14 DAY TRIAL // Berbie has updated its route-planning software for Mac OS X, TrailRunner. Available for free download right here, on Softpedia, version 2.0.395 adds new features, as well as bug fixes and improvements.
TrailRunner is a route-planning app for Mac OS X that can calculate a route for the desired distance and export directions onto the users' iPod. This way, they get detailed orientation, while keeping the workout going. In recent releases, the company has introduced the ability to display collected workout data within the program, matching the recordings with routes created by users. TrailRunner integrates with nikeplus.com, the online community for the Nike SportBand, and the Apple Nike+ iPod Sport Kit-running devices.
According to the release notes for TrailRunner 2.0.395, Berbie has added a recoding import for 321run from Cyril Godefroy (iTunes link), a training coach for iPhone owners. The company has also updated the download link to TrackRecord. As for the bugs, Berbie thinks it may have found and fixed the crasher on some computers when zooming in and out (this is not a certainty), and has included stability fixes for when TrailRunner loads and caches map tiles.
TrailRunner is still in the pre-release state. All current releases of TrailRunner will run for about three months. Berbie urges users to regularly update to the most current version, as well as review and accept the License Agreement that comes with the application, before using it. TrailRunner versions above 1.6 (including the one available for download today) require Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard to run. The only remaining version supported on Tiger is TrailRunner 1.6.
"TrailRunner is an outstanding free route planning and journaling application for Mac OS X. Send your GPS recordings directly from Trails to TrailRunner to analyze and compare your jogs, walks and hikes. Use TrailRunner to collect, edit and publish your trips and adventures." Felix Lamouroux, developer of Trails for iPhone, said. Trails is a useful and reliable GPS recording application for the iPhone. Currently available in the App Store, the four-dollar app is the only GPS tool that allows users to record, import and export tracks onto the iPhone. Trails is also an iTunes Staff Favorite.