The latest update to PathAway 3 is . For information on these incremental updates see the Release
Notes. All minor updates to the software are FREE.
Simply download at re-install over your existing version. Ie. If
you have 3.01.19, and the latest posted release date starts with
'3', then the update is FREE.
New Features Added for PathAway 3
Here are the latest features added between Pathaway 2 and 3.
Palm OS
Garmin iQue Compatibility
Full Palm OS 5 Compatibility
Hi-Res Support for all Palm devices with Hi-Res screens.
Sony and Tungsten T3 Expandable Screen support
UI
Expanded and Improved Pop-up Context Menus
Always shows selected position coordinates at top of menu
Quick Map Show/Hide
Add to Route at Start, to End, or Insert at selected position
Choose Map Layer by Name and Size (+) or (-)
Quick Point Information screen by selecting Point Name
Multiple Points selectable from Points Menu Pop-up.
Built-in World Map View (Goto Menu). For quick location re-positioning
New Route on Startup option.
New enhancements designed for quick glances at the screen
Color and thickness setting for track/route lines.
Choice of 3 different Current Position Pointers, with Color
and Size.
Dashboard Color set. Contrast dashboard to your maps
Hide Dashboard and Top Toolbar. See the map using the Entire
Screen
Dashboard Text Size - Small - Normal - Large
Auto zoom to Highest detailed map when connected to GPS
Databases
Visibility of Point/Route/Track Databases switchable on/off.
Added support for Track and Route file support on Cards. Now
all databases may be stored on external cards. Note, Icon and
Vehicle databases stored on cards will make the application run
much slower.
Shows Vehicle and Point Icons on List.
UTM, OSGB formats added
Sort by Map Scale
Transportation type settings for all databases including Points
and Maps.
Select the specific Point database to write new Points to.
Hide column data indicator to view long point names
Icons now shown with Point names
Navigation
Single Point Routing.
Vertical distance and Angle To.
Improved "Position Along Route" algorithm for more
accurate Time and Distance along track estimation.
Improved Route and Track rendering performance by over 800%.
GPS
Garmin Positioning protocol.
Trackpoints can now be set dependant on the distance traveled.
Garmin Waypoint Symbols.
GPS Communications now Interupt driven. Preserves batteries
for sled-based GPS devices, and improves program responsiveness.
Upload/ Download From GPS:
Track start/stop markers recorded on download of tracks.
Magellan NMEA data upload/download support.
Maps
Map Datum and Ellipizoid support. Maps can now plot accuraratly
for non-rectangular maps.
Map Projection support in separate Shared Libraries. No need
to waste valuable memory for unused projections.
Scaling of maps for zoom In and out. (Recommended use for Palm
OS5 handhelds)
