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1Viking 1.4.1.0 (2013-04-08)
2Bug Fix Release + updated translations
3* Import Launchpad translation updates [Mainly for large Czech update]
4* Fix using .vik files with 'unusual' track or waypoint names
5* Fix waypoint selection when the waypoint has an image but the images are not being displayed.
6* Fix showing map timestamps on Windows on the map tile info dialog.
7* SF#3608411: Part 2 - Avoid creating command window on Viking start-up.
8* SF#3608411: Part 1 - Avoid warning about unbuffer on Windows Systems.
9* SF#3608264: Improve Statusbar Location Info Maybe Truncated
10* Prevent inputting empty names for layers and sublayers via the layers panel.
11* SF#3608311: Fix crash caused by renaming blank sublayer names
12* Be less strigent in loading Geotagged images without optional GPS tags
13* Fix use of scaled tile image when tile image not present.
14* Enable updating the treeview to allow setting a blank waypoint symbol.
15* Improve the Waypoint tooltip to display the description if there is no comment.
16* Fix datasource acquiring waypoints from geotag images.
17* Updated geo-* scripts to version released on 2013/02/18
18* Fix compilation with --enable-geocaches option.
19* help/Makefile.am: explicitly list figures.
20
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21Viking 1.4.0.1 (2013-02-16)
22Windows Only Release.
23* Windows: Add .vik file extension association option in the installer
24
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25Viking 1.4 (2013-02-11)
26New features since 1.3.2
27* Support for GPX Route type including transfer to/from GPS Devices.
28** Replaced 'Add Track' tool with 'Create Route' tool. (NB There still is the Create Track tool)
29* Support for GPX 'Description' for tracks, waypoints and routes.
30* Add ability to Acquire My OSM Traces and ability to choose any subset of the available traces.
31* GPS Upload from a track.
32* Enable giving a track a specific colour (drawn in default draw by track mode).
33* Enable drawing all tracks in a specific colour (no longer is Black the only option).
34* Allow option of drawing a direction arrow when drawing a track.
35* Allow configuration of trackpoint size and direction arrow size.
36* Display Waypoint Icons in the layers panel treeview.
37* Restored Route Finding via Google Services. [Was disabled in 1.3.2 due to change in formats supported]
38* Only display sublayer container when there are sublayers.
39* Display map tile source and cached file information in a dialog for a position.
40* Quick zoom level change from the statusbar by clicking on the zoom level to select another level.
41* In the Zoom Tool mode: can select an area to zoom in on (via holding shift key + drag mouse).
42* Mouse Zooming in/out maintains the position focus on the mouse pointer location.
43** (Use the keys Ctrl+Shift and mouse zoom to maintain the centered map location).
44* Improvements in Acquiring Wikipedia Points (allow more points, sortable columns, URL and feature type).
45* Allow opening a URL on a waypoint which has a URL for a comment or description.
46* Re-organized TrackWaypoint Layer menus to group functionality together better with New, View, Combine, Split, Delete, Acquire and Upload submenus.
47* Gradient Graph view on the Track Properties.
48* Allow same named TrackWaypoint sublayer items. i.e. can now have 2 (or more) waypoints with the same name.
49* Add support of a Map type for a local On Disk OSM Tile Format.
50* Revised Draw Track by Speed mode with a simple traffic light colouring scheme to represent slow/average/fast speeds.
51* Enable deletion of track points with the same timestamp.
52* Ability to merge segments of a track.
53* Allow generation of large pixel sized images.
54* Rework image generation to ask for file name first and then only allow supported map zoom levels.
55* Allow control of waypoint text size on the viewport display.
56* Allow control of GPX file saving track order (either Alphabetical or By Time via global preference).
57* Keyboard shortcuts to create layers and enable some tools.
58* Show the bearing and the step distance of the next point when creating a track or route.
59* Improved feedback in reading erroneous files.
60* Improved Help Manual.
61* More translation texts including a Finnish version.
62* Scripts to support the creation of the Windows Executable Installer.
63* Add a python tool to convert the Viking tile cache into a MapBox MBTiles format file.
64* Many internal improvements.
65
66Fixes since 1.3.2
67* Don't accidently overwrite GPX and KML files in the Viking file type.
68* Use the default desktop font for waypoint viewport display text.
69* Ensure when opening multiple .vik files they are each loaded into a new window.
70* Show UTM location in statusbar when in UTM mode.
71* Fix: crash when dealing with non-compressed DEM files
72
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73Viking 1.3.2 (2012-09-23)
74Bug Fix Release including:
75* Removed Route Finder Tool as Google Direction service interface has disabled the method Viking interfaced with it.
76* Fix for Debian#685817: Statusbar Update From Thread Instability
77* Fix SF#3564795: Crashing when attempting to create waypoints from EXIF images without enough GPS information.
78* Fix drawing of next potential trackpoint on Windows Systems.
79* Fix GPSBabel Dynamic Device List generation on Windows Systems.
80* Fix crashing when displayed map copyright(s) is longer than the internal buffer.
81* Fix crashing when deleting a GPS layer which has started a realtime tracking.
