Pretty Map Basic - Earth Atlas, Moon and Mars Maps for Palm OS

About Pretty Map Basic - Earth Atlas, Moon and Mars Maps

PrettyMap BasicView maps of Earth and other planets with PrettyMap! See current day and night regions, learn geography by taking the quiz,enjoy 3D elevation surfaces, measure distances between locations and create your own maps with special places!PrettyMap lets you view vector and raster maps and images (such as country boundaries, world cities, rivers, satellite photos), search in geographically-referenced data, visualize and analyze spatial information, download current weather reports and forecasts, extend your knowledge by taking an educational quiz, and edit your own simple maps.PrettyMap is a GIS program with the following features:

• support for vector maps (points, lines, areas)
• support for raster maps (terrain elevation and bathymetry, images, symbolic)
• handles multi-attribute data associated with vector map objects
• displays maps of various planets
• supports GPS, logging GPS locations and the "follow GPS" mode
• GPS fleet tracking service: PrettyMap can regularly report locations so that you know where your fleet is, and others know where you are
• displays current weather maps, detailed weather reports and forecasts (requires Internet connection)
• all maps are free:
  • political: country boundaries with country names, capitals, population sizes, ...
  • major cities with names, status, population ranks and classes, ...
  • comprehensive set of data for each country, based on the current information from The World Factbook
  • USA states with areas, population sizes, males, females, age, marriage, race, and household statistics, ...
  • major rivers
  • elevation data for Earth, Moon, Mars
  • satellite photos and images
  • lunar mountains, craters and crater chains, seas, lakes, swamps, valleys, ...
  • and many more!
• spherical projection
• relief and 3D elevation (DEM) view with vector map overlay
• shows day and night regions, computes shadow length and sun/north orientation
• internet connection not required on your PDA
• various color schemes for elevation maps
• user-defined elevation colors
• zoom range from whole planet to meters
• multiple, configurable vector map layers
• data search for vector map databases
• versatile quiz with teacher mode for vector map databases
• bar charts and color-by option for numeric features in vector map databases
• distance measurement
• integrated user-defined locations (Points Of Interest) editor, stores notes and values for each POI
• sessions to quickly save/restore program state
• adjustable water level for elevation data
• numerous settings to customize the program

Requirements: PalmOS 5, minimal: 100 MHz, recommended: 400 MHz.Try before you buy! PrettyMap is a shareware with a 30-day evaluation period, then you have to register. Registered PrettyMap Basic has the following limitations:

• the quiz is limited to 20 questions
• no spherical elevation relief view
• no online weather reports and forecasts for user-defined locations
• user locations editor is limited to 20 points per map; one user map open at a time
• inactive "containing" option in vector data search

All features are available in PrettyMap Full.
Simpler and cheaper product is PrettyEarth.New in versions 4.0-4.4:

• vector maps no longer stored in *.pdb files: now they are stored in regular *.pmap files and can be easily copied to memory cards
• support for GPS, logging GPS locations and the "follow GPS" mode
• new GPS fleet tracking service
• new memory management: you can now open sooo many vector maps!
• maps are categorized; visual styles for maps are defined in an external file you can edit(see the gfx/ subdirectory), including your own icons for locations
• full screen mode: you can now hide the top toolbar
• added "Save screenshot" option
• point maps are less crowded (not all points are always displayed)
• lots of other improvements and optimizations
• the point maps you created can now be exported as KML directly on the device
• users who purchased version 3.x can upgrade to version 4.x for $15

See also:

• basic vector maps pack
• elevation map packs: North and Central America, South America, Europe, Australia, Africa, Asia