Cetus GPS

Cetus GPS Release History

Cetus GPS 1.2b8 (Released July 12, 2005)

Added support for several new garmin units.

Removed the rover page for now.

Cetus GPS 1.2b7 (Released September 29, 2004)

Improved the 'sort by distance' speed.

Added a 'Distance' option to the Position Prefs.

The addressbook button now triggers the 'Select position database' and 'Track manager' dialogs. In these dialogs the button trigger 'OK'.

The 'Select position database', 'Copy to database', 'Move to database', 'Select database', 'Export position' and 'Track manager' dialogs have been resized.

The track log is now saved in memory each minute.

iQue 3600: Cetus GPS now detects when the GPS antenna is activated.

iQue 3600: The title shows the estimated accuracy in meters instead of the DOP value which is unavailable on the iQue.

iQue 3600: The skyview image at the GPS page shows more details.

Fixed a minor problem with the debug memo save when using a sony CF GPS.

Added support for some of the newer Garmin GPS units.

Cetus GPS 1.2b6 (Released February 28, 2004)

Added a North reference' option to the Units page.

Added support for magnetic north reference to the navigate and position pages.

Added Compact Flash card support for Sony Clie NX60/70V and NZ90 via this driver.

Fixed a problem with the course data when using a Garmin iQue 3600 (this time it works...)

Cetus GPS 1.2b5 (Released Februrary 13, 2004)

Added Position Preferences form

Added suppport for sorting positions by their name or their distance to the last known location.

Changed 'Text' to 'Description' at the position page.

The description field in the position record now handles up to 4096 bytes of text.

Added large view of the description field.

Added menu item 'View Description...' to the Position page for the large view.

Added menu item 'Geocache Hint...' to the Position page for viewing Geocache hints.

Added menu item 'Set Location' which causes the position list to sort by distance with reference to this location.

When no RMC sentences are transmitted, Cetus GPS will now retrieve the current speed from the VTG sentence.

Fixed a problem with connecting to a Fortuna Bluetooth GPS receiver.

Fixed a problem that caused Cetus GPS to report GPS error, when an attached Garmin GPS was in demo mode. Now it reports no fix regardles of the demo output.

Cetus GPS 1.2b4 (Released January 19, 2004)

General Preferences has been split into Palm Preferences and GPS Preferences.

A 'Use buttons' option has been added to Palm Preferences.

A 'Serial driver' option has been added to GPS Preferences.

The virtual keyboard, alerts and silk screen buttons now works when mode is set to GPS off, Demo or Garmin.

Updated the Garmin iQue API to Release 2.

Updated the HanDBase API to a new one which contains bugfixes for HanDBase3.

Changed the name of the 'GPS init' setting to 'Rockwell init'.

Cetus GPS 1.2b3 (Released November 4, 2003)

Added support for Garmin GPS Map 76S

Fixed an update problem at the GPS page when using a Garmin iQue 3600.

Fixed a problem with the course data when using a Garmin iQue 3600.

Cetus GPS 1.2b2 (Released October 10, 2003)

Changed the signal to noise ratio bar scale at the GPS page.

Added support for Garmin iQue GPS.

Fixed a problem that caused the Handera 330 to report "unable to open serial port" when using a CompactFlash GPS.

Added Garmin protocol waypoint and track download menus.

Cetus GPS 1.2b1 (Released August 27, 2003)

Added hi-res support.

Added new info, warning and alert dialogs with support for hi-res bitmaps.

Changed menu structure at the Position page.

Added Position database export to HanDBase feature.

Added rover location reporting page with SMS support.

Changed the behaviour of the 'Stay on' setting.

Changed the menu 'GPS' at the GPS page to 'Tools'.

Changed the menu item 'Debug' to 'Save Debug Memo'.

Cetus GPS 1.1 (Released May 23, 2003)

Changed some details in the new hi-res icon design.

Cetus GPS 1.1b23 (Released May 20, 2003)

Added support for the IrDA serial port.