82* Fix printing of DEBUG message since glib 2.32
83
84Viking 1.3.1 (2012-06-26)
85Bug Fix for Windows Systems Release:
86* Fix crash in Show Picture functionality on Window's Systems.
87
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88Viking 1.3 (2012-04-22)
89New features since 1.2.2
90* Be consistent in that track and waypoint list dialogs are always sorted alphabetically.
91* Add OSM Transport map as a built in map option.
92* Add supported MIME types to the desktop file specification.
93* Add example script that can be used to upload a track as a route to a predefined GPS device.
94* Display the average moving speed for a track in the track properties.
95* Add ability to open a TrackWaypoint layer with another external program (default merkaartor).
96* Add ability to open a TrackWaypoint layer with an external program (default JOSM).
97* Use map default: OSM MapQuest tileserver.
98* Add and use a preference for the associated image viewer program.
99* Add and use KML File Export units option.
100* Add ability to geotag images interpolating times against tracks.
101* Acquire Geotag Images via TRW Layer
102* Ensure vtl created in acquire operation runs post read stage.
103* EXIF read implementation for geotagged images (libexif).
104* Add new process stage for acquire methods.
105* Enable reversing a track from the track menu.
106* Display compact message on the statusbar for the selected trackpoint or waypoint. (SF#3314888)
107* Enable multiple selection and deletion.
108* Scale waypoint icons to give large or small icons as necessary.
109* Add Yahoo! Maps webtool link.
110* Extend webtools with a bounds version for the URL which takes four string parameters.
111* Add webtool for Bing maps.
112* Add Acquire OSM option into the Track/Waypoint layer operations.
113* Add used geo-* scripts as they are public domain.
114* Continue geocaching.com support via third party tools.
115* Show elevation gain/loss on track creation 'tooltip' (as per SF#2838561 request), when such data is available.
116* Automatically attempt to set elevation data from the DEM layer whilst a track is being created.
117* When creating a track, display the total distance of track (via a tooltip like text) on the main display.
118* Allow to import any file known by gpsbabel
119* Add support for any device known by gpsbabel
120* Add experimental support for GPSD_API_MAJOR_VERSION 5.
121* Add ability to acquire GPS traces stored on OSM
122* Enable copying layer/sublayer names as plain text, so that it can be pasted into external text handling applications.
123* Enable getting of the statusbar from the window.
124* On creating a new waypoint always attempt to auto set the altitude if DEM data is available.
125* Enable the escape key to remove/reset the ruler tool.
126
127Fixes since 1.2.2
128* Remove Tiles@home support as the service has stopped.
129* cleanup: Remove unused and out of date 'viking-remote' script and related files.
130* cleanup: Remove *very* old documentation and don't bother distributing any of it which is all old.
131* Fix Track Properties graph blob marker drawn at wrong elevation when elevation graphs have different min/max heights.
132* Fix Track Properties graph DEM points drawn at wrong elevation when lowest elevation is not zero.
133* Use an intermediary program which will invoke the system's default for opening images.
134* Fix opening of external web sites via center method when the zoom level is less than 1 mpp.
135* Fix crashing on opening a file via recent menu after a .vik file is opened.
136* Fix too easy to accidently move a waypoint with an image with the select tool - must use shift key.
137* Fix can not immediately select another layer if currently selected layer's visibility changes.
138* Fix compilation with curl 7.21.7 (SF#3376584)
139* Improve libgps test with the consistently available function: gps_close
140* Fix <GTK 2.24 combo box usage.
141* Fix crashing on opening multiple files after a .vik file is opened.
142* Solution for SF#2766266 - Give user feedback about OSM uploads (success/failure).
143* Fix: send VLP's update signal when adding a layer
144* Fix: Don't abort program when attempting webtool center with different x & y factors.
145* Fix Join Tracks functionality.
146* Fix SF#3408170: Selected Track Thickness is Always 1px
147* Fix tracks not shown over map when map layer is dragged to the end of the treeview list.
148* Refuse to load unsupported file types.
149* Restore broken GPS power off command.
150* Fix: SF#3042692 - Tiles May Get Deleted During Offline Usage.
151* Fix some tracks elevation profile may display no altitude, despite all altitudes available in the track.
152* Fix SF#3387590: Top Layer cannot be renamed
153* Enable merging tracks without timestamps to other tracks that do not have timestamps. (SF#2886231)
154* Prevent track merge by time requests when there are no other suitable tracks.
155* Improve track name when split from Track Properties window.
156* Replace 'Magic Scissors' by a more accurate name - 'Route Finder'.
157
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158Viking 1.2.2 (2011-11-03)
159Fixes since 1.2.1
160* Increase default tile age check to 7 days.
161* Fix compilation with curl 7.21.7 (SF#3376584)
162
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163Viking 1.2.1 (2011-06-16)
164Fixes since 1.2
165* Support proper MAC OS file locations.
166* Fix incorrect track property line marker positioning when the track has gaps.
167* Fix track property point marker drawing error - sometimes draws dot marker too low.
168
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169Viking 1.2 (2011-05-24)
170New features since 1.1
171* Remove unecessary treeview item selection.
172* Add zoom level 0.5 to map layer
173* [DOC] Add links to access Viking's source code
174* Rename file to prevent any case-insensitive issues.
