GPS master is another FREE program to connect your Palm Handheld device to a Garmin/NMEA GPS-receiver. This is the only freeware program with wide range of GPS functions available. Besides of standard GPS functions, the program feature list includes:

• Support Sony HiRes and JogDial
• Support memory cards
• Download/Upload your waypoints from/to GPS to Palm and vice versa;
• Download of tracks from GPS
• Download/Upload of routes from/to GPS
• Analize and browse your GPS data on Palm without connection to GPS;
• Perform additional calculations which are not provided by GPS (useful for cheap or OEM GPS-receivers);
• Tracks recording with optimization (useful for cheap or OEM GPS-receivers);
• Conversion of tracks to routes;
• Follow a route (with control circle around intermediate points and recommended direction pointer);
• Cross-calculations of distance and azimuth between different waypoints;
• Go to waypoints (with recommended direction pointer);
• Speed display;
• Raster maps are supported. PC (Win32 and FreeBSD) raster map converter is provided;
• Various scales of maps are supported;
• Track length calculation
• Many others things
• To be done on future releases:

Barograph and altimeter functions

• GPS emulation
• 3D relief
• Many others things

Update Description:
30/09/2003:

• Map: added "To route" item in tap-menu, more fast draw compressed maps!
• Route: added "Save active route" menu item
• Added Sony CLIE sound (if pressent sony_sounds.pdb)

22/08/2003:

• Map: Fixed bug in tap-menu, added select NMEA baud rate (Options->Preferences)
• Tracks: Added "Verify to route"
• Waypoints: Added "Clone point", fix bug with select type of circle
• Other: added "On map", some bug fixes

03/06/2003:

• Map:Display of the text information is improved. The message is added at loss of a signal from GPS. "Tap map" menu added. Move map to coordinates added.
• Track:Individual colors at tracks. Send track by NMEA (speed 4800)

30/04/2003:

• Globals: Support Sony HiRes and JogDial, support memory cards, added scroll lists by hard buttons Up/Down, added warning when deleting, save positions in lists, and some small and big bug fixes
• Waypoints: support GPS-38, bug fix upload points to GPS
• Map:Added "View satellites", more visible icons for waypoints, more correct draw info text for waypoints, bug fix when delete maps
• Track: Bug fix download tracks from GPS (time don't loaded), added "Max.speed" in track info
• Routes: Added upload/download to/from GPS, added toolbar in edit window