Added support for hi-res application icons.

Fixed a minor problem with the DMS edit dialog.

Cetus GPS 1.1b22 (Released May 13, 2003)

Cetus GPS now remembers the address of the last discovered Bluetooth GPS receiver.

Fixed a minor problem with the debug memo.

Cetus GPS 1.1b21 (Released February 7, 2003)

Cetus GPS now support Bluetooth enabled GPS receivers.

A 'GPS off' mode has been added to the available operation modes.

Cetus GPS now reset the preferences each time a new version with updated preferences is installed. An alert is shown at application start when this happens.

Added dialog for editing decimal seconds.

Fixed a minor problem regarding 2d fix information when the 'Satellite fix' setting is disabled.

Fixed a problem regarding export of altitude values for positions saved by Cetus gSync.

The GPS communication should now survive a power off/on sequence on all Palm models.

Cetus GPS 1.1b20 (Released December 29, 2002)

Fixed a minor update problem right after synchronizing the Palm time - this time it works!

Fixed a minor update problem regarding the distance at the navigate page when the satellite fix disappears.

Cetus GPS 1.1b19 (Released December 29, 2002)

Added full support for the 5-way navigate button on the Palm Tungsten.

Changed the settings for the cradle port and the expansion card ports in the preferences.

Cetus GPS now ignores activation of the Hotsync button placed on the cradle and some serial cables.

When editing a new position Cetus GPS now defaults to the hemisphere specified by the latest obtained position. All other fields are filled out by zeros.

Modified the position decimal editing so that trailing zeros are no longer required.

Fixed a minor update problem at the Position page.

Fixed a minor update problem right after synchronizing the Palm time.

Track files are now flagged for backup upon creation so that the file is backed up even if Cetus GPS does not close it.

Cetus GPS 1.1b18 (Released December 6, 2002)

Changed the waypoint database format. Old databases will be converted when opened the first time.

Changed the text in the 'Report not saved' dialog.

Changed year representation from 02 to 2002.

Improved the precision of the internal HDOP value representation.

Added one decimal of precision to the edit position dialog.

Added a decimal degree option for the edit position dialog.

At the Position page the position distance and bearing are now calculated using the last known position when no fix is available.

Cetus GPS 1.1b17 (Released November 25, 2002)

Added support for Palm OS 5

Changed the About page.

Added a help page.

Changed the 'Waypoint' name to 'Position'.

Fixed a problem causing "kmh" to appear as "k" at the Navigate page.

Fixed a problem that caused erroneus dates around midnight in some situations.

Fixed a problem that caused erroneus date and GPS information when using waypoint lists not created with Cetus GPS.

Fixed a fatal error that occured when trying to move the last waypoint in a list to another list.

Added time support (and hence waypoint and tracking features) for GPS receivers that do not transmit the RMC sentence.

Fixed a problem that caused the average time to flash between the time and -----.

Cetus GPS 1.1b16 (Released October 10, 2002)

Fixed a problem that left the serial port open after quitting Cetus GPS. The problem only applied to Palm OS versions older than 3.3

Cetus GPS 1.1b15 (Released September 5, 2002)

Changed some internal parameters which may reduce power consumption a little when running in the 'Normal' mode.

Configured default buttons for all pages and dialogs.

Cetus GPS 1.1b14 (Released August 31, 2002)

Fixed a problem which caused Cetus GPS to return a fatal error in some situations when report auto save was enabled.

Fixed a problem with 'fix loss delay' when in power save mode.

Modified the auto-off feature.

Added a "Move Waypoint To List" menu item to the Waypoint page.

Cetus GPS 1.1b13 (Released August 11, 2002)

Fixed a linker error which caused Cetus GPS 1.1b12 to crash on Palms running Palm OS 3.0.

Fixed a problem with the 'here' button at the Edit Waypoint page when in Demo or Power save mode.

Fixed a minor problem with the trip update at the Navigate page.

