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1Viking 1.3.2 (2012-09-23)
2Bug Fix Release including:
3* Removed Route Finder Tool as Google Direction service interface has disabled the method Viking interfaced with it.
4* Fix for Debian#685817: Statusbar Update From Thread Instability
5* Fix SF#3564795: Crashing when attempting to create waypoints from EXIF images without enough GPS information.
6* Fix drawing of next potential trackpoint on Windows Systems.
7* Fix GPSBabel Dynamic Device List generation on Windows Systems.
8* Fix crashing when displayed map copyright(s) is longer than the internal buffer.
9* Fix crashing when deleting a GPS layer which has started a realtime tracking.
10* Fix printing of DEBUG message since glib 2.32
11
12Viking 1.3.1 (2012-06-26)
13Bug Fix for Windows Systems Release:
14* Fix crash in Show Picture functionality on Window's Systems.
15
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16Viking 1.3 (2012-04-22)
17New features since 1.2.2
18* Be consistent in that track and waypoint list dialogs are always sorted alphabetically.
19* Add OSM Transport map as a built in map option.
20* Add supported MIME types to the desktop file specification.
21* Add example script that can be used to upload a track as a route to a predefined GPS device.
22* Display the average moving speed for a track in the track properties.
23* Add ability to open a TrackWaypoint layer with another external program (default merkaartor).
24* Add ability to open a TrackWaypoint layer with an external program (default JOSM).
25* Use map default: OSM MapQuest tileserver.
26* Add and use a preference for the associated image viewer program.
27* Add and use KML File Export units option.
28* Add ability to geotag images interpolating times against tracks.
29* Acquire Geotag Images via TRW Layer
30* Ensure vtl created in acquire operation runs post read stage.
31* EXIF read implementation for geotagged images (libexif).
32* Add new process stage for acquire methods.
33* Enable reversing a track from the track menu.
34* Display compact message on the statusbar for the selected trackpoint or waypoint. (SF#3314888)
35* Enable multiple selection and deletion.
36* Scale waypoint icons to give large or small icons as necessary.
37* Add Yahoo! Maps webtool link.
38* Extend webtools with a bounds version for the URL which takes four string parameters.
39* Add webtool for Bing maps.
40* Add Acquire OSM option into the Track/Waypoint layer operations.
41* Add used geo-* scripts as they are public domain.
42* Continue geocaching.com support via third party tools.
43* Show elevation gain/loss on track creation 'tooltip' (as per SF#2838561 request), when such data is available.
44* Automatically attempt to set elevation data from the DEM layer whilst a track is being created.
45* When creating a track, display the total distance of track (via a tooltip like text) on the main display.
46* Allow to import any file known by gpsbabel
47* Add support for any device known by gpsbabel
48* Add experimental support for GPSD_API_MAJOR_VERSION 5.
49* Add ability to acquire GPS traces stored on OSM
50* Enable copying layer/sublayer names as plain text, so that it can be pasted into external text handling applications.
51* Enable getting of the statusbar from the window.
52* On creating a new waypoint always attempt to auto set the altitude if DEM data is available.
53* Enable the escape key to remove/reset the ruler tool.
54
55Fixes since 1.2.2
56* Remove Tiles@home support as the service has stopped.
57* cleanup: Remove unused and out of date 'viking-remote' script and related files.
58* cleanup: Remove *very* old documentation and don't bother distributing any of it which is all old.
59* Fix Track Properties graph blob marker drawn at wrong elevation when elevation graphs have different min/max heights.
60* Fix Track Properties graph DEM points drawn at wrong elevation when lowest elevation is not zero.
61* Use an intermediary program which will invoke the system's default for opening images.
62* Fix opening of external web sites via center method when the zoom level is less than 1 mpp.
63* Fix crashing on opening a file via recent menu after a .vik file is opened.
64* Fix too easy to accidently move a waypoint with an image with the select tool - must use shift key.
65* Fix can not immediately select another layer if currently selected layer's visibility changes.
66* Fix compilation with curl 7.21.7 (SF#3376584)
67* Improve libgps test with the consistently available function: gps_close
68* Fix <GTK 2.24 combo box usage.
69* Fix crashing on opening multiple files after a .vik file is opened.
70* Solution for SF#2766266 - Give user feedback about OSM uploads (success/failure).
71* Fix: send VLP's update signal when adding a layer
72* Fix: Don't abort program when attempting webtool center with different x & y factors.
73* Fix Join Tracks functionality.
74* Fix SF#3408170: Selected Track Thickness is Always 1px
75* Fix tracks not shown over map when map layer is dragged to the end of the treeview list.
76* Refuse to load unsupported file types.
77* Restore broken GPS power off command.
