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04/04/2007, 12:00pm, EDT

Wednesday, April 4th

RouteBuddy 1.2 incorporates Geocoding

RouteBuddy has released RouteBuddy 1.2, an update to the GPS navigation software for Mac OS X that features Geocoding or "Address Lookup" as well as a proprietary compression engine. The latest release enables RouteBuddy users to type an address, town, or city in the Find sheet to discover a location. The new feature will become more refined in future versions of the software, according to the developers, with user-suggested features as well as pre-planned options. RouteBuddy 1.2 is priced at $100, and requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

The new compression engine aims to achieve a size reduction for included maps of almost 50 percent with no loss of fidelity or accuracy. RouteBuddy 1.2 also adds a 1km radius to POI searches, additional identifiers for several Garmin devices -- including Forerunner, GPSMAP, and Vista -- and offers identification for iBT-GPS as well as Wintec devices.


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