Fixed a minor problem with the averaging information update at the Edit Waypoint page.

Cetus GPS 1.1b12 (Released August 9, 2002)

Added a new waypoint list feature with support for multiple lists.

Replaced the previous position page by a waypoint list page containing the same basic features.

Replaced the "Destination" feature at the Navigate page by a "goto" feature at the Waypoint page.

Added a navigate report auto-save option to the Navigate preferences.

Changed the format of the navigate report.

Removed the Archive menu from the Track page. Tracks are now backed up automaticly.

Removed the Delete all menu from the track page.

Added a track file manager to the Track page which support renaming and deleting track files.

Changed the track file description maximum length to 43 characters.

Moved the Demo option from the Options menu to the General Preferences.

Added a Power save mode where the Palm only opens the serial port less 2 secs each 10 secs unless continous update is needed.

Added palm battery power percentage to the voltage info at the GPS page.

Fixed a variable overflow error at the UTM conversion which caused erroneous readings at certain longitudes.

Fixed two memory leak problems reported by the Palm OS emulator.

Fixed a minor problem with the speed unit at the Navigate page.

Fixed a minor problem with the titlebar update after saving a report.

Fixed a problem with the navigate page update when "Fix loss delay" is set to none.

Cetus GPS 1.1b11 (Released June 9, 2002)

Added support for UTM coordinates.

Solved a problem with Handspring Visors and Springboard GPS modules.

Added a few settings to the debug memo.

Cetus GPS 1.1b10 (Released April 22, 2002)

Added navigate preferences page.

Corrected a minor error when showing the name of some expansion card GPS receivers.

Changed "Unknown GPS" to "Generic GPS" in order to avoid confusion.

Removed the number of satellites in view when no fix in order to avoid confusion.

Cetus GPS 1.1b9 (Released March 2, 2002)

Added optional initialization of Rockwell chipset based GPS receivers. The initialization uses the Palm time and date and the last known position.

Added leading zeros to the DGPS ID.

Cetus GPS 1.1b8 (Released February 27, 2002)

Updated the track file format. You therefore need to use Cetus TrackLog 1.3b1 for Cetus GPS 1.1b8 and newer versions!

Fixed a minor problem regarding the average speed update.

Now the 'save all records' function also saves 'no fix' records.

Updated GPX format to version 1.0

Cetus GPS 1.1b7 (Released February 18, 2002)

Fixed a minor problem regarding the title update.

Fixed a minor problem regarding the trip odometer update.

Fixed a minor error regarding the destination bearing and distance calculation (and hence the compass destination arrow).

Made a few changes to the 'Save movements' option.

Cetus GPS 1.1b6 (Released February 11, 2002)

Fixed a problem causing a fatal error under certain conditions when using old versions of Palm OS and a Delorme TripMate or Rockwell based GPS receivers.

Added automatic activation of the GSV sentence for Rockwell based GPS receivers.

Added information about the serial port to the debug memo feature.

Cetus GPS 1.1b5 (Released February 10, 2002)

Fixed a problem causing the direction arrow to stop updating when not viewing distance and bearing at the navigate display.

Cetus GPS 1.1b4 (Released February 7, 2002)

Fixed a problem causing a fatal error during hotsync when installing Cetus GPS.

Redesigned the GPS page.

Cetus GPS 1.1b3 (Released February 6, 2002)

Fixed a problem causing a fatal error when satellite fix disappeared.

Modified the trip odometer calculation.

Cetus GPS 1.1b2 (Released February 5, 2002)

Rewritten the position page and added support for position averaging.

Rewritten the track page and added support for tracking based on movements or all valid positions from the GPS.

Added a 'Navigate to destination' function to the Navigate page.

Added color support to the compass rose.

Fixed a minor error regarding the compass rose.

Optimized the course print function. If the GPS receiver reports 360 degrees this is now shown as 0 degrees.

Corrected a minor error at the Compass rose.