78* Fix: SF#3042692 - Tiles May Get Deleted During Offline Usage.
79* Fix some tracks elevation profile may display no altitude, despite all altitudes available in the track.
80* Fix SF#3387590: Top Layer cannot be renamed
81* Enable merging tracks without timestamps to other tracks that do not have timestamps. (SF#2886231)
82* Prevent track merge by time requests when there are no other suitable tracks.
83* Improve track name when split from Track Properties window.
84* Replace 'Magic Scissors' by a more accurate name - 'Route Finder'.
85
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86Viking 1.2.2 (2011-11-03)
87Fixes since 1.2.1
88* Increase default tile age check to 7 days.
89* Fix compilation with curl 7.21.7 (SF#3376584)
90
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91Viking 1.2.1 (2011-06-16)
92Fixes since 1.2
93* Support proper MAC OS file locations.
94* Fix incorrect track property line marker positioning when the track has gaps.
95* Fix track property point marker drawing error - sometimes draws dot marker too low.
96
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97Viking 1.2 (2011-05-24)
98New features since 1.1
99* Remove unecessary treeview item selection.
100* Add zoom level 0.5 to map layer
101* [DOC] Add links to access Viking's source code
102* Rename file to prevent any case-insensitive issues.
103* Add getting the users confirmation when deleting (emptying) data from the GPS layer.
104* Enable keypad delete to remove layers in the layers panel.
105* Enable deleting multiple tracks or waypoints within a layer by selecting them from a list.
106* Add getting the users confirmation when deleting an individual track or waypoint.
107* Add the ability to delete all waypoints or tracks in the layer.
108* Add getting the users confirmation when deleting a layer.
109* Start a new 'Tracks' treeview menu, similar to the 'new' Waypoints treeview menu.
110* Add operations on waypoints into the 'new' Waypoints treeview menu.
111* Add new graph type Speed/Distance in the track properties window.
112* Add new graph type Elevation/Time in the track properties window.
113* Add new graph type Distance/Time in the track properties window.
114* Improve Track Properties speed/time drawing to display in nice human friendly whole number scaled units.
115* Improve Track Properties elevation drawing to display in nice human friendly whole number scaled units.
116* On the Track Properties Window draw an always updating indicator of where the readings are taken from.
117* Enable controls of drawing DEM data and GPS speeds on the Track Properties Window.
118* Add keyboard accelerators for the Track Properties Window.
119* Add ability to resize the Track Properties window.
120* On the Track Properties Window, also show the elevation or speed for the current track position as indicated by the mouse pointer.
121* Add support for kml files.
122* Add ... where necessary to track & waypoint menu entries.
123* Enable Open Waypoint Image via right click menu entry.
124* Use ability to select a waypoint given the thumbnail image size.
125* Add ability to open the trackpoint edit dialog via the viewport right click menu when a trackpoint is selected.
126* Add ability to move selected trackpoint or waypoint by the mouse within the select tool.
127* Add a new select tool at the window level to enable/disbale item selection of the a track or a waypoint.
128* Enable to unselect treeview item
129* Add Select Request layer interface and use within the track/waypoint layer to select an item.
130* Add internal track right click menu variable.
131* Tidy up track/waypoint sublayer callbacks to only use the layers panel if it available.
132* Add viewport to sublayer add menu items callback.
133* Make the highlight colour configurable and use as appropriate for the selected track/waypoint drawing.
134* Add track and waypoint highlight for the selected layer or individual item.
135* Add the storage and retrieval of any kind of track or waypoint selected item (either an individual item, list (i.e. a sublayer) or layer) at the window level.
136* Add viewport property to control the display of the track / waypoint item highlight.
137* Add backup support for launching URLs with Mac OS based browsers.
138* Add backup support for launching URLs with Google Chrome based browsers.
139* Add support for Bing maps
140* Add support for dynamic copyright
141* Add map's logo support
142* Add support for reference documentation
143* Generate a trackwaypoint layer update on the finish creatiing of the thumbnails so the images are shown.
144* Enable the tree view panel to be more usefully resized smaller than the text names.
145* Windows: Open help pdf file when when clicked on Help->help
146* [DOC] Split By Number of Points
147* Add Track->Split by Number of Points (as per SF#2847587 request).
148* Add a new dialog to return positive number.
149* SF#2844872: Suggest name for the new track when splitting the track via the trackpoint edit dialog.
150
151Fixes since 1.1
152* Better safety checking to prevent crash due to null variable reference in use of the current trackpoint.
153* Fix: Reduce GObject cast
154* Fix etag handling
155* Fix: generate doc/reference/Makefile when needed
156* Fix Track -> Split by Timestamp such that newly created tracks are ordered correctly.
157* Fix sensitivity of the track properties window split marker to be disabled when the track marker is not drawn.
