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    <title>&app; Manual</title>
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      <para>&app; is a free/open source program to manage GPS data.</para>
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      <year>2009</year>
      <holder>Guilhem Bonnefille</holder>
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<section id="introduction">
  <title>Introduction</title>
<para>
&appname; aims to be easy to use, yet powerful in accomplishing a wide
variety of tasks. Some of the things you can use &appname; for are:
</para>
<itemizedlist mark="opencircle"><listitem>
<para>
Uploading and downloading waypoints, tracks to/from GPS.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Preparing tracks and waypoints for trips using maps from services
such as OpenStreetMap (OSM) and/or Terrasever. The data is only needed to be uploaded to
your GPS before you leave. The maps together with your tracks and
waypoints can also be printed and used during the trip.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
After trips, tracks and waypoints from GPS can be downloaded, stored, managed and reused in your (or your friends') later trips.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Analyzing Off Highway Vehicle (OHV) and hiking trips, understanding where you went and how far you were from something.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Making waypoints and tracks to follow to easily get someplace
you've never been before or don't have GPS data for but online
maps exist for it.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Making maps with coordinate lines.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Grouping data from multiple trips using a hierarchical data manager.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Analyzing speed at different places (to some degree), adding waypoints where you forgot to mark one but did slow down or stop.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Downloading and storing OSM and/or Terraserver maps on your hard drive and looking at them later.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Editing tracks and trackpoints, joining and splitting up tracks 
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Show the live GPS position on the map (for use on a mobile device - e.g. a laptop)
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<note>
<para>
&appname; is under continual improvement: see the potential areas in the <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/viking/index.php?title=Main_Page#TODO_.2F_Ideas"><citetitle>Roadmap / Wishlist</citetitle></ulink>:
</para>
</note>
</section>

<section><title>General Concepts</title>
<section><title>Layers</title>
<para>
'Layers' is concept one may know from powerful graphics editors such as Photoshop or GIMP.
Instead of putting all the data on the same level, it is stacked (i.e. layered) with different data over one another.
This can make useful for analysis and general handling of various sets of data.
</para>
<para>
Unfortunately the downside of this complexity is remembering how differing layers of data can obscure other data.
</para>
<para>
The Map layers have <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_compositing"><citetitle>Alpha Compositing</citetitle></ulink>,
to create the appearance of partial transparency.
By controlling this value one can see data below it in the layer heirarchy for interesting effects.
</para>
</section>
<section><title>Layers Panel</title>
<para>
The panel on the left is called the <emphasis role="bold">layers panel</emphasis>.
It determines which layers and sublayers (such as tracks and waypoints)
are shown, and the order in which they are drawn. Layers list on the
top of the layers panel are drawn last. You can change the order by
drag and drop, or by selecting a layer and using the up and down
buttons at the bottom of the layers panel.
</para>
</section>
<section><title>Viewport</title>
<para>
The main &appname; area where the layer data is drawn, is called the <emphasis role="bold">viewport</emphasis>.
</para>
</section>
<section><title>Statusbar</title>
<para>This provides a readout of various information:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>The currently selected (mouse pointer) tool</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>The number of items to process in the background - normally this the number in the map tile download queue</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>The zoom factor</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>The location of the mouse pointer (and potentially height information if DEM data is available)</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>

<section><title>Projections</title>
<para>
&appname; supports differents projections:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>UTM</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>LatLon (also called EPSG:4326)</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Mercator (also called Spherical Mercator)</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</section>
</section>

<section><title>Layers</title>

<section><title>TrackWaypoint Layer</title>
<para>
TrackWaypoint layers display GPS data (tracks and waypoints).
</para>
<para>One way to create new waypoints is to copy a
latitude/longitude coordinate pair, such as the one shown on most
geocaches, and paste it into an active TrackWaypoint layer. &appname; can
automatically recognize several variations of the lat/lon format.
</para>
<para>
By right-clicking tracks and waypoints in the layers panel, you can do
many things with tracks and waypoints. You can easily find a specific
track or waypoint by expanding the Tracks or Waypoints sublayers in the
layers panel to show all tracks or waypoints, and typing the name of
the track/waypoint.
</para>

<section><title>Layer Operations</title>
<para>
The layer has a context menu with several operations.
</para>

<section><title>View Layer</title>
<para>
Version1.1+: This will automatically move the viewport and select the best zoom level to see the whole layer (i.e. tracks and waypoints).
</para>
</section>

<section><title>View All Tracks</title>
<para>
Version1.1+: This will automatically move the viewport and select the best zoom level to see the all the tracks in the layer (ignoring positions of any waypoints).
</para>
</section>

<section><title>View All Waypoints</title>
<para>
Version1.1+: This will automatically move the viewport and select the best zoom level to see the all the waypoints in the layer (ignoring positions of any tracks).
</para>
</section>

<section><title>Goto Center of Layer</title>
<para>
This will automatically move the viewport to see the whole layer (i.e. tracks and waypoints). It does not adjust the zoom level.
</para>
</section>

<section><title>Goto Waypoint</title>
<para>
This opens a dialog box to enter a name of waypoint to search for. If it is found the viewport is centred on it.
</para>
<note>
<para>
Note this search is not very clever and only finds exact matches.
You are probably better off expanding the waypoint list and directly start typing, as mentioned above, which finds a match based on each letter typed.
</para>
</note>
</section>

