Overview

What is Terrabrowser 1.5a5?

View topographical satellite maps.

In depth

A closer look at Terrabrowser 1.5a5

Terrabrowser is an internet browser for satellite photos and topographical maps with built in support for Garmin GPS receivers. Download waypoints from your GPS to display on the maps, edit them, upload new waypoints to your receiver. Maps are obtained from the Microsoft Terra Server which serves data provided by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Includes extensive bookmarking support, image cache, and many other features.

Terrabrowser aims to be compatible with the rest of the GPS world, so it uses the XML based GPX file standard which allows easy exchange (file, copy/paste, drag & drop) with other GPS programs for Macintosh, Linux, Windows, etc. which support this format. The NMEA standard protocol is also supported which allows for a "live tracking" mode to display the user's realtime position on a satellite map (cached or not).

Note that this alpha version is a complete rewrite in Cocoa and is not fully functional - the GPS features are not yet complete, and other features contain bugs or have not been transfered over from version 1.1 yet.

Verdict

Should you download Terrabrowser 1.5a5?

Terrabrowser 1.5a5 runs on Mac OS and is available under the Shareware license — the installer is 617 KB. We’ve catalogued it under Browsers.

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