Cetus GPS now detects PalmOS 3.5+ and uses the new serial manager.

Added support for various baudrates.

The track record counter is now able to show more than the previous limit of 32768 records (this is only relevant for the number displayed on the Track page).

Fixed an error causing a fatal alert when the MathLib library was not installed.

The serial port may now be changed without relaunching Cetus GPS.

GPS eXchange format (GPX) support upgraded to 0.6.

The 'XML' option in the position preferences has been renamed to 'GPX'.

Cetus GPS 1.1b1 (Released January 21, 2002)

Added automatic enabling of the RMC and GGA sentences for Rockwell based GPS receivers (sold under the name Navman, RandMcNally and others)

Updated the GPS eXchange format (GPX) to 0.41 which supports schemas.

Changed 'Reset values' to 'Reset statistics' in the Navigate menu.

Removed decimals from the altitude display readout and waypoint text format.

Changed the launcher icon to a compass rose and added support for color display Palms and the high resolution Handera display (try associating Cetus GPS to you calculator botton on the Handera :-)

Added color support to the about dialog.

Changed the frame layout for all dialogs.

Changed explanation texts at the 'Navigate' page to lowercase.

Moved the 'Navigate' view select from the Address book button to the arrow buttons.

Position memos now start with 'CetusGPS position'.

Cetus GPS 1.0 (Released January 8, 2002)

This is the final 1.0 release!

Cetus GPS 1.0b16 (Released November 21, 2001)

Added a more thorough check of the magnetic variation value as it turns out that the Pretec CompactGPS and maybe other GPS receivers do not follow the NMEA specification at this point.

Changed the default (and not yet supported) track log description from "None" to empty.

Cetus GPS 1.0b15 (Released November 19, 2001)

Another update of the XML position format.

Cetus GPS 1.0b14 (Released November 12, 2001)

Updated the XML position format according to the current state of the GPX (GPs eXchange format) workgroup standard proposal.

Cetus GPS 1.0b13 (Released November 7, 2001)

Added support for expansion card GPS receivers like for instance a CompactFlash GPS on the HandEra 330.

Moved the unit preferences from the General Preferences to a new Unit Preferences dialog.

Changed position fix retrive from RMC sentence to GGA sentence in order to provide exact syncronization of time, position, altitude, satellites being tracked and HDOP values.

Changed internal time reference to UTC.

Changed track record time format and Position XML time format to UTC.

Increased time precision to 0.01 sec.

Changed 'Waypoint' to 'Position'.

Added XML formatting to the position preferences (not finished yet).

Fixed an error causing the waypoint lat/lon to be saved using N/S and E/W in numerical mode.

Removed the space character after each comma when saving waypoint using comma delimited format.

Optimized some data conversion algorithms.

Finished the Userguide.

Cetus GPS 1.0b12 (Released July 26, 2001)

Added 60 seconds as track interval option.

Fixed a minor problem with the serial error detection at the GPS page.

Changed some integrity tests to better support the Geode GPS module for Handspring Visor.

Cetus GPS 1.0b11 (Released July 24, 2001)

Fixed a problem with the new GPS data integrity tests causing Cetus GPS to reject GPS time stamps that include millisecs.

Cetus GPS 1.0b10 (Released July 23, 2001)

Fixed a problem causing the title status not to update correctly at the Waypoint page when the GPS status changed.

Added some GPS data integrity tests.

Improved the serial error detection at the GPS page.

Rewrote a part of the Debug feature.

Cetus GPS 1.0b9 (Released July 8, 2001)

Improved internal latitude/longitude and altitude precision by a factor 10.

The track log now saves a description (not yet supported by Cetus GPS though), start time and date, track interval, GPS info, magnetic variation, course ref info and datum info to the first three records.

Optimized the track log capacity.

Added E/W info to the magnetic variation at the GPS page.

Fixed an error causing no read of the magnetic variation from a Rand McNally Streetfinder GPS.