175* Add getting the users confirmation when deleting (emptying) data from the GPS layer.
176* Enable keypad delete to remove layers in the layers panel.
177* Enable deleting multiple tracks or waypoints within a layer by selecting them from a list.
178* Add getting the users confirmation when deleting an individual track or waypoint.
179* Add the ability to delete all waypoints or tracks in the layer.
180* Add getting the users confirmation when deleting a layer.
181* Start a new 'Tracks' treeview menu, similar to the 'new' Waypoints treeview menu.
182* Add operations on waypoints into the 'new' Waypoints treeview menu.
183* Add new graph type Speed/Distance in the track properties window.
184* Add new graph type Elevation/Time in the track properties window.
185* Add new graph type Distance/Time in the track properties window.
186* Improve Track Properties speed/time drawing to display in nice human friendly whole number scaled units.
187* Improve Track Properties elevation drawing to display in nice human friendly whole number scaled units.
188* On the Track Properties Window draw an always updating indicator of where the readings are taken from.
189* Enable controls of drawing DEM data and GPS speeds on the Track Properties Window.
190* Add keyboard accelerators for the Track Properties Window.
191* Add ability to resize the Track Properties window.
192* On the Track Properties Window, also show the elevation or speed for the current track position as indicated by the mouse pointer.
193* Add support for kml files.
194* Add ... where necessary to track & waypoint menu entries.
195* Enable Open Waypoint Image via right click menu entry.
196* Use ability to select a waypoint given the thumbnail image size.
197* Add ability to open the trackpoint edit dialog via the viewport right click menu when a trackpoint is selected.
198* Add ability to move selected trackpoint or waypoint by the mouse within the select tool.
199* Add a new select tool at the window level to enable/disbale item selection of the a track or a waypoint.
200* Enable to unselect treeview item
201* Add Select Request layer interface and use within the track/waypoint layer to select an item.
202* Add internal track right click menu variable.
203* Tidy up track/waypoint sublayer callbacks to only use the layers panel if it available.
204* Add viewport to sublayer add menu items callback.
205* Make the highlight colour configurable and use as appropriate for the selected track/waypoint drawing.
206* Add track and waypoint highlight for the selected layer or individual item.
207* 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.
208* Add viewport property to control the display of the track / waypoint item highlight.
209* Add backup support for launching URLs with Mac OS based browsers.
210* Add backup support for launching URLs with Google Chrome based browsers.
211* Add support for Bing maps
212* Add support for dynamic copyright
213* Add map's logo support
214* Add support for reference documentation
215* Generate a trackwaypoint layer update on the finish creatiing of the thumbnails so the images are shown.
216* Enable the tree view panel to be more usefully resized smaller than the text names.
217* Windows: Open help pdf file when when clicked on Help->help
218* [DOC] Split By Number of Points
219* Add Track->Split by Number of Points (as per SF#2847587 request).
220* Add a new dialog to return positive number.
221* SF#2844872: Suggest name for the new track when splitting the track via the trackpoint edit dialog.
222
223Fixes since 1.1
224* Better safety checking to prevent crash due to null variable reference in use of the current trackpoint.
225* Fix: Reduce GObject cast
226* Fix etag handling
227* Fix: generate doc/reference/Makefile when needed
228* Fix Track -> Split by Timestamp such that newly created tracks are ordered correctly.
229* Fix sensitivity of the track properties window split marker to be disabled when the track marker is not drawn.
230* Fix crashing due to incorrect usage of libcurl - SF#3206628.
231* Fix non-void function should return a value.
232* Fix reference documentation generation - some systems need explicit mention of libz.
233* Fix displaying of 'Waypoints' treeview menu.
234* Fix vik_aggregate_layer_get_all_layers_of_type for track/waypoint layer types, since these may also be stored under GPS layers.
235* Improve previous fix: background calling code should control return value
236* Fix: background calling code should control return value
237* Fix: enforce background feature
238* Fix compiler warnings from gcc 4.5.4
239* SF#3178554: Fix Sun Studio build
240* gtk_object_sink has been deprecated since gtk version 2.10, use g_object_ref_sink() instead.
241
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242Viking 1.1 (2011-02-08)
243New features since 1.0
244* [DOC] Add MapQuest Nominating search service in examples
245* Adjust colour of last auto track colour to not clash with default create track colour.
246* Add menu icons for the maps layer menu.
247* Make the selection list in Merge With Other Tracks sorted alphabetically.
248* Add sort list by name function. Will be useful for track and waypoint list ordering.
249* [DOC] Mark ready for 1.1 release. Update help manual version to 0.2.
250* [DOC] Add layer information for Aggregates, Coords and GeoRefs in help.
251* [DOC] Add Maps layer help information.
252* [DOC] Add overall layer information and promote each layer to be a top level section in help.
253* [DOC] Add DEM layer help information.
254* [DOC] Mention waypoint properties in help information.
255* [DOC] Update GPS layer help information.
256* [DOC] Update track operations help information.
257* [DOC] Update waypoint operations help information.
258* [DOC] Update Tools help section
259* [DOC] Update TrackWaypoint layer menu help Information
260* Improve positioning of the menu separator on waypoint menus.