158* Fix crashing due to incorrect usage of libcurl - SF#3206628.
159* Fix non-void function should return a value.
160* Fix reference documentation generation - some systems need explicit mention of libz.
161* Fix displaying of 'Waypoints' treeview menu.
162* Fix vik_aggregate_layer_get_all_layers_of_type for track/waypoint layer types, since these may also be stored under GPS layers.
163* Improve previous fix: background calling code should control return value
164* Fix: background calling code should control return value
165* Fix: enforce background feature
166* Fix compiler warnings from gcc 4.5.4
167* SF#3178554: Fix Sun Studio build
168* gtk_object_sink has been deprecated since gtk version 2.10, use g_object_ref_sink() instead.
169
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170Viking 1.1 (2011-02-08)
171New features since 1.0
172* [DOC] Add MapQuest Nominating search service in examples
173* Adjust colour of last auto track colour to not clash with default create track colour.
174* Add menu icons for the maps layer menu.
175* Make the selection list in Merge With Other Tracks sorted alphabetically.
176* Add sort list by name function. Will be useful for track and waypoint list ordering.
177* [DOC] Mark ready for 1.1 release. Update help manual version to 0.2.
178* [DOC] Add layer information for Aggregates, Coords and GeoRefs in help.
179* [DOC] Add Maps layer help information.
180* [DOC] Add overall layer information and promote each layer to be a top level section in help.
181* [DOC] Add DEM layer help information.
182* [DOC] Mention waypoint properties in help information.
183* [DOC] Update GPS layer help information.
184* [DOC] Update track operations help information.
185* [DOC] Update waypoint operations help information.
186* [DOC] Update Tools help section
187* [DOC] Update TrackWaypoint layer menu help Information
188* Improve positioning of the menu separator on waypoint menus.
189* Add GeoRef layer tooltip to show the file name in use.
190* Add GPS Layer tooltip to say the protocol (aka device manufacturer) type.
191* TrackWaypoint Layer tooltip featuring summaries for tracks and waypoints.
192* Add maps layer tooltip to show the map name(type).
193* Add DEM layer tooltip to show the number of DEM files in use.
194* Add Track and waypoint sublayer tooltip information.
195* Add treeview use and display of layers tooltip.
196* Add Layer Tooltip callback definition
197* Add sublayer tooltip callback definition.
198* When getting data via the GPS layer automatically set the view to see it, unless the realtime tracking mode is on.
199* On acquiring data from sources (inc. GPS) automatically set the view to see it. Except for GeoCaches; as it's likely you're requesting data for the current area, so no point in trying to change the view.
200* On opening GPX files automatically view all the data.
201* Add 'View All Tracks' option to the panel Layer menu options, which sets the view (center & zoom) to see all the tracks of that layer.
202* Add 'View Waypoints' option to the TrackWaypoint layer menu options, which sets the view (center & zoom) to see all the Waypoints.
203* Add 'View Track' option to the Track sublayer menu options, which sets the view (center & zoom) to see the track.
204* Add 'View Layer' option to the TrackWaypoint Layer menu options, which sets the view (center & zoom) to see the entire layer.
205* Add the ability to 'autozoom' to view an area specified by maximum and minimum lat/longs for a TrackWaypoint layer.
206* Create a new 'Show' submenu entry
207* Improve curl usage as should call cleanup on application exit.
208* Add copyright and license properties for NASA BlueMarble data.
209* Add background thread loading of DEM files.
210* Add Track->Goto Highest and Lowest points features.
211* Add Track->Goto Maximum Speed feature.
212* Rework Track->Goto menu options.
213* Add support for the TMS interface provided by SPOTMaps
214* Add license related properties
215* Add copyright property
216* Improve key binding for Mercator Mode -> ctrl+m
217* Add documentation for generic TMS map source
218* Improve key bindings for ModeLatLon.
219* Add OSM WMS Server
220* Add support for WMS-C
221* Add support for more standard TMS
222* Move-up download methods
223* Add LatLon projection
224* Better safety checking code
225* Add support for Locosys devices via GPSBabel's navilink device protocol.
226* Add support for DeLorme devices via GPSBabel's delbin device protocol.
227* Add the ability to insert a trackpoint into a track via the Edit Trackpoint dialog.
228* Add internal function to insert a trackpoint after the currently selected trackpoint.
229* Add license notice to new file
230* Enable individual track to GPX export via the Track sublayer menu.
231* Set default action on dialogs.
232* Add a perl script to auto generate basic Viking .vik files for directories containing images.
233* Enable control of the visibility of the menubar [including keyboard shortcut - F4]. Also enable panic key 'Escape' to restore menubar if hidden and no tool uses it.
