Update: Metes and Bounds 1.2.8

Sandy Knoll Software has released Metes and Bounds 1.2.8. Metes and Bounds is land mapping that turns metes and bounds data into a plot map. Useful for plotting cemeteries, homesteads, etc.

Requires Mac OS X 10.1.5

Changes:

* Drawings can now be shaded.
* Drawings can now be scaled up to a factor of 5.
* Distances can now be entered in varas.
* Will now calculate if the survey closes or not. And if not, how far the closing is off.
* Added the ability to save or print a drawing that has been scaled larger than the screen.
* Added the ability to print a large drawing to multiple pages.
* Will now print the auto-close line.

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Link: The Map Room

If your looking for a good, up-to-date site for information about various online maps, The Map Room: A Weblog about Maps might be what your looking for.

Software: iMap 3.1

iMap 3.1 has been released. A few comments on other websites mention that people are using this to map genealogy data (migrations, etc.).

iMap 3 is a data visualisation tool designed to map large amounts of latitude/longitude data (or US ZIPcodes). iMap imports data from databases or spreadsheets and maps it onto image or vector maps. Database queries can be used to map only a subset of the data or to filter the data for a certain criterion. iMap is extremely expandable: it offers a plugin format enabling anyone to extend its functionality. Maps can be exported as high quality PDF files for cross-platform viewing. Whether you are outlining marketing strategies, defining sales territories, tracking population trends, or visualizing ecological distributions, iMap offers a flexible and affordable solution.

Requires: Mac OS X 10.3+

Changes:

* Importing records is now 6x faster and more reliable
* iMap can now export only selected records
* Added support for .eps map files
* Improved the ‘Set size proportional to field’ feature
* Brand new statistics feature
* Ready for Tiger

Mac-friendly Genealogy Resources (YourMapsOnline/YourOldBooksAndMaps)

If your looking for large collections of high-resolution antique maps, books, documents and similiar items, check out YourMapsOnline.org.uk. and YourOldBooksAndMaps.co.uk.

They have Mac friendly versions of all of their CDs (the materials come in standard Adobe Acrobat (PDF) and graphic formats).

Although it’s mostly oriented towards the UK, they do have materials from around the world. You can sample the maps , books, etc., on their website for free. Among the materials: Trade Directories, Maps & Atlases, County History & Topography Books & Old Travel Books.

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Update: GPSPhotoLinker 1.0.3

GPSPhotoLinker has been updated to 1.0.3. GPSPhotoLinker can be used to save GPS position data to a photo. The latitude and longitude recorded by your GPS unit while you were taking photos can be linked, and saved, to the photos. Could be handy for some who are doing cemetery research, or visiting old sites/homesteads.

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Changes:

* Added ‘View on Map’ button for the current image.
* Altitude is now recorded if available.
* The map datum is also added to the image file.
* Time between track points is given.
* More significant figures are correctly recorded (although in the future this should adjust according to what’s available)

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