261* Add GeoRef layer tooltip to show the file name in use.
262* Add GPS Layer tooltip to say the protocol (aka device manufacturer) type.
263* TrackWaypoint Layer tooltip featuring summaries for tracks and waypoints.
264* Add maps layer tooltip to show the map name(type).
265* Add DEM layer tooltip to show the number of DEM files in use.
266* Add Track and waypoint sublayer tooltip information.
267* Add treeview use and display of layers tooltip.
268* Add Layer Tooltip callback definition
269* Add sublayer tooltip callback definition.
270* When getting data via the GPS layer automatically set the view to see it, unless the realtime tracking mode is on.
271* 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.
272* On opening GPX files automatically view all the data.
273* 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.
274* Add 'View Waypoints' option to the TrackWaypoint layer menu options, which sets the view (center & zoom) to see all the Waypoints.
275* Add 'View Track' option to the Track sublayer menu options, which sets the view (center & zoom) to see the track.
276* Add 'View Layer' option to the TrackWaypoint Layer menu options, which sets the view (center & zoom) to see the entire layer.
277* Add the ability to 'autozoom' to view an area specified by maximum and minimum lat/longs for a TrackWaypoint layer.
278* Create a new 'Show' submenu entry
279* Improve curl usage as should call cleanup on application exit.
280* Add copyright and license properties for NASA BlueMarble data.
281* Add background thread loading of DEM files.
282* Add Track->Goto Highest and Lowest points features.
283* Add Track->Goto Maximum Speed feature.
284* Rework Track->Goto menu options.
285* Add support for the TMS interface provided by SPOTMaps
286* Add license related properties
287* Add copyright property
288* Improve key binding for Mercator Mode -> ctrl+m
289* Add documentation for generic TMS map source
290* Improve key bindings for ModeLatLon.
291* Add OSM WMS Server
292* Add support for WMS-C
293* Add support for more standard TMS
294* Move-up download methods
295* Add LatLon projection
296* Better safety checking code
297* Add support for Locosys devices via GPSBabel's navilink device protocol.
298* Add support for DeLorme devices via GPSBabel's delbin device protocol.
299* Add the ability to insert a trackpoint into a track via the Edit Trackpoint dialog.
300* Add internal function to insert a trackpoint after the currently selected trackpoint.
301* Add license notice to new file
302* Enable individual track to GPX export via the Track sublayer menu.
303* Set default action on dialogs.
304* Add a perl script to auto generate basic Viking .vik files for directories containing images.
305* 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.
306* Enable control of the visibility of the toolbar [including keyboard shortcut - F3].
307* Make use of the vikwindow toolbar variable.
308* Enable control of the visibility of the statusbar [including keyboard shortcut - F12].
309
310Fixes since 1.0
311* Prevent Gtk-CRITICAL assertion when the application is closed with a Track Property window on display.
312* Prevent Gtk-CRITICAL assertion when the application is closed whilst loading DEMs.
313* Fix trackpoint edit altitude sensitivity to be re-enabled after it has been disabled.
314* Fix incorrect cut/copy of sublayers when accessed via the layers panel buttons.
315* Fix the List Dialog so that it does not become taller than the screen when there are lots of entries.
316* Fix some compiler warnings in viktrwlayer.c when configured to build with --disable-alphabetized-trw
317* Fix Resource leak detected by cppcheck 1.46
318* Fix compiler warning in curl_download.c
319* Fix compiler warning in vikmapslayer.c
320* Fix compiler warning in vikwindow.c - use correct const typing.
321* Fix compiler warnings - correct Widget / Window type.
322* Fix memory leak when generating image file
323* Fix: Improve XML reading error reporting
324* Fix compiler warnings in osm.c
325* Fix compiler warning in vikmapslayer.c
326* Fix Waypoint & Track visibility issues.
327* Fix SF#3104028: Default Color Background is incorrectly saved as black into a new .vik file.
328
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329Viking 1.0 (2010-11-14)
330New features since 0.9.96
331* Add minimal translator-credits in About dialog
332* Add documenters to About dialog
333
334Fixes since 0.9.96
335* Improve copyright holders
336* Prevent crashes when downloading Expedia Maps.
337* Fix extend track using magic scissors.
338* Fix autodownloading while panning
339* Fix Debian #599048: Segmentation fault when using gpsbabel
340* Fix dem_gradient_colors allocation.
341* Fix compiler warnings in preferences.c
342
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343Viking 0.9.96 (2010-10-11)
344New features since 0.9.95
345* Use ETag to detect fresh tiles on servers
346* Add new menu entry in GPS Layer to delete the realtime information.
347* Ensure GPS realtime information deleted when GPS Layer -->Empty All is called.
348* Prevent zoom factor string displaying unnecessary .0s when it's a whole number.
349* Improve Track Properties speed profile display for low speed difference (e.g. walking) tracks.
350* 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.
351* Add keyboard accelerators for as many as possible View Menu entries.
352* Simplify zoom status when xmpp and ympp are equal
353* Use height units in the altitude readout for the cursor position on the status bar.
354* Use height units in display of DEM min / max elevation values, but maintain units as metres when read from/saved to files.