234* Enable control of the visibility of the toolbar [including keyboard shortcut - F3].
235* Make use of the vikwindow toolbar variable.
236* Enable control of the visibility of the statusbar [including keyboard shortcut - F12].
237
238Fixes since 1.0
239* Prevent Gtk-CRITICAL assertion when the application is closed with a Track Property window on display.
240* Prevent Gtk-CRITICAL assertion when the application is closed whilst loading DEMs.
241* Fix trackpoint edit altitude sensitivity to be re-enabled after it has been disabled.
242* Fix incorrect cut/copy of sublayers when accessed via the layers panel buttons.
243* Fix the List Dialog so that it does not become taller than the screen when there are lots of entries.
244* Fix some compiler warnings in viktrwlayer.c when configured to build with --disable-alphabetized-trw
245* Fix Resource leak detected by cppcheck 1.46
246* Fix compiler warning in curl_download.c
247* Fix compiler warning in vikmapslayer.c
248* Fix compiler warning in vikwindow.c - use correct const typing.
249* Fix compiler warnings - correct Widget / Window type.
250* Fix memory leak when generating image file
251* Fix: Improve XML reading error reporting
252* Fix compiler warnings in osm.c
253* Fix compiler warning in vikmapslayer.c
254* Fix Waypoint & Track visibility issues.
255* Fix SF#3104028: Default Color Background is incorrectly saved as black into a new .vik file.
256
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257Viking 1.0 (2010-11-14)
258New features since 0.9.96
259* Add minimal translator-credits in About dialog
260* Add documenters to About dialog
261
262Fixes since 0.9.96
263* Improve copyright holders
264* Prevent crashes when downloading Expedia Maps.
265* Fix extend track using magic scissors.
266* Fix autodownloading while panning
267* Fix Debian #599048: Segmentation fault when using gpsbabel
268* Fix dem_gradient_colors allocation.
269* Fix compiler warnings in preferences.c
270
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271Viking 0.9.96 (2010-10-11)
272New features since 0.9.95
273* Use ETag to detect fresh tiles on servers
274* Add new menu entry in GPS Layer to delete the realtime information.
275* Ensure GPS realtime information deleted when GPS Layer -->Empty All is called.
276* Prevent zoom factor string displaying unnecessary .0s when it's a whole number.
277* Improve Track Properties speed profile display for low speed difference (e.g. walking) tracks.
278* Use speed units in display of Track/Waypoint layer draw by velocity config values, but maintain units as metres per second when read from/saved to files.
279* Add keyboard accelerators for as many as possible View Menu entries.
280* Simplify zoom status when xmpp and ympp are equal
281* Use height units in the altitude readout for the cursor position on the status bar.
282* Use height units in display of DEM min / max elevation values, but maintain units as metres when read from/saved to files.
283
284Fixes since 0.9.95
285* Fix many memory leaks
286* DEM layer properties tidy up.
287* Prevent getting stuck in a near infinite loop when using Coord layer, UTM mode and zoomed out to see the whole world.
288* Prevent lock up in attempt to download maps along a track in UTM mode.
289* Launchpad Bug #445374: Prevent crash when downloading maps along a track, with Terraserver maps when in Mercator mode.
290* Add explicit linking against libz and libm
291* Fix SF#3009431: Prevent Crash in Real Time Tracking GPS Mode & Autodownload Maps.
292* Fix display of rounded speed units scale markers in the speed profile.
293* Fix cycle map URL
294* Fix compiler warnings
295* Fix Track Draw by Velocity mode, so that individual track points are coloured (as was the intention).
296* Fix bug where older file was removed when network not present
297* Fix: warning 'draw-mode' message does not display
298* Fix incorrect limitation on source map id
299
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300Viking 0.9.95 (2010-09-07)
301New features since 0.9.94
302* Add some function short cut key definitions to control showing of the center mark and scale viewport features.
303* [DOC] Replace Google with OSM capability in man pages.
304* When manually creating a track, automatically give it a default name.
305* [DOC] Add contributors from the Wiki(s) history.
306* Better dialog name when searching for a waypoint.
307* Change max cache time to 1 week.
308
309Fixes since 0.9.94
310* Prevent "Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated" messages.
311* Invalid number of arguments in call to a_http_download_get_u
312* Prevent crash when cut of a GPS track/waypoint layer is attempted via the layers buttons.
313* Prevent DEM layer colour indexing going negative and can crash on gradient view.
314* Fix DEM layer to show default sea level.
315* Fix track background thickness being able to set back to zero.
316* Fix internal tile locking
317* Fix top layer not drawn after made invisible and then back to being visible.
318* Fix impaired (drawcentermark setting bodged) vik file if saved with the top layer visibility turned off.
