HoudahGeo version 1.1.5 is now available. HoudahGeo is a “geocoding” application for Macs - it allows you to embed latitude, longitude and altitude information into photos (”invisibly - no impact on the photo data). The photos can then be used in combination with Google Earth
It requires Mac OS X 10.4.8 and a digital […]

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MacFamilyTree version 4.4.6 has been released, with a major new feature - integration with Google Earth.
MacFamilyTree is a Universal Binary and does require Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later. It can be downloaded here (OnlyMac.de).
Changes:
* Google Earth Integration: Reveal places from your family tree in Google Earth directly from […]

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It’s almost hard to categorize this free Mac OS X utility, but here goes: Meander is a way to measure things on your screen, using a piece of digital string. Shiela Dixon’s (the developer) description: How long is a piece of string? As long as you can see it on your screen, you can now find out! Meander is a little application which can measure routes, or shapes, or anything which you can see on your screen.

The major change in version 0.5: Scale can now be measured at any angle, so calibration can be made from a vertical scale, or any known distance between two points.

It’s a neat little application if you have messed around with trying to gauge distance on your display.

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Sandy Knoll Software’s Metes and Bounds 1.4.1 is now available. Metes and Bounds is basically a Mac OS X land mapping or plotting applications that turns metes and bounds data into a plot map. Genealogists might be able to us it for plotting cemeteries, homesteads, other locations or items of geographical interest, etc. Version 1.4.0 was released in January and for some reason we missed it.

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Mapmemo 2.5 is available. Mapmemo is an application that allows you to drag a file or folder onto maps, charts, photos - basically graphic/image files, and then associates that file/folder with that place/location on the graphic file by creating an alias. That alias will launch the proper application associated with that file.

For a genealogist, it could be very useful if you wanted to look at migrations or locations, and wanted to associate files with a certain geographic location. As far as maps, you can use your own, maps off the internet, an exported map (such as Route 66), historical maps, etc.

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