355
356Fixes since 0.9.95
357* Fix many memory leaks
358* DEM layer properties tidy up.
359* Prevent getting stuck in a near infinite loop when using Coord layer, UTM mode and zoomed out to see the whole world.
360* Prevent lock up in attempt to download maps along a track in UTM mode.
361* Launchpad Bug #445374: Prevent crash when downloading maps along a track, with Terraserver maps when in Mercator mode.
362* Add explicit linking against libz and libm
363* Fix SF#3009431: Prevent Crash in Real Time Tracking GPS Mode & Autodownload Maps.
364* Fix display of rounded speed units scale markers in the speed profile.
365* Fix cycle map URL
366* Fix compiler warnings
367* Fix Track Draw by Velocity mode, so that individual track points are coloured (as was the intention).
368* Fix bug where older file was removed when network not present
369* Fix: warning 'draw-mode' message does not display
370* Fix incorrect limitation on source map id
371
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372Viking 0.9.95 (2010-09-07)
373New features since 0.9.94
374* Add some function short cut key definitions to control showing of the center mark and scale viewport features.
375* [DOC] Replace Google with OSM capability in man pages.
376* When manually creating a track, automatically give it a default name.
377* [DOC] Add contributors from the Wiki(s) history.
378* Better dialog name when searching for a waypoint.
379* Change max cache time to 1 week.
380
381Fixes since 0.9.94
382* Prevent "Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated" messages.
383* Invalid number of arguments in call to a_http_download_get_u
384* Prevent crash when cut of a GPS track/waypoint layer is attempted via the layers buttons.
385* Prevent DEM layer colour indexing going negative and can crash on gradient view.
386* Fix DEM layer to show default sea level.
387* Fix track background thickness being able to set back to zero.
388* Fix internal tile locking
389* Fix top layer not drawn after made invisible and then back to being visible.
390* Fix impaired (drawcentermark setting bodged) vik file if saved with the top layer visibility turned off.
391* Fix syntax errors in help manual
392* Fix map drag and drop to show the correct whole map
393* Fix "Go to UTM" dialog title.
394* Fix first opening of a file which has spaces (or other interesting characters) via the recent files menu.
395* Fix unnamed_tracks / unnamed_waypoints misuse.
396
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397Viking 0.9.94 (2010-06-10)
398New features since 0.9.93
399* Add knots as a speed unit option.
400* Detect USB Garmin eTrex HCx Legend devices (and maybe others).
401* Auto use of /dev/ttyUSB type device if available on Unix systems.
402* Add ability to turn off Garmin GPS after transfer.
403* Add a 'home' default location preference.
404* Add ability to changes preferences outside of the preferences.c file.
405* NLS Maps API: Historic map of Great Britain
406* Change GUI related command line parameter for Waypoint symbol size into run time preference.
407* Support All Zoom Levels in Zoom Menu
408* [DOC] Import User Manual from wiki
409* Add menu item for help contents
410
411Fixes since 0.9.93
412* Add Viking's contributors as copyright holders
413* Remove unecessary '\' from the View Menu
414* Better Preferences Dialog Title
415* More Menu Improvements
416* Replace autogen.sh
417* On GPS data acquire, only create a layer if it contains something.
418* Fix POTFILES with new source file
419* Fix OMF category
420* Fix Filter->Simplify All Tracks default.
421* [DOC] Fix Gnome's menu entry category for viking
422* [DOC] Fix erroneous warning
423* Fix compiler warning.
424* Fix #2977752: win-gtk: osm tiles don't show up
425* Fix Track -> View Google Directions URL
426* Fix function's return value
427* Fix compilation warnings
428* Fix #2988574: Can't save files opened via recent file menu
429* Fix #2991657: Terraserver downloads fail
430* Fix geocaching
431
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432Viking 0.9.93 (2010-04-11)
433New features since 0.9.92
434* Allow overriding map source
435* Make GPS layer cut/copy available from popup menu.
436* [DOC] Document new files in viking's manpage
437* Increase possible smaller zoom
438* Add negative scales so that we can have bigger zoom on maps
439* Allow images from bigger and smaller zoom to be selected if current zoom has no image
440
441Fixes since 0.9.92
442* Fix: set a default filename while exporting
443* [DOC] Fix: Viking's sources are hosted by Git now
444* Further variable type corrections.
445* Fix GPS layer copy.
446* Fix Track/Waypoint Layer Paste on 64bit systems.
447* [DOC] Fix FILES section of manpage.
448* Fix: First Track not Black in Draw All Tracks Black Mode.
449
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450Viking 0.9.92 (2010-03-15)
451New features since 0.9.91
452* Memorize previously selected go-to service.
453* Better scale when zoomed close in and in miles distance mode.
454* Add and use preference for height units.
455* Add and use preference for speed units.
456* Add and use preference for distance units.
457* Use a preference to set the tiles age.
458* New preference for default maplayer cache.
459* Improve DEM-Layer.
460* Remove OpenAerial support.
461* Translation updates.