319* Fix syntax errors in help manual
320* Fix map drag and drop to show the correct whole map
321* Fix "Go to UTM" dialog title.
322* Fix first opening of a file which has spaces (or other interesting characters) via the recent files menu.
323* Fix unnamed_tracks / unnamed_waypoints misuse.
324
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325Viking 0.9.94 (2010-06-10)
326New features since 0.9.93
327* Add knots as a speed unit option.
328* Detect USB Garmin eTrex HCx Legend devices (and maybe others).
329* Auto use of /dev/ttyUSB type device if available on Unix systems.
330* Add ability to turn off Garmin GPS after transfer.
331* Add a 'home' default location preference.
332* Add ability to changes preferences outside of the preferences.c file.
333* NLS Maps API: Historic map of Great Britain
334* Change GUI related command line parameter for Waypoint symbol size into run time preference.
335* Support All Zoom Levels in Zoom Menu
336* [DOC] Import User Manual from wiki
337* Add menu item for help contents
338
339Fixes since 0.9.93
340* Add Viking's contributors as copyright holders
341* Remove unecessary '\' from the View Menu
342* Better Preferences Dialog Title
343* More Menu Improvements
344* Replace autogen.sh
345* On GPS data acquire, only create a layer if it contains something.
346* Fix POTFILES with new source file
347* Fix OMF category
348* Fix Filter->Simplify All Tracks default.
349* [DOC] Fix Gnome's menu entry category for viking
350* [DOC] Fix erroneous warning
351* Fix compiler warning.
352* Fix #2977752: win-gtk: osm tiles don't show up
353* Fix Track -> View Google Directions URL
354* Fix function's return value
355* Fix compilation warnings
356* Fix #2988574: Can't save files opened via recent file menu
357* Fix #2991657: Terraserver downloads fail
358* Fix geocaching
359
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360Viking 0.9.93 (2010-04-11)
361New features since 0.9.92
362* Allow overriding map source
363* Make GPS layer cut/copy available from popup menu.
364* [DOC] Document new files in viking's manpage
365* Increase possible smaller zoom
366* Add negative scales so that we can have bigger zoom on maps
367* Allow images from bigger and smaller zoom to be selected if current zoom has no image
368
369Fixes since 0.9.92
370* Fix: set a default filename while exporting
371* [DOC] Fix: Viking's sources are hosted by Git now
372* Further variable type corrections.
373* Fix GPS layer copy.
374* Fix Track/Waypoint Layer Paste on 64bit systems.
375* [DOC] Fix FILES section of manpage.
376* Fix: First Track not Black in Draw All Tracks Black Mode.
377
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378Viking 0.9.92 (2010-03-15)
379New features since 0.9.91
380* Memorize previously selected go-to service.
381* Better scale when zoomed close in and in miles distance mode.
382* Add and use preference for height units.
383* Add and use preference for speed units.
384* Add and use preference for distance units.
385* Use a preference to set the tiles age.
386* New preference for default maplayer cache.
387* Improve DEM-Layer.
388* Remove OpenAerial support.
389* Translation updates.
390
391Fixes since 0.9.91
392* Fix: Correctly rotate thumbnail images
393* Fix #2958601: Support for non ascii characters in "Go-to" search
394* Fix error handling in go-to feature
395
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396Viking 0.9.91 (2010-02-06)
397New features since 0.9.9
398* Interpolation for maps: use less precise images when wanted image is not present
399* GObjectify maps
400** Add compatibility facilities
401* GObjectify go-to/search feature
402** Add Name finder search engine
403** Add Nominatim search engine
404** Add Geonames search engine
405** Add generic XML search code
406* Add configuration file for map sources, goto and external tool
407 (See examples in distribution)
408* Add option to download only maps that are more recent on server
409** Try to download newer tiles when autodownload is set and server supports such check
410** Tiles must be older than a specified age before checking server
411* Add support for recently used files
412* Add DEM Gradient
413* Add DOAP file
414
415Fixes since 0.9.9
416* Fix: add GIO dependency and header for GFile
417* Fix #2946287: open a recent file
418* fix some confusing indentation and bracing
419* Fix #2881916: rename a track with c&p
420* Fix #2766373: Use a string as device path
421* Fix "Moving Map Method" cannot be disabled
422* Fix #2880741: replace gps_open with gps_open_r
423* Fix #2921899: uses conditional macro to support two versions of libgps
424* Fix warnings
425* Fix URL formatting issue
426* Fix error messages
427* Fix #2801874: keep second part of a splitted track visible
428* Fix #2838556: emit warning when gpsbabel is not found in PATH
429* Fix bashism in test script.
430* Merge branch 'fix-osm-api-0.6'
431* Fix magic scissors
432* Get rid deprecated GtkTooltips API.
