Satmap Active 10 Software Upgraded

Satmap  has released a software update for its Active 10 GPS unit, the latest in a continuining upgrade process based on feedback from Satmap users, including OM, and aimed both at making the unit more intuitve in use and optimising it for European mapping which Satmap is launching later this year.

Previous software upgrades have significantly improved the Active 10 over its original state, in particular power handling is much better with the result that batteries last far longer. We'd still suggest the rechargeable Lithium Polymer power pack as an near essential upgrade however.

The latest update - version 1.3 - is free to all Satmap owners and can be downloaded direct from the Satmap site. Two main changes are that the OSGB grid references are now in ten-figure format and European Datum is now included to support international mapping.

Changes...

There have also been some neat little changes to the user interface, most noticeably the little blue dot that shows your position on the screen has now grown an outer circle and a little arrow showing the direction of travel, which is a big improvement.  And Satmap has tackled our personal bug bear, the tendency for the unit to turn itself off with an inadvertent press of the power button - it now opens a 'yes or no' confirmation screen, which should spell the end of interrupted tracks...

Still on the backburner however are the online route-planning system and support for Apple Macintosh users, which has been promised since the launch of the unit but so far hasn't materialised.

You can download the updater from www.satmap.com plus find full information about the changes in the latest update and detailed upgrade instructions.