462
463Fixes since 0.9.91
464* Fix: Correctly rotate thumbnail images
465* Fix #2958601: Support for non ascii characters in "Go-to" search
466* Fix error handling in go-to feature
467
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468Viking 0.9.91 (2010-02-06)
469New features since 0.9.9
470* Interpolation for maps: use less precise images when wanted image is not present
471* GObjectify maps
472** Add compatibility facilities
473* GObjectify go-to/search feature
474** Add Name finder search engine
475** Add Nominatim search engine
476** Add Geonames search engine
477** Add generic XML search code
478* Add configuration file for map sources, goto and external tool
479 (See examples in distribution)
480* Add option to download only maps that are more recent on server
481** Try to download newer tiles when autodownload is set and server supports such check
482** Tiles must be older than a specified age before checking server
483* Add support for recently used files
484* Add DEM Gradient
485* Add DOAP file
486
487Fixes since 0.9.9
488* Fix: add GIO dependency and header for GFile
489* Fix #2946287: open a recent file
490* fix some confusing indentation and bracing
491* Fix #2881916: rename a track with c&p
492* Fix #2766373: Use a string as device path
493* Fix "Moving Map Method" cannot be disabled
494* Fix #2880741: replace gps_open with gps_open_r
495* Fix #2921899: uses conditional macro to support two versions of libgps
496* Fix warnings
497* Fix URL formatting issue
498* Fix error messages
499* Fix #2801874: keep second part of a splitted track visible
500* Fix #2838556: emit warning when gpsbabel is not found in PATH
501* Fix bashism in test script.
502* Merge branch 'fix-osm-api-0.6'
503* Fix magic scissors
504* Get rid deprecated GtkTooltips API.
505* Add configure option to track deprecated feature
506* Use motion hints to make map motion more responsive in slow environment.
507* Viking compatible with libgps >= 2.90
508* finish OSM 0.6 API support
509* Optimise bandwidth usage
510* keeping OSM password safe
511
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512Viking 0.9.9 (2009-09-09)
513New features since 0.9.8
514* Filter out irrelevant key-modifiers.
515* Upgrade OSM-traces support to 0.6 API
516* Manage hdop,vdop,pdop,nsat
517* Remove unused (and buggy) feature
518* Document previous merge
519* Improvement of map cache
520* Add a viking parameter for mapcache memory size
521* Add menu option to flush mapcache, and reduce viking memory footprint
522* Use thread-pool to manage download
523* Show path used for map directory in options even when using default one
524* Include full libcurl version in user agent
525
526Fixes since 0.9.8
527* Don't crash when jobs are cancelled via the background jobs dialog.
528* Fix #2163652: GPX file with byte order mark not parsed
529* Fix #2766609: Don't use gpsd_units()
530* Fix #2812856: Change SRTM URL
531* Fix #2818818: unset langage preset while opening external Google
532* Fix copyright in --version output
533* Fix SRTM Server change
534* Fix memory leaks found with cppcheck
535* Fix warning in call to MD5Update() in function md5_hash()
536* Fix previous patch
537* vdop, hdop, pdop, nsats and fix_mode values were not shown
538* Fix #570956: change saved_width to 1
539* Fix build problem
540* Fix bug #2481237: Maps directory file chooser should look for directory
541
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542Viking 0.9.8 (2009-01-31)
543New features since 0.9.7
544* Add GeoNames support (both for search and for POI import from Geonames+Wikipedia)
545* Remove Google's map tiles.
546* Add external tools framework.
547* Add OpenStreetMap and Google web tools.
548* Clicking on "visible" tick no longer makes the layer selected.
549* GPX export: sort track by time.
550* Merging tracks by name.
551* Tittle waypoint properties dialog as "Waypoint Properties".
552* Add larger size waypoint symbols (icons).
553* Waypoint names are now displayed at the top of waypoint symbol.
554* Waypoint symbols: Use Garmin waypoint.
555* New server for OSM cycle map.
556
557Fixes since 0.9.7
558* Fix loading of world map file.
559* Fix 2249398: Fix some memory leaks.
560* Fix bugs that caused magic scissors not working.
561* Fix compatibility problem for windows.
562* Fix implicit declaration of maps_layer_default_dir().
563* Fix missing status return in spawn_command_line_async().
564* Fix curl error buffer usage.
565* GPS realtime tracking: Keep retrying when fail to connect.
566* Windows port: avoid "\\" in URL.
567
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568Viking 0.9.7 (2008-10-12)
569New features since 0.9.6
570* Add new moving map method for realtime tracking.
571* Rename icon: viking_icon.png -> viking.png
572* src/viking.desktop.in: add GenericName and revise Categories
573* Change "Zoom To" short cut to avoid conflict with "Zoom Tool".
574* Update translations
575* Google search adapting changes from Google.
576* add osm cycle layer support
577* add a menu entry to extend an existing track using magic scissors
578* Patch #2009666: OpenAerialMap
579* Add preferences to select how degrees are displayed
580* Color picker button for the Coordlayer properties dialog
581* Cut/Copy/Paste empty selection is not critical
582* Layers panel UI improvements
583* Homogeneous icons management.
584* Add preferences to store OSM login/password
585* Add a password entry widget
586* Ensure that confirmation dialog is over file selector
587
588Fixes since 0.9.6
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589* Fix 2161310: Fix some more compiler warnings
590* Fix 2134452: Properties of some tracks show as NaN
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591* QA: cleanning old stuff
592* Fix segfault in realtime tracking.