Fixed a possible error regarding GMT time offset.

Cetus GPS 1.0b8 (Released June 14, 2001)

Changed the track logger so it does not allow overwrite of existing files.

Fixed a minor error causing the course at the Navigate page to display no value, if the course was between 0.0 and 0.4 degrees.

Cetus GPS 1.0b7 (Released to betatest group June 11, 2001)

Rewrote the low battery handler to ensure correct treatment of both low voltage and critical voltage conditions.

Changed the page layout for Waypoint, Track and GPS page according to the Palm design guidelines.

Cetus GPS 1.0b6 (Not a public release)

Probaby fixed an error that caused the battery warning to show up on some Palm units even if the battery voltage was ok.

Cetus GPS 1.0b5 (Released to betatest group June 10, 2001)

Fixed an error that caused Cetus GPS not to detect some GPS unit if the didn't have a satellite fix.

Fixed a minor error regarding the 'Fix sound' option.

Added automatic detection of Magellan GPS and Motorola.

Probably fixed an error which causes a stack overflow and hence a fatal error on some units when quitting Cetus GPS after having used the debug feature.

Changed the update routines, now values are only updated when they change. This should stop the screen flickering on some of the faster Palms.

Changed a part of the NMEA engine to improve track data integrity and precision.

Added GPS unit and serial buffer information to the debug memo.

Cetus GPS 1.0b4 (Not a public release)

Changed the no satellites being tracked text from 'Tracking...' to 'No fix' because a general 'Tracking' status and a 'Track' page that has nothing to do with it may be a little confusing.

Changed the track page so the statusbar updates faster when switching to the page.

Changed the status bar for the demo mode. Now it shows Sat and HDOP like in normal mode.

Changed the demo mode from random values to using data from a recorded track (for now it is a little walk about Kristiansten Festning - a fortress Trondheim city, Norway).

Fixed an error that may cause problems when viewing the preferences dialog on some units.

Fixed a minor error regarding the altitude decimal value (only relevant for the navigation page and saved waypoints).

Cetus GPS 1.0b3 (Released to betatest group June 5, 2001)

Optimized the waypoint feature so it causes less track update delay.

Fixed an error causing the selection lists to update only after first switching to another page.

Changed the GPS detection part so it detects a GPS receiver even if it does not broadcast RMC or GGA sentences.

Changed handling of the Connection label at the GPS page.

Cetus GPS 1.0b2 (Released to betatest group June 3, 2001)

Fixed a problem causing the NMEA label at the GPS page to show 'Error' if the GPS has not obtained a satellite fix.

Fixed a problem causing the Unit label at the GPS page to show 'No unit' if the unit wasn't detected.

Fixed a problem which disabled the 'seconds' list at the track page.

Fixed a problem causing the display to update erroneous if the menubar is present when pressing the Address book button.

Fixed inconsistent handling of the save and cancel buttons at the Waypoint page.

Rewritten the dialog handler.

Cetus GPS 1.0b1 (Released to betatest group June 2, 2001)

Added a 'Track' page which saves a track log, that can be exported to a standard comma separated file.

Added 'Waypoint' and 'Track' menus to the 'Navigate' and 'GPS' pages.

Added a 'Waypoint Preferences" dialog.

Added support for linefeed seperated, comma seperated, tab seperated and semicolon seperated waypoint format.

Added handling of the title status to the debug function, when selecting the Debug menu, the title now displays 'Debug...' until the debug memo has been saved.

Added 'GPS Unit' information to the GPS page. For now PathFinder detects the 'GARMIN', 'Rockwell chipset' and 'DeLorme Tripmate' units.

Added support for DeLorme Tripmate NMEA initialization string.

Added title status preferences to the preference dialog.

Added date format preferences to the preference dialog.

Added an edit menu to the waypoint dialog.

Added optional sound for low battery and low memory warning.

Added optional sound for change in fix status.

