GPSU, is an excellent and affordable (c.a. £20) resource allowing management of waypoints, routes and trackpoints against a digital map background. Its the one I tend to use most as it has the major advantage of being able to hold more than 500 waypoints at one time. As its shareware there is also a limited free » read more »
Ozi-Explorer is a professional but more expensive (c.a. $65) resource allowing management of waypoints, routes and trackpoints against a digital map background. As its shareware there is also a limited free trial version. www.oziexplorer.com
Mag-Way; a good basic free waypoint editor for Magellan GPS units, with the advantage of being able to convert travel information into routes / waypoints with a little bit of extra free software.
Ordnance Survey have a Get-a-map service; providing a free mapping service of up to 10 maps at various scales subject to accepting their terms and conditions which include displaying a copyright acknowledgement. I personally find these too small to be of much use. Better sources of free maps are or . Click on the map » read more »
How to make your own Data Transfer cable. This is quite easy to make, works well and is much cheaper than the one from Magellan. For a different example see: http://www.kolumbus.fi/ari.torpstrom/mag315.htm It is in Finnish but the pictures are self explanatory.
Author: Phil Newby