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A good travelogue often requires a map showing the destinations or route, with MapCreator you can create the maps necessary for this purpose. The map type, extract and scale are freely adjustable, the maps are of a very high quality and can be used in all media without query and cost.

GeoVisu is a visualization software for geographic data - graphic files, images and GPS. It provides real time GPS navigation (NMEA 0183 protocol - moving map), displayed with diverse geographic data (MIF, GPX, SHP, ECW, GeoTiff). It can download waypoints and tracklogs from Magellan and Garmin serial GPS. It supports most geodetic systems of EPSG, Mapinfo, ERMapper and Garmin and permits geographic and cartographic coordinate conversions. It can save graphics data in MIF and GPX formats.

USAPhotoMaps downloads aerial photo and topo map data from Microsoft's free TerraServer Web site, saves it on your hard drive, and creates seamless maps from it. You can - Scroll and zoom, See the latitude/longitude, Add waypoints, routes, and text, Jump to any waypoint or latitude/longitude in the U.S.A. Transfer waypoints, tracks, and routes to and from most GPS receivers, See your GPS location, And much more.

This free program allows you to plan and record your trips with a GPS receiver and share your local knowledge of trails with others, you can also use the program to print topographic maps with these trails, either on a single page or, as a mosaic, on many sheets of paper. GPS Mapping Sofware Overlays Track Data from Garmin eTrex on USGS 7 1/2 minute topographic maps in DRG format. Allows editing of tracks to make and share your own trail maps in web-enabled GPS eXchange format.

Global Positioning System for in-car navigation and remote tracking by GSM, radio, and satellite communications. Run GPSS on your PC and it will give impressive in-car navigation and remote tracking demonstrations. Run on a Laptop with a GPS, and this same GPS Software will work for real. Get free registration, mapping for 155 countries and voice guidance in 12 languages. This includes free street level mapping for ALL the USA. Note: There are 2 files to download. Visit download page to read installation instructions and to get the files.

MapAnnotation is aimed at making geometric constructions over a map (for a treasure hunt, for example). You can draw perpendiculars, parallels, circles, and measure distances on a digitized map, save and reload your work.

Print out a US map in a variety of sizes, from a single sheet of paper to a map almost 7 feet across, using an ordinary printer. You can also print single page maps, or maps 2 pages by 2 pages, 3 pages by 3 pages, etc. up to 8 pages by 8 pages (64 sheets of paper!).

This site provides address searching and street map facilities for the UK. We currently have street maps for Greater London and road atlas maps for the whole of mainland Britain (we're working on getting Northern Ireland). Any suggestions or comments are welcome.