433* Add configure option to track deprecated feature
434* Use motion hints to make map motion more responsive in slow environment.
435* Viking compatible with libgps >= 2.90
436* finish OSM 0.6 API support
437* Optimise bandwidth usage
438* keeping OSM password safe
439
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440Viking 0.9.9 (2009-09-09)
441New features since 0.9.8
442* Filter out irrelevant key-modifiers.
443* Upgrade OSM-traces support to 0.6 API
444* Manage hdop,vdop,pdop,nsat
445* Remove unused (and buggy) feature
446* Document previous merge
447* Improvement of map cache
448* Add a viking parameter for mapcache memory size
449* Add menu option to flush mapcache, and reduce viking memory footprint
450* Use thread-pool to manage download
451* Show path used for map directory in options even when using default one
452* Include full libcurl version in user agent
453
454Fixes since 0.9.8
455* Don't crash when jobs are cancelled via the background jobs dialog.
456* Fix #2163652: GPX file with byte order mark not parsed
457* Fix #2766609: Don't use gpsd_units()
458* Fix #2812856: Change SRTM URL
459* Fix #2818818: unset langage preset while opening external Google
460* Fix copyright in --version output
461* Fix SRTM Server change
462* Fix memory leaks found with cppcheck
463* Fix warning in call to MD5Update() in function md5_hash()
464* Fix previous patch
465* vdop, hdop, pdop, nsats and fix_mode values were not shown
466* Fix #570956: change saved_width to 1
467* Fix build problem
468* Fix bug #2481237: Maps directory file chooser should look for directory
469
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470Viking 0.9.8 (2009-01-31)
471New features since 0.9.7
472* Add GeoNames support (both for search and for POI import from Geonames+Wikipedia)
473* Remove Google's map tiles.
474* Add external tools framework.
475* Add OpenStreetMap and Google web tools.
476* Clicking on "visible" tick no longer makes the layer selected.
477* GPX export: sort track by time.
478* Merging tracks by name.
479* Tittle waypoint properties dialog as "Waypoint Properties".
480* Add larger size waypoint symbols (icons).
481* Waypoint names are now displayed at the top of waypoint symbol.
482* Waypoint symbols: Use Garmin waypoint.
483* New server for OSM cycle map.
484
485Fixes since 0.9.7
486* Fix loading of world map file.
487* Fix 2249398: Fix some memory leaks.
488* Fix bugs that caused magic scissors not working.
489* Fix compatibility problem for windows.
490* Fix implicit declaration of maps_layer_default_dir().
491* Fix missing status return in spawn_command_line_async().
492* Fix curl error buffer usage.
493* GPS realtime tracking: Keep retrying when fail to connect.
494* Windows port: avoid "\\" in URL.
495
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496Viking 0.9.7 (2008-10-12)
497New features since 0.9.6
498* Add new moving map method for realtime tracking.
499* Rename icon: viking_icon.png -> viking.png
500* src/viking.desktop.in: add GenericName and revise Categories
501* Change "Zoom To" short cut to avoid conflict with "Zoom Tool".
502* Update translations
503* Google search adapting changes from Google.
504* add osm cycle layer support
505* add a menu entry to extend an existing track using magic scissors
506* Patch #2009666: OpenAerialMap
507* Add preferences to select how degrees are displayed
508* Color picker button for the Coordlayer properties dialog
509* Cut/Copy/Paste empty selection is not critical
510* Layers panel UI improvements
511* Homogeneous icons management.
512* Add preferences to store OSM login/password
513* Add a password entry widget
514* Ensure that confirmation dialog is over file selector
515
516Fixes since 0.9.6
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517* Fix 2161310: Fix some more compiler warnings
518* Fix 2134452: Properties of some tracks show as NaN
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519* QA: cleanning old stuff
520* Fix segfault in realtime tracking.
521* Fix missing files in po/POTFILES.in
522* viking.spec.in, src/icons/Makefile.am: Fix icon target dir
523* fix parallel build (make -j8) on multi-processor machines.
524* Fix #1947260: correct a corrupted escape
525* Fixed crashes when creating new layers.
526* Fix #1952523: mode_button assertion loading old datafile
527* Fix: update layer after applying properties
528* Fixed google map download problem.
529* Replace specific About dialog by GtkAboutDialog
530* Replace some g_warning by g_debug
531
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532Viking 0.9.6 (2008-07-31)
533Fixes since 0.9.5
534
535* Fix Google maps' URL
536* Fix gcget command line to accomodate negative coords
537* Fix unecessary viking.desktop
538
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539Viking 0.9.5 (2008-07-21)
540New features since 0.9.4
541
542* Add panning tool as default.
543* Replace GtkFileSelection by GtkFileChooser.
