GPSMaster is gps mapping program that runs under Windows on a PC and is able to communicate (serial or USB) with any Garmin GPS. You can download all the desired data from your GPS, edit it, save it, view it, print it, upload it. When you use your GPS regularly GPSMaster is a must have!

GPSMaster is ideal for pilots, sailors, cyclists, hikers, basically anyone who enjoys outdoor activities. When you go on holiday to a place you've never been before, just get yourself a map of the particular area, scan it, load it into GPSMaster, calibrate it and you're ready to go. You can create waypoints, routes and tracks based on your scanned map and send them to your GPS.

Want to zoom in/zoom out/rotate your scene Because GPSMaster works with OpenGL (to make use of your high speed graphics card) this can all be done in very high speed. No more waiting for a 200% zoom, just scroll the mousewheel and zooming is instant.

Are you a pilot Take your GPS with you on your flight and afterwards download the track from your flight, switch GPSMaster to 3D view and see your track in 3D! This is also a outstanding feature for climbers/skiers! You can see all details about your track in a number of graphs displaying altitude, speed and rate of climb/sink (vertcial speed).

Do you have a (scanned) map with coordinates that are not in WGS84 map datum No problem! Switch to the correct map datum (GPSMaster knows 221 map datums and offers the capability to create a user map datum) and your coordinates match!

Do you want to see distances/altitude in meters Feet Statute or nautical miles Kilometers GPSMaster knows them all.

Want to know what the distance between to points is (eg leg of a route) according to outstanding circle navigation (shortest distance) or in Rhumbline (or loxodrome) navigation (same course along the entire leg) GPSMaster knows them both.

GPSMaster is a highly feature-rich software for outdoor enthousiasts. Whether you're a pilot or a backpacker. Whether you enjoy skiing or cycling. GPSMaster offers the functionality you need.

GPSMaster also supports NMEA0183. Just select the NMEA0183 sentences you're interested in and see all the information you need: position, speed, altitude, cross track error, satellite visibility and many more.

Why should you use GPSMaster instead of any of the many other GPS programs available Simply because GPSMaster has all the functionality you need and it has a very intuitive user interface and... it offers 3D viewing (and a lot more).

Features:
* Transfer of waypoints, routes and tracks between GPSMaster and your (Garmin) GPS (other brands of GPS's may me implemented in the near future) over serial port or USB.
* Creation of waypoints, routes and tracks in GPSMaster
* 222 Map datums including user definable map datum
* Latitude/Longitude, UTM, British National Grid, Irish Grid, Dutch Grid, Swiss Grid and user definable grid (others will be implemented in the near future)
* Drawing of all grids in all projections (so not just displaying a coordinate in eg British National Grid, but also the actual drawing of the grid !)
* Feet/Statute Miles/Nautical Miles/Meters/Kilometers
* Map projection, Spherical projection, Sinusoidal projection, Eckert VI projection and McBryde-Thomas Flat-Polar Sinusoidal projection
* Auto Aspect in Map projection
* 3D Viewing !
* Easy zooming using mouse wheel
* Great Circle Navigation and Rhumbline Navigation
* Editing of tracks (deleting points, moving points, moving whole track, changing color)
* Graphs of track altitude/speed/vertical speed, with variable x-axis (time, distance, points)
* Add pictures to your waypoint
* Use your own scanned maps, just calibrate them (in any grid and any map datum) and you're ready to go !
* Intuitive user interface
* NMEA0183 support following sentences are supported (GPBOD, GPGGA, GPGLL, GPGSA, GPGSV, GPRMB, GPRMC, GPRTE, GPWPL, HCHDG, PGRME and PGRMZ)
* Graphical display of NMEA heading, distance
* Creating of waypoint from NMEA input
* Recording of NMEA input to track
* Creation of screenshots
* Printing of screen
* Full control over visualization (lots of color and line width settings, user selectable font etc.)
* User-definable hints when mouse hovers above waypoints/track
* Very easy distance measuring including display of outstanding circle course or rhumbline course
* Autogrid
* Very easy zoom and fit functionality
* Imports PCX5 andOziExplorer files
* Imports tracks in gpx format

The license of this software is Freeware, you can free download and free use this wireless communication software.