Great Britain Ordnance Survey Maps now affordable for PC, Laptop or PDA with FUGAWI UK

Maps of Great Britain: FUGAWI UK software now delivers the fabulous UK Ordnance Survey maps to the home computer. View roads, footpaths, woods, water features, important buildings, historic sites, and height contours right on your PC. Or, for the best outdoor adventure, connect your laptop or handheld PDA computer to a GPS for on-screen navigation across these amazingly detailed maps.

UK (PRWEB) September 25, 2003 --World famous FUGAWI(TM) has now released FUGAWI UK software, which delivers the fabulous UK Ordnance Survey(R) maps to the home computer. View roads, footpaths, woods, water features, important buildings, historic sites, and height contours right on your PC. Or, for the best outdoor adventure, connect your laptop or handheld PDA computer to a GPS for on-screen navigation across these amazingly detailed maps.

Hikers, walkers, travelers, and outdoor enthusiasts in Great Britain have been craving an inexpensive computer-map product that will display these famous and highly detailed 1:50,000 Ordnance Survey Landranger(R) maps. FUGAWI, the pioneer in GPS moving-map software has developed FUGAWI UK to meet this need.

Connect your laptop computer to almost any popular handheld GPS for the ultimate in moving-map navigation. Better yet, download maps in FUGAWI UK to your handheld computer (either a Palm or Pocket PC), connect one of many available GPS units and you have a handheld moving-map display. You can even upload and download waypoints, routes, and tracks between FUGAWI UK and almost all popular handheld GPS.

FUGAWI UK is the first digital map program of its kind for Great Britain. Each of four regions are available for ₤49.99. The software contains a complete and seamless digital view of the popular Ordnance Survey Landranger 1:50000 map series, which is equivalent to over 50 Landranger paper maps and 8 Travelmaster(R) maps -- that is the equivalent of 300.00 worth of paper maps!

Also included with each region are the complete 1:250,000 and 1:1,000,000 Miniscale maps covering all of Great Britain, as well as a searchable gazetteer.

Use FUGAWI UK to locate almost any town, farm, river, historic site, or other place anywhere in Great Britain. FUGAWI UK also lets you print out sections of the map in full colour.

Many people are impressed by the detail, accuracy and beauty of the Landranger series of Ordnance Survey maps. Now, people throughout Great Britain, or visitors to the country, will be able to use these terrific maps in a new and powerful way -- combining their home computer, laptop or PDA with almost any handheld GPS.

FUGAWI UK is currently available from leading outdoor retailers or online from www.fugawi.com. Interested resellers should contact KOCH Media at +44 1256 707767 for distribution enquires.

About Northport Systems Inc.
Established in 1995 in Toronto Canada, Northport Systems Inc. was founded to produce affordable GPS software. With its products in use in over 80 countries, FUGAWI enjoys a worldwide reputation as a leader in GPS mapping software and innovative GPS applications.

A division of the company produces specialized products such as MilX, developed in conjunction with Lockheed Martin, used for close air support by the military and NATO, and a software interface for providing geographical camera control for airborne surveillance operations.

For more information, please visit the FUGAWI website at www.fugawi.com.
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