Moved waypoint specific preferences from the general preferences dialog to a new waypoint preferences dialog.

Removed the 'Copy' button from the Waypoint dialog, this option is now available via the Waypoint Preferences.

Removed the 'Add waypoint' menu from the Navigate and GPS page. It was redundant since the Memo button has the same functionality.

Removed the HDOP and DGPS fields from the GPS page.

Changed the program name from 'PathFinder' to 'Cetus GPS'.

Changed the title status, now it shows fix info and optional number of satellites being tracked and optional HDOP.

Changed the Waypoint dialog to a page.

Changed the text "PathFinder Preferences" to "General Preferences" in the Preference dialog.

Changed the info text in the About dialog to "Navigation and tracking using NAVSTAR GPS".

Changed the names of the'Do' menus to page specific names.

Rewritten the NMEA engine to ensure the precision and integrity of the saved track data.

The keyboard silk buttons have been disabled because the keyboard blocks serial communication.

When tracking all "program quitters" have been rerouted to a dialog saying, that the function is disabled while tracking.

Fixed a problem causing a fatal error in some situations when changing lat/lon format to DMS.

Source code routines for converting track pdb files to standard delimited text files are now available.

The copyright information and disclaimer has been extended.

Probably corrected the time set error.

Cetus GPS has been tested with the new HandEra emulator (withou GPS attached). While PCetus GPS does not yet support the extra features of the HandEra, it seems to work fine.

PathFinder 0.3a2 (Released April 7, 2001)

A PathFinder User Guide in PDF format is now distributed along with the PathFinder program.

The current PathFinder version is now saved when using the 'Debug' function.

The serial communication is now maintained while running in demo mode, this may solve a problem with recovering from demo mode to normal mode while using some GPS receivers.

Fixed an error causing a fatal error dialog when pressing the Address book button in the preferences dialog.

PathFinder 0.3a1 (Released March 27, 2001)

Completely rewritten the handling of incoming NMEA data to make sure that no timing problems occur any more. This also implies that the user interface responds faster.

HDOP and magnetic variation are now retrieved from the GPS.

Added a 'Debug' menu to the GPS page. This menu is for use when 'NMEA' reports 'Error' or some part of PathFinder does not work properly. After selecting Debug, PathFinder will create a Memo with the name 'PathFinder Debug' that contains relevant information and a 4 second raw sample from the serial port.

Added a 'Preference' dialog.

Added altitude and time data options for the 'Add waypoint' dialog to the 'Preference' dialog.

Added a 'Disregard GPS fix' option to the 'Preferences' dialog. Selection this option causes the NMEA engine to base data validation on the number of satellites being tracked instead of the GPS fix information.

Added unit conversion options to the 'Preference' dialog.

Added UTC offset option to the 'Preference' dialog.

Added a 'Stay on' option to the 'Preference' dialog.

Added magnetic variation and HDOP values to the 'GPS' page.

The 'NMEA' status on the 'GPS' page now reports 'Ok' if everything is ok, 'Error' if the data retrieved from the GPS is not completely reliable or 'Waiting...' if no statistic data are available yet.

The 'Register' dialog has been removed since no registration is necessary yet.

The current GPS status is now displayed in the title bar.

The application icon has been changed.

PathFinder 0.2a6 (Released March 19, 2001)

The 'Add Waypoint' dialog design has been modified slightly.

The format of a waypoint Memo has been changed, the seconds in the timestamp and the number of satellites has been removed.

Fixed an error causing the 'Copy' button in the 'Add Waypoint' dialog to copy one character too much.

Now the default waypoint name counter does not increase when tapping the 'Copy' button in the 'Add Waypoint' dialog.

- list of known issues with this release:

Altitude does not work with GARMIN GPS 12 when connected to a Handspring Visor via a USB serial adapter.

PathFinder 0.2a5 (Released March 18, 2001)

Added a 'Demo' mode that feeds PathFinder with random GPS data.

