrettyMap is a GIS program with the following features (see also screenshots):
- support for vector maps (points, lines, areas)
- support for raster maps (terrain elevation and bathymetry, images, symbolic)
- handles multi-attribute data associated with vector map objects
- displays maps of various planets
- displays current weather maps, detailed weather reports and forecasts (requires Internet connection)
- supports GPS, logging GPS locations and the "follow GPS" mode
- GPS fleet tracking service: PrettyMap can regularly report locations so that you know where your fleet is, and others know where you are
- all maps are free:
- political: country boundaries with country names, capitals, population sizes, ...
- major cities with names, status, population ranks and classes, ...
- comprehensive set of data for each country, based on the current information from The World Factbook
- USA states with areas, population sizes, males, females, age, marriage, race, and household statistics, ...
- major rivers
- elevation data for Earth, Moon, Mars
- satellite photos and images
- lunar mountains, craters and crater chains, seas, lakes, swamps, valleys, ...
- and many more!
- you can convert detailed image or vector maps and use them on your handheld
- spherical projection
- relief and 3D elevation (DEM) view with vector map overlay
- shows day and night regions, computes shadow length and sun/north orientation
- various color schemes for elevation maps
- user-defined elevation colors
- zoom range from whole planet to meters
- multiple, configurable vector map layers
- data search for vector map databases
- versatile quiz with teacher mode for vector map databases
- bar charts and color-by option for numeric features in vector map databases
- distance measurement
- integrated user-defined locations (Points Of Interest) editor, stores notes and values for each POI
- sessions to quickly save/restore program state
- adjustable water level for elevation data
- numerous settings to customize the program
Requirements: PalmOS 5, minimal: 100 MHz, recommended: 200 MHz.
Try before you buy! PrettyMap is a shareware with a 30-day evaluation period, then you have to register.
New in version 5.0:
- built-in synchronization of user maps
- file format for vector maps has been enhanced; v5.x can read older maps
- improved support for some GPS units that previously caused "GPS signal lost" problems after 1-2 minutes of work
- redesigned "Open maps" window now shows icons for map categories
- you can filter maps by their main category
- you can filter out maps that are currently open
- checkboxes to select/deselect maps
- "User locations..." renamed to "Edit user maps..." and moved from the "Vector" menu to "Maps"
- persistent selection (i.e. after Search or Quick Find) – the selected object will remain red for 30 seconds
- "Draft mode" switch no longer affects automatic adjustments of shape fill. They are now always performed but less intrusive
- in the "Open maps" window, "Zoom all" is unchecked by default unless there are no maps opened
- better icon for GPS maps ("POI.GPS" category) and a new "Shared" category
- with GPS tracking, in case of Internet connection problems, attempts are made every minute
- improvements in the user interface
- users who purchased version 4.x can upgrade to version 5.x for $10
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