jeepx: GPS Discoveries: MapAdvisor 3.0 & SuperWaba

Before adding MapAdvisor to the list of misses for '05 I decided to give it one more try (15-days free trial available). MapAdvisor let you use aerial photos and topo maps as moving maps is both Palm and PocketPC devices.

In order to run it on a PocketPC, you first need to install SuperWaba, which will act as a Virtual Machine for the MapAdvisor Java-like code. Use the installer included within the downloaded trial (version 4.5). MapAdvisor won't work with the current version of SuperWaba.

You can use its companion .NET-based Windows program QuakeMap as a way to obtain, and generate maps for MapAdvisor.

While running it for the first time QuakeMap will ask for your zip code and provide the corresponding map from your surrounding area. You then select "tiles" to be exported to the PocketPC device.

Select a rectangle area with the mouse and then click over it, the selected tiles are written to the maps directory on the PC. Copy them to the mapmaps8 folder in your PPC device.

The freeware version allows for only 3x3 tiles to be exported thru the Map Wizard. A full license (U$9.99) will give you ten times more.

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