Terrabrowser Alpha 8

Another new alpha release of Terrabrowser (alpha 8) which adds the distance search feature which was present in the old 1.1 version. In the new version, it operates a little differently - just hold down the option key when you click the mouse button and as you drag the distance will be displayed in realtime. Also added basic printing support for the map and waypoint window.

Terrabrowser Alpha 7

New alpha release of Terrabrowser (alpha 7) which adds an often requested feature - search by zipcode and address! Want to find your house? It's easy now - just choose the Search for Location option from the Actions menu.

Terrabrowser Alpha

A new alpha release of Terrabrowser 1.5 should be released in the next few days. Most importantly, the map now remains centered (not almost centered) on the master location and is now draggable with the mouse rather than forcing you to use the arrow keys or toolbar buttons! This was a very frequently requested feature. Other new features added include a scale bar, beginnings of basic AppleScript support, and a download region feature.

Terrabrowser Color Urban Maps

Color urban area maps have been added for San Francisco and Los Angeles! Check them out with Cocoa Terrabrowser alpha 5. The Golden Gate Bridge is located at (37.81123, -122,47701).

Cocoa Terrabrowser alpha 5 is now available.  This version adds a super zoom feature - you can now zoom in twice as far on color urban area maps - this is far enough to see people playing tennis! (41.785079, -87.996685)Built in internet update checking (under the Terrabrowser menu) is now working correctly, so use this feature to make sure you have the most up to date alpha.

Cocoa Terrabrowser Alpha 3

Cocoa Terrabrowser alpha 3 is now available. This version changes the latitude and longitude fields in the toolbar to follow the user's preference of decimal degrees, degrees minutes, or degrees minutes seconds. It also adds support for color satellite images of urban areas. 

New cites are being added to the Terraserver - currently it includes Chicago, St. Louis, Portland, Seattle, Dallas-Ft Worth, Houston, Saginaw, El Paso, Albuquerque, Oklahoma City, Lincoln, Sacramento, Washington DC, Atlanta, and Modesto. They plan to add 133 cities by year's end. You should still use MacGPSBabel to download your waypoints and tracklogs from Garmin and Magellan receivers.

Cocoa Terrabrowser

Released first version of the new Cocoa Terrabrowser, Terrabrowser 1.5 alpha 1. This version does not support printing, and GPS support is not complete. Use MacGPSBabel to download your waypoints and tracklogs from Garmin and Magellan receivers.

FAQ & Babel

Added an FAQ page which answers a few common questions we receive. Also came across an open source program called MacGPSBabel which supports downloading of waypoints and tracklogs from Garmin and Magellan GPS receivers. You can use this program to create a GPX file which can be used in Terrabrowser.

Cocoa Terrabrowser Milestone

Most of the serial capabilities such as full NMEA support and a subset of the Garmin protocol have been completed. Cocoa version can now download waypoints and track logs (a highly requested feature) - route support coming soon.

Cocoa Terrabrowser Routes

The new Cocoa Terrabrowser now supports drawing of both routes and tracklogs from GPX files! Through the preferences, the user can adjust the transparency, line width, and quality of rendering. Although GPS support has not been added to the Cocoa version yet, most other features are nearly done. Head over to the Terrabrowser page to check out some screenshots of it.

Chimoo Timer

Released a new version of Chimoo Timer (1.2) which adds a few small features such as the ability to show the timer in a small floating window rather than the large main window.

AP Grapher 0.5.3

Released a new version of AP Grapher (0.5.3) which fixes some cosmetic bugs related to the options drawer.

Cocoa!

Due to some major new additions to the Cocoa frameworks, it's looking more likely that the next version of Terrabrowser will only support Panther (Mac OS X 10.3) and higher. So if you haven't gotten around to it yet, it's time to upgrade your system!

Finnish AP Grapher

New release of AP Grapher which adds support for Finnish.

Tracklog Preview

A sneak peak of the tracklog functionality in the upcoming version of Terrabrowser. Note, this version is still several months away from a release (at least).

AP Grapher Localizations

AP Grapher now has both Spanish and French localizations. Same version number.

SPAM!

We have now had several instances where people have made donations but were unable to receive our email reply. Please disable your SPAM software, or at least watch your inbox very carefully if you have not heard back from us. In some instances, we have had to send out five or more emails before one made it through. If you are waiting for a registration number for Terrabrowser and still haven't heard from us after a week or two, consider sending your snail mail address, and we will mail you a registration number.

Cocoa Terrabrowser

Work continues on the new Cocoa version of Terrabrowser. The new version is coming along nicely and can already read GPX files, perform caching, and list waypoints on the map. It appears to be much faster than the old Terrabrowser - so if you feel the need for speed you have something to look forward to. A beta version should be available for testing in the next month or two.