593* Fix missing files in po/POTFILES.in
594* viking.spec.in, src/icons/Makefile.am: Fix icon target dir
595* fix parallel build (make -j8) on multi-processor machines.
596* Fix #1947260: correct a corrupted escape
597* Fixed crashes when creating new layers.
598* Fix #1952523: mode_button assertion loading old datafile
599* Fix: update layer after applying properties
600* Fixed google map download problem.
601* Replace specific About dialog by GtkAboutDialog
602* Replace some g_warning by g_debug
603
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604Viking 0.9.6 (2008-07-31)
605Fixes since 0.9.5
606
607* Fix Google maps' URL
608* Fix gcget command line to accomodate negative coords
609* Fix unecessary viking.desktop
610
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611Viking 0.9.5 (2008-07-21)
612New features since 0.9.4
613
614* Add panning tool as default.
615* Replace GtkFileSelection by GtkFileChooser.
616* No longer converts waypoint names to uppercase. Waypoint names are now case insensitive.
617* Windows port updated.
618* Track properties: Keep markers of the graphs in sync with each other.
619* Track properties: split track at marker.
620* New translations: el, it, ja, lt, nb, nl, pl, zh_CN, zh_TW
621* Added viking.desktop
622* Added --debug and --verbose command line options.
623* Updated man pages.
624
625Fixes since 0.9.4
626
627* Fix #1839948: Maximize/Restore changes current cursor.
628* Bug #1915121: add an utility to reproduce (test/gpx2gpx).
629* Fix #1915121: use GLib functions to handle ISO8601 dates.
630* Fix pipe leaks.
631* Remove dependency to wget.
632* Fix google version number.
633* Track graph marker now works again.
634* Fix #1947456: Compiler warning fixes
635
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637Viking 0.9.4 (2008-02-25)
638New features since 0.9.3
639
640* Make elev graph show better graph for low altitude tracks.
641* Printing support
642* Draw circle for downloading geocaches.
643* Improve track graphs. Some tracks looked too flat.
644* Internationalization (I18N)
645* Localization (L10N): Czech, Danish, German, Spanish, French, Brazilian Portuguese, Swedish
646* Use a list of possible browsers.
647* New map source: BlueMarble tiles (http://mike.teczno.com/notes/blue-marble-tiles.html)
648* New map source: Google Terrain
649* Use the "next unused" (not really) waypoint number as default.
650* Sort waypoints in GPX output.
651* Preferences support in ~/.viking/viking.prefs
652* Update source for OSM/Osmarender tiles
653* Full screen mode.
654* Tuned the v-t diagram drawing
655
656Fixes since 0.9.3
657
658* Many fixes around compilation warnings
659* Fix a bug that caused crashes when displaying elev graph for some track.
660* Fix bug that caused Old Google maps not being disabled by default.
661* Fix a bug that can potentially cause segfault.
662* Fix compilation under HURD (missing MAXPATHLEN macro)
663* Fix: ensure config.h is included conditionnaly
664* Fix a crash bug in mapcache
665* Fix a crash bug in merge-by-time
666
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667Viking 0.9.3 (2007-10-21)
668New features since 0.9.2
669
670* Half-drawn redraw for faster refreshing display of viewport (Maps, tracks, waypoints...)
671* Allow multiple selections when adding DEM files.
672* (Semi) auto downloading and importing for SRTM 90m DEM file (worldwide).
673* Indicating areas which have DEM file download but not imported.
674* "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.
675* Interpolating DEM data.
676* Add realtime tracking to GPS layer with track recording.
677* Trackpoints acquired in realtime mode store extra information of speed, course, fix mode and number of satellites.
678* Track properties dialog no longer blocks user interaction on main window. Using multiple track dialogs (simultaneously for different tracks) is now allowed.
679* Make use of DEM elevation data and GPS speed data for track graphs (Properties Dialog).
680* Track Properties: now displays track distance/time instead of "Selected Time".
681* Marker for selected position on track graphs.
682* Various enhancement to improve usability of track dialog.
683* Mouse cursor is now changed accordingly to tool currently in used.
684* Magic Scissors (Automatically drawing track between points) can now be undone using right click, and extended via Ctrl-click.
685* Shortcuts for panning: Ctrl-arrow key, and Shift-scroll and Ctrl-scroll.
686* Extend track.
687* Ctrl-shift-scroll to zoom like google, scroll to zoom w/o changing center.
688* Preview adding a trackpoint by drawing a line when moving mouse.
689* Esc key used to stop track edition.
690* Backspace key used to remove last added point.
691* Use $BROWSER environment variable (for viewing geocache pages).
692* Automatically fetching google version numbers.
693* Upgrading to API 0.5 of OSM.
694
695Fixes since 0.9.2
696
697* Fix: Make viking's default start location somewhere more likely has maps.
698* Fix: bug that causes crashes when using "Maps Download" tool.
699* Fix: Adding command line option framework (--help & --version).
700* Fix #1789550: mkdtemp usage is conditioned.
701* Fix #1789550: define MAX macro if not defined on ALL systems.