544* No longer converts waypoint names to uppercase. Waypoint names are now case insensitive.
545* Windows port updated.
546* Track properties: Keep markers of the graphs in sync with each other.
547* Track properties: split track at marker.
548* New translations: el, it, ja, lt, nb, nl, pl, zh_CN, zh_TW
549* Added viking.desktop
550* Added --debug and --verbose command line options.
551* Updated man pages.
552
553Fixes since 0.9.4
554
555* Fix #1839948: Maximize/Restore changes current cursor.
556* Bug #1915121: add an utility to reproduce (test/gpx2gpx).
557* Fix #1915121: use GLib functions to handle ISO8601 dates.
558* Fix pipe leaks.
559* Remove dependency to wget.
560* Fix google version number.
561* Track graph marker now works again.
562* Fix #1947456: Compiler warning fixes
563
564
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565Viking 0.9.4 (2008-02-25)
566New features since 0.9.3
567
568* Make elev graph show better graph for low altitude tracks.
569* Printing support
570* Draw circle for downloading geocaches.
571* Improve track graphs. Some tracks looked too flat.
572* Internationalization (I18N)
573* Localization (L10N): Czech, Danish, German, Spanish, French, Brazilian Portuguese, Swedish
574* Use a list of possible browsers.
575* New map source: BlueMarble tiles (http://mike.teczno.com/notes/blue-marble-tiles.html)
576* New map source: Google Terrain
577* Use the "next unused" (not really) waypoint number as default.
578* Sort waypoints in GPX output.
579* Preferences support in ~/.viking/viking.prefs
580* Update source for OSM/Osmarender tiles
581* Full screen mode.
582* Tuned the v-t diagram drawing
583
584Fixes since 0.9.3
585
586* Many fixes around compilation warnings
587* Fix a bug that caused crashes when displaying elev graph for some track.
588* Fix bug that caused Old Google maps not being disabled by default.
589* Fix a bug that can potentially cause segfault.
590* Fix compilation under HURD (missing MAXPATHLEN macro)
591* Fix: ensure config.h is included conditionnaly
592* Fix a crash bug in mapcache
593* Fix a crash bug in merge-by-time
594
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595Viking 0.9.3 (2007-10-21)
596New features since 0.9.2
597
598* Half-drawn redraw for faster refreshing display of viewport (Maps, tracks, waypoints...)
599* Allow multiple selections when adding DEM files.
600* (Semi) auto downloading and importing for SRTM 90m DEM file (worldwide).
601* Indicating areas which have DEM file download but not imported.
602* "Minimum elevation" is now configurable for DEM layer. It can be used together with the existing "Max Elev" to make DEM display more distinguish colors for a particular area of interest.
603* Interpolating DEM data.
604* Add realtime tracking to GPS layer with track recording.
605* Trackpoints acquired in realtime mode store extra information of speed, course, fix mode and number of satellites.
606* Track properties dialog no longer blocks user interaction on main window. Using multiple track dialogs (simultaneously for different tracks) is now allowed.
607* Make use of DEM elevation data and GPS speed data for track graphs (Properties Dialog).
608* Track Properties: now displays track distance/time instead of "Selected Time".
609* Marker for selected position on track graphs.
610* Various enhancement to improve usability of track dialog.
611* Mouse cursor is now changed accordingly to tool currently in used.
612* Magic Scissors (Automatically drawing track between points) can now be undone using right click, and extended via Ctrl-click.
613* Shortcuts for panning: Ctrl-arrow key, and Shift-scroll and Ctrl-scroll.
614* Extend track.
615* Ctrl-shift-scroll to zoom like google, scroll to zoom w/o changing center.
616* Preview adding a trackpoint by drawing a line when moving mouse.
617* Esc key used to stop track edition.
618* Backspace key used to remove last added point.
619* Use $BROWSER environment variable (for viewing geocache pages).
620* Automatically fetching google version numbers.
621* Upgrading to API 0.5 of OSM.
622
623Fixes since 0.9.2
624
625* Fix: Make viking's default start location somewhere more likely has maps.
626* Fix: bug that causes crashes when using "Maps Download" tool.
627* Fix: Adding command line option framework (--help & --version).
628* Fix #1789550: mkdtemp usage is conditioned.
629* Fix #1789550: define MAX macro if not defined on ALL systems.
630* Fix: optional geocaching -- include config.h to compile.
631* Fix: DEM Layer copy/paste.
632* Fix: crashes on using wrong tools.
633* Fix: bugs that caused odd display of date/time on track properties dialog.
634* Fix: Correctly calculate position when click on speed-time graph.
635* Fix: Relax dependencies about glib.
636* Fix: Upgrading to API 0.5 of OSM.
637* Fix: plotting of DEM data on elevation graph.
