GPS master is another FREE program to connect your Palm Handheld device to a Garmin/NMEA GPS-receiver.

This is the only freeware program with wide range of GPS functions available.

Besides of standard GPS functions, the program feature list includes:

Support Sony HiRes and JogDial

Support memory cards

Download/Upload your waypoints from/to GPS to Palm and vice versa;

Download of tracks from GPS

Download/Upload of routes from/to GPS

Analize and browse your GPS data on Palm without connection to GPS;

Perform additional calculations which are not provided by GPS (useful for cheap or OEM GPS-receivers);

Tracks recording with optimization (useful for cheap or OEM GPS-receivers);

Conversion of tracks to routes;

Follow a route (with control circle around intermediate points and recommended direction pointer);

Cross-calculations of distance and azimuth between different waypoints;

Go to waypoints (with recommended direction pointer);

Speed display;

Raster maps are supported. PC (Win32 and FreeBSD) raster map converter is provided;

Various scales of maps are supported;

Track length calculation

Many others things

To be done on future releases:

Barograph and altimeter functions

GPS emulation

3D relief

Many others things

Update Description:

30/09/2003:

Map: added "To route" item in tap-menu, more fast draw compressed maps!

Route: added "Save active route" menu item

Added Sony CLIE sound (if pressent sony_sounds.pdb)

22/08/2003:

Map: Fixed bug in tap-menu, added select NMEA baud rate (Options->Preferences)

Tracks: Added "Verify to route"

Waypoints: Added "Clone point", fix bug with select type of circle

Other: added "On map", some bug fixes

03/06/2003:

Map:Display of the text information is improved. The message is added at loss of a signal from GPS. "Tap map" menu added. Move map to coordinates added.

Track:Individual colors at tracks. Send track by NMEA (speed 4800)

30/04/2003:

Globals: Support Sony HiRes and JogDial, support memory cards, added scroll lists by hard buttons Up/Down, added warning when deleting, save positions in lists, and some small and big bug fixes

Waypoints: support GPS-38, bug fix upload points to GPS

Map:Added "View satellites", more visible icons for waypoints, more correct draw info text for waypoints, bug fix when delete maps

Track: Bug fix download tracks from GPS (time don't loaded), added "Max.speed" in track info

Routes: Added upload/download to/from GPS, added toolbar in edit window