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BackCountry Navigator


License Purchase
Requirements Windows Mobile 2003 or later, 4 Meg File space,10 Meg Program space
Downloads 1 Limitations None
Publisher CritterMap Software File Size 0
Date added 16 Dec 2006 Check your speed

BackCountry Navigator is fun-filled navigation software for the outdoor adventurer. Use it in a variety of outdoor adventures, from kayak touring to geocaching. This is a summary of what you can do with the product. BackCountryuses free topo and aerial maps for the United States,downloaded directly from Terraserver-USA.There are topographical mapsat 4 meters per pixel scale, based on 1:24k. There is aerial photography in most areas at up to 1 meter pixel. To downloadmaps, simply specify a center point, and size. No limitations to a particular county, state, or quadrangle. Download maps whenever your Pocket PC is connected to the internet: through wifi, wireless data plan, or ActiveSync. No need for desktop calibration software, CD-Roms, or subscriptions.Map data is public domain. The software automatically loads multiple map scales, and displays them at a variety of zoom levels. You canfreely pan and explore the area of your downloaded map. There are also a number of ways you can add points of interest to your newly created map. Importplaces from the USGS database of over 2 million names. Define your own custom waypoints, limited only by the size of your storage card. Import geocache waypoints from LOC files to see them on the map. Import premium geocaching data from GPX files to seeboth cache symbols and formatted html descriptions and clues!Import other GPX files for waypoints and tracks marked by other GPS users.Armed with a feature filled map, navigate in the outdoors with the help of a GPS Receiver. Use just about any GPS receiver, compact flash, bluetooth, cabled, or builtin, that sends data in NMEA.Use Automatic Detection to find your GPS, or specify the port and baud rate if you already know it. See your position on a moving map and navigate to waypoints of your choice with the compass control. Mark your own trail using the track recording feature. Export your track and waypoints in GPX format to share with others, or to view in Google Earth or other desktop software. There are few limits to what you can do with BackCountry Navigator, and the software continually improves based on suggestions from users like you. BackCountry Navigator has a website of the same name where you can find support, software walkthroughs, andnews about new or future features. Register there to participate in aforum with other BackCountry Navigator users, andto learn about new features and updates as they come out. A license to the software entitlesyou to allupdateswith the same major version number. BackCountry Navigator has a new Desktop Edition (Available separately) that runs on your Windows PC. Download maps and preview them on the big screen. Files created on the desktop are 100% compatible with the mobile versionHave fun trying the software, and even more fun in the outdoors!

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