Added a rotating compass to the 'Navigate' page. The compass has a resolution of 16 steps for 360 degrees.

Changed the design of the 'GPS' page.

Removed lat/lon/alt from the 'GPS' page and added information about NMEA and Palm battery.

'Added a 'Copy' button to the 'Add Waypoint' dialog which copies the current position and altitude to the clipboard for paste in other applications.

Added a nice 'Cetus' icon to the 'About' dialog.

In the 'Add Waypoint' dialog, the 'Save', 'Copy' and 'refresh' buttons now are inactive, undtil waypoint data has been retrieved.

The 'GPS Ok' text has been replaced by information about fix and satellites.

Values which are currently not available are now displayed as '-----'

PathFinder now shows an alert, if the Palm OS version is older thant 3.0.0

PathFinder 0.2a4 (Released March 14, 2001)

Fixed a problem causing western longitude to show as eastern and southern latitude to show as northern.

PathFinder 0.2a3 (Released March 13, 2001)

The NMEA 0183 V2.0 driver now maintains communication to the GPS when the 'About' or the 'Register' page are viewed.

The 'Navigate' and 'GPS' pages no longer update the display when a menu is visible.

Removed the menu from the 'Waypoint' page.

Changed the date format from dd.mm.yy to dd-mm-yy.

Improved the 'Waypoint' page design.

The 'Add waypoint' function is enabled now, it saves waypoint data to a new memo named 'PathFinder ???' where ??? is replaced by the waypoint name.

Fixed a pointer error which may have caused fatal errors when updating the 'Navigate' page.

Fixed a problem retrieving altitude and number of satellites from some GPS receivers.

PathFinder 0.2a2 (Released March 8, 2001)

Added support for hard buttons

Reverted to the old serial manager since Palm III needs a flash upgrade in order to support it. The performance increase isn't worth it.

Changed the text 'Registration' to 'Register in menus and the Register view.

Removed 'Waypoint' in the 'Page' menu since the current 'Add waypoint isn't really a page yet.

Corrected an error causing the minimum and maximum altitude to show default values, when no valid data has been retrieved from the GPS yet.

PathFinder 0.2a1 (Released March 4, 2001)

Added 'Pages' menu. PathFinder now consists of different pages that gives access to a navigation assistant and position and track logging features.

Changed the previous main view to 'GPS' page.

Added 'GPS' menu to the GPS page.

Added 'Date', 'Altitude', 'Speed', 'Course', 'Tracking' and 'DGPS' fields to the GPS page.

Added a graphic frame to the GPS page

Added 'Add waypoint' function to the GPS menu.

Added a 'Navigate' page for the navigation assistant.

Added a 'Waypoint' page for adding waypoint data to a Memo.

Added 'Registration' view showing registration information.

Changed the startup page to 'Navigate'.

Restructured the NMEA 0183 V2.0 driver, it now retrieves data from the GPS continously. Retrieved data are latitude, longitude, altitude, speed, heading, time, date, fix type and number of satellites.

PathFinder now use the PalmOS new serial manager.

Changed all calculations to integer which performs a lot faster on the Palm and probably vill benefit in more 'doze' time which equals battery saving, when the time comes to optimizing in a later release.

Auto off is now disabled when PathFinder is running. Upon termination, the user preference for AutoOff is restored.

Temporary removed the dependence on the MathLib library due to the integer calculations.

PathFinder 0.1a2 (Released February 21, 2001)

Added 'About' view showing version number, copyright statement, website and email adresses.

Added MathLib dependency, for use in geometric calculations. The MathLib library is distributed under GNU Library General Public License, thank you very much Rick Huebner.

Added a nice satellite icon for the launcher.

Changed the lat/lon format in the GPS Info view to hddd°mm.mmmm'

PathFinder 0.1a1 (no official release)

Created a simple application frame.

Implemented NMEA 0183 V2.0 communication.

Made a simple 'GPS info' view showing time/lat/lon.