638
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639Viking 0.9.2 (2007-09-04)
640New features since 0.9.1
641
642* Use $EMAIL to initialise email field for OSM upload.
643* Preset filename when exporting a TrwLayer.
644
645Fixes since 0.9.1
646
647* Fix: crash when "applying" a map layer property dialog.
648* Fix: Do not warn about drawmode inconsistency while reading file.
649* Fix: Hide Expedia view mode when expedia is not built in.
650
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651Viking 0.9.1 (2007-09-02)
652New features since 0.9
653
654* Upload data (TrackWaypoint layer or single track) to OpenStreetMap.
655* Group "Export Layer..." entries in a sub-menu.
656* Added --enable-old-google to configure script. Old google modes are now disabled by default.
657* Default mode for new maps is Google Maps.
658* DEM module can now read hgt.zip files directly (no need to unzip them).
659* DEM module can now process 1 arc sec hgt(.zip) files (mainly for USA regions).
660* Display on status bar altitude at cursor using data from DEM layer(s).
661
662Fixes since 0.9
663
664* Add redirect support.
665* Some improves to introduce the drawmode notion.
666* Better checking to detect downloaded text instead of images.
667* New google version number.
668* libcurl is a requirement.
669* Fix bugs that cause crashes on layers copy/paste/delete.
670* Fix bug in Google search that caused viking jump to wrong location when Google can not find the match.
671* Clean up and eliminate compiler warning.
672* Fix bug in creating temporary HOME when HOME is not set.
673* Disable GeoCache Acquire since it no longer works. Can be enabled again using configure --enable-geocaches.
674* Disable expedia map layer by default since it no longer works. Can be enabled again using configure --enable-expedia.
675
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676Viking 0.9 (2007-07-13)
677New Features since 0.1.3
678
679 * DEM data -- DEMLayer & applying data to tracks & waypoints
680 * Make "Save Image" and "Save Image Directory" dialogs reusable
681 * Add viking icon
682 * Download maps along track
683 * Add User-Agent to http request header
684 * Add cookies support (for google requests)
685 * Add center mark which can be turn on/off in View menu
686 * Make the scale more visible on dark maps
687 * Add magic scissors feature
688 * Add Google Maps search feature
689 * Many new waypoint symbols
690 * Add man pages
691 * Improve performance for map autodownload
692 * Google Directions now remembers previous query (from/to entries)
693 * New menu items to remove all tracks and waypoints in GPS folders
694 * Add "Save and Exit" to File menu
695 * Save function for GPS layer
696 * Map tool: Left click can now refresh display of map tiles
697
698Fixes since 0.1.3
699
700 * View Mode displayed wrong setting on startup
701 * crashes on gps download/upload
702 * SEGFAULT on x86_64
703 * segfault on trackpoint properties dialog
704 * intermittent problem of map redraw
705 * Stop autodownload from running forever on map downloading errors
706 * Check for non-displayable data after downloading map
707
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708Viking 0.1.3 (2007-05-17)
709- New "Refresh onscreen tiles" entry menu
710- Default .spec file for building RPM packages
711- Default debian/ subtree for building Debian packages
712- Usage of the libcurl library
713- Three new map sources from OpenStreetMap
714- Better usage of libusb
715- Google source map improved
716- GUI improves
717
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718Viking 0.1.2 (2007-02-13)
719- direct access to GPS device: GPS layer
e39a77aa 720- position inputs accept DDD/DMM/DMS formats (ex: 3.5, 3\B030.0, 3\B030'0.00)
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721- time position in Track Poperties
722- tool (menu entries and buttons) are enabled/disabled following context
723- standard 'Edit' menu (with 'Copy', 'Cut', 'Paste' and 'Delete' actions)
724- 'Edit' popup menus for waypoint and track
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725- new configure options:
726 * --disable-google
727 * --disable-terraserver
728 * --disable-expedia
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729- visual feedback when moving waypoints
730- map sections are displayed while downloading
731- cosmetics changes (window title, viking's URL in files, 'About' dialog...)
732- some improves in source code
733- lot of fixes
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735Viking 0.1.1 (2006-06-11)
736- more map sources such as google
737- drag and drop of layers and way/trackpoints
738- copy/paste between vikings
739- "smart" copy which can parse a lat/lon from web pages like geocaching, emails, etc.
740- graphs of altitude/velocity
741- newer gtk with toolbar icons
742- experimental "acquire" features: from GPS, from Google directions, from Geocaching
743- gpx support
744
745Viking 0.1.0 (2005-02-27)
746- new map layer which supports Google, Expedia, and Topozone maps in addition to the three types of Terraserver maps,
747- lots of other fixes,
748- visualization options,
749- miscellaneous goodies.