702* Fix: optional geocaching -- include config.h to compile.
703* Fix: DEM Layer copy/paste.
704* Fix: crashes on using wrong tools.
705* Fix: bugs that caused odd display of date/time on track properties dialog.
706* Fix: Correctly calculate position when click on speed-time graph.
707* Fix: Relax dependencies about glib.
708* Fix: Upgrading to API 0.5 of OSM.
709* Fix: plotting of DEM data on elevation graph.
710
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711Viking 0.9.2 (2007-09-04)
712New features since 0.9.1
713
714* Use $EMAIL to initialise email field for OSM upload.
715* Preset filename when exporting a TrwLayer.
716
717Fixes since 0.9.1
718
719* Fix: crash when "applying" a map layer property dialog.
720* Fix: Do not warn about drawmode inconsistency while reading file.
721* Fix: Hide Expedia view mode when expedia is not built in.
722
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723Viking 0.9.1 (2007-09-02)
724New features since 0.9
725
726* Upload data (TrackWaypoint layer or single track) to OpenStreetMap.
727* Group "Export Layer..." entries in a sub-menu.
728* Added --enable-old-google to configure script. Old google modes are now disabled by default.
729* Default mode for new maps is Google Maps.
730* DEM module can now read hgt.zip files directly (no need to unzip them).
731* DEM module can now process 1 arc sec hgt(.zip) files (mainly for USA regions).
732* Display on status bar altitude at cursor using data from DEM layer(s).
733
734Fixes since 0.9
735
736* Add redirect support.
737* Some improves to introduce the drawmode notion.
738* Better checking to detect downloaded text instead of images.
739* New google version number.
740* libcurl is a requirement.
741* Fix bugs that cause crashes on layers copy/paste/delete.
742* Fix bug in Google search that caused viking jump to wrong location when Google can not find the match.
743* Clean up and eliminate compiler warning.
744* Fix bug in creating temporary HOME when HOME is not set.
745* Disable GeoCache Acquire since it no longer works. Can be enabled again using configure --enable-geocaches.
746* Disable expedia map layer by default since it no longer works. Can be enabled again using configure --enable-expedia.
747
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748Viking 0.9 (2007-07-13)
749New Features since 0.1.3
750
751 * DEM data -- DEMLayer & applying data to tracks & waypoints
752 * Make "Save Image" and "Save Image Directory" dialogs reusable
753 * Add viking icon
754 * Download maps along track
755 * Add User-Agent to http request header
756 * Add cookies support (for google requests)
757 * Add center mark which can be turn on/off in View menu
758 * Make the scale more visible on dark maps
759 * Add magic scissors feature
760 * Add Google Maps search feature
761 * Many new waypoint symbols
762 * Add man pages
763 * Improve performance for map autodownload
764 * Google Directions now remembers previous query (from/to entries)
765 * New menu items to remove all tracks and waypoints in GPS folders
766 * Add "Save and Exit" to File menu
767 * Save function for GPS layer
768 * Map tool: Left click can now refresh display of map tiles
769
770Fixes since 0.1.3
771
772 * View Mode displayed wrong setting on startup
773 * crashes on gps download/upload
774 * SEGFAULT on x86_64
775 * segfault on trackpoint properties dialog
776 * intermittent problem of map redraw
777 * Stop autodownload from running forever on map downloading errors
778 * Check for non-displayable data after downloading map
779
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780Viking 0.1.3 (2007-05-17)
781- New "Refresh onscreen tiles" entry menu
782- Default .spec file for building RPM packages
783- Default debian/ subtree for building Debian packages
784- Usage of the libcurl library
785- Three new map sources from OpenStreetMap
786- Better usage of libusb
787- Google source map improved
788- GUI improves
789
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790Viking 0.1.2 (2007-02-13)
791- direct access to GPS device: GPS layer
e39a77aa 792- position inputs accept DDD/DMM/DMS formats (ex: 3.5, 3\B030.0, 3\B030'0.00)
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793- time position in Track Poperties
794- tool (menu entries and buttons) are enabled/disabled following context
795- standard 'Edit' menu (with 'Copy', 'Cut', 'Paste' and 'Delete' actions)
796- 'Edit' popup menus for waypoint and track
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797- new configure options:
798 * --disable-google
799 * --disable-terraserver
800 * --disable-expedia
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801- visual feedback when moving waypoints
802- map sections are displayed while downloading
803- cosmetics changes (window title, viking's URL in files, 'About' dialog...)
804- some improves in source code
805- lot of fixes
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807Viking 0.1.1 (2006-06-11)
808- more map sources such as google
809- drag and drop of layers and way/trackpoints
810- copy/paste between vikings
811- "smart" copy which can parse a lat/lon from web pages like geocaching, emails, etc.
812- graphs of altitude/velocity
813- newer gtk with toolbar icons
814- experimental "acquire" features: from GPS, from Google directions, from Geocaching
815- gpx support
816
817Viking 0.1.0 (2005-02-27)
818- new map layer which supports Google, Expedia, and Topozone maps in addition to the three types of Terraserver maps,
819- lots of other fixes,
820- visualization options,
821- miscellaneous goodies.