Outdoor Navigator becomes Activemap, and free

... written for Panbo by Ben Ellison and posted on Dec 9, 2005

Activemap

NOAA’s free chart policy strikes again! Maptech will no longer sell  Outdoor Navigator, the nifty PDA (both PocketPC and Palm) and Smartphone charting program sort of shown above. The developer, Jeffrey Siegel, has decided to go independent, largely because he can now freely access U.S. raster charts and topo maps. Moreover, the program, to be called activemap, will also be free. I don’t quite understand the business plan, if there is one, but am quite sure that Jeff and his team are up to something interesting. More as available.

Comments

Booyah...just what I have been waiting for.

Posted by: Eli at December 9, 2005 7:26 PM | Reply

You might also note that Pocket Navigator (that "Grand-daddy of PDA navigation") is back in Maptech's catalog, at a new price of $49.95!

Posted by: Richard Stephens at December 13, 2005 2:50 AM | Reply

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