"Palm + Internet + GPS Pilot : a new generation of navigation assistants" - June 2001, France

upgrades its lines of Palm™-GPS applications to support high definition screen, new GPS devices, and wireless -or via modem- web access to world wide pertinent geographical Internet content.

Exploit the completeness of Internet location databases on the mobility of your hand held. Within GPS Pilot applications, access web databases to request instantly personalized digital maps to plot your route and on the road get the precision of GPS navigation assistance.

No more need to store big amount of geographic data on your hand held device, and to pre-plan a trip from home. Now no matter where you are, download worldwide, and instant navigational information such as maps, address location, routes itineraries, flight plans, ...

Existing products ( U.S $ 15.00 upgrade fee):
For aviation enthusiasts, Fly v5.05 combines GPS moving map navigation with flight planning, and now allows to instantly request maps, charts, trip ticks via Aeroplanner.com web portal.

On your Palm, create your fly plan: choose your departing airport, waypoints, and destination, select your vehicle details, wind aloft. Then get Aeroplanner.com digital maps to visualize your legs on interactive maps: WAC, Sectional and vector airways. Use Fly as in-flight navigation tool with the assistance of GPS navigation.

For marine, road and leisure activities Atlas v5.05 and Tracker v5.05 have also been enhanced to support wireless or via modem access to Internet cartography resources.

TripPilot newest product (Free beta testing in process, contact us at betatest@GPSpilot.com)
Need to locate instantaneously business meetings, to get door-to-door driving directions with detailed interactive street-level maps of relatives places and to be personally guided with the accuracy of GPS navigation assistance?
TripPilot is a itinerary browser to locate addresses, plan routes. It allows anyone, anywhere, at anytime to look up through world wide web location and itinerary databases . On the road, TripPilot serves you as a real-time travel assistant and guides your moves to your destination.

System requirements:

• A palm powered device (PalmOS 3.0 min.): Palm m505, Palm m100, Palm III, Palm IIIc, Palm IIIe, Palm IIIx, Palm IIIxe, Palm V, Palm Vx, Palm VII, Palm VIIx, Visor deluxe, Visor Platinum, Visor Deluxe, TRGPro, HandEra 330, IBM WorkPad, Sony Clié or Symbol SPT ...
   
• if GPS assistance. A GPS device ( NMEA and Earthmate support): Rand Mc Nally/Magellan Companion, Nexian HandSpring, Delorme, Garmin, Eagle, …
   
• If Internet Cartography access. An Internet connection via your Palm: Land modem and wireless connection are both supported. You can also use the Internet connection of your PC via the cradle using a software like Mocha W32 PPP

Upgrades features:

• Direct access to internet location based resources (wirelessly or via modem): support Aeroplanner.com aeronautic and maritime services (maps, charts, trip ticks, ...)
   
• HandEra high resolution screens support
   
• Visor support: Support for new GPS devices : Magellan Companion, Nexian GPS Springboard module HandyGPS.(Geodiscovery GPS Geode in the future)
   
• Map rendering enhancements:
  • Managements improvements (format, databases,...)
  • Calibration available in Atlas, Tracker and Fly
  • Full screen maps
  • Maps multi-views
  • Icon, selectable zone and text size improved
  • Access to list of maps available for a location
  • Color support and display updates
  • 22 degree arrow to display current heading
     
• Tracking and points
  • Several personal points db support
  • Track algorithm improved
     
• GPS improvements
  • Direct access to GPS data (hard button 2)
  • "Atomic clock" accurate time and Palm set time features
  • States changing vocal feedback
  • GPS display fixes
  • Memory and conversion improvements
     
• Memory management improvements
• Ascendant compatibility with GPS Pilot line
   

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