<section><title>Export Layer</title>
<para>
The layer (all tracks and waypoints) can be exported to a file GPX, GPSPoint or GPSMapper format.
</para>
<para>
Version1.1+: An individual track can be exported to a GPX file via the track menu.
</para>
</section>

<section id="new_wp"><title>New Waypoint</title>
<para>
This opens a dialog box to create a new waypoint. A default name will be suggested and the default position is the center of the viewport.
</para>
</section>

<section><title>Add Wikipedia Waypoints</title>
<para>
This gets 'interesting' points from Wikipedia for the specified view: either within the extent of layer bounds or within the current viewport boundary.
</para>
</section>

<section id="osm_upload"><title>Upload To OSM</title>
<para>
This opens a dialog to upload all tracks and waypoints to OSM traces.
Useful if you are an OSM contributor (you will need an OSM account), these details can be stored in &appname; preferences.
</para>
<para>
 &appname; allows you to edit a track, e.g. remove duplicate points, perhaps remove track points leading to your home and then upload it to OSM.
</para>
<note>
<para>
 <emphasis role="bold">Warning!</emphasis>
The password is transferred <emphasis role="bold">unencrypted</emphasis> in every request sent to the OSM server. This is due to OSM's basic authentication method.
</para>
</note>
</section>

<section><title>Filter</title>
<section><title>Simplify All Tracks</title>
<para>
This opens dialog to request the number of points each track will be simplified using <application>GPSBabel</application>. The result is put into a new layer. The simplification method removes points considered to be in a 'near straight line', thus reducing the number of points and attempting to keep the most important turning points.
</para>
</section>
<section><title>Remove Duplicate Waypoints</title>
<para>
Remove Duplicate Waypoints - fairly self explainatory, with the results created in a new layer.
</para>
<note>
<para>
However it only considers a precise position (waypoints only 1 metre away from each other are considered different) and also doesn't consider if the waypoints have different comments, symbols or images.
</para>
</note>
</section>
</section>

<section id="filter_with_track"><title>Filter With <emphasis>Trackname</emphasis></title>
<para>
This runs <application>GPSBabel</application> on the layer using information from a previously selected track (select via the track menu "Use With Filter" option) with the following command types:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Waypoints Inside This</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Waypoints Outside This</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
The result is generated in a new Track/Waypoint layer.
</para>
</section>

</section><!-- End TRW Layer Options -->

<section><title>Track Properties</title>
<para>
Show many useful statistics about a track, including a
elevation-distance graph and a speed-time graph (if data is available).
You can click these graphs to jump to the point in the track. You can
also reverse a track, delete duplicates, and split a track from its
component segments (discontinuous breaks in a track) into separate
tracks.
</para>
<para>
The following colors are used in the elevation-distance graph:
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>'Main' colour - this is dependent on your Desktop theme - often blue by default</term>
<listitem><para>elevation data in graph</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Yellow</term>
<listitem>
<para>no elevation data</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Green</term>
<listitem>
<para>elevation data from DEM</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Red</term>
<listitem>
<para>speed</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</section>

<section><title>Track Operations</title>

<section><title>Goto</title>
<para>
This centers the viewport on the selected position on the track:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Startpoint</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>"Center" - the notional center from the bounds of the track</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Endpoint</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Version1.1+: Highest Altitude</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Version1.1+: Lowest Altitude</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Version1.1+: Maximum Speed</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>

<section><title>View</title>
<para>
Version1.1+: This centers the viewport on the track and selects the best zoom level to see it.
</para>
</section>

<section><title>Merge By Time</title>
<para>
This operation repeatedly tries to merge the right-clicked track
with tracks in the same TrackWaypoint layer. The tracks which are
merged are those which have at least one trackpoint less than some
threshold time away. This way, if you somehow end up with lots of small
segments (say, caused by turning the GPS on and off) you can merge them
easily into one track.
</para>
</section>

<section><title>Merge With Other Tracks</title>
<para>
This opens a dialog listing the other tracks in the same TrackWaypoint layer, from which one can select the other tracks to merge with.
</para>
</section>

<section><title>Split By Time</title>
<para>
This operation will split a single track into segments wherever the
time interval between successive trackpoints is larger than some
threshold. This is useful when processing raw NMEA GPS data, especially
taken over a long time.
</para>
</section>

<section><title>Apply DEM data</title>
<para>
If any DEM data is loaded, this will apply the DEM data to give the track elevation data.
</para>
</section>

<section><title>Export Track as GPX</title>
<para>
Version1.1+: This allows exporting the track as a GPX file by opening a file save dialog.
</para>
</section>

<section><title>Extend Track End</title>
<para>
Changes the current tool to add trackpoints to the end of the track.
</para>
</section>

<section><title>Extend Using Magic Scissors</title>
<para>
Enables the Magic Scissors tool. Thus on a subsequent left click in the viewport, a route is calculated from the end of track to that point using Google's route service and applied to the track.
</para>
</section>

<section><title>Upload to OSM</title>
<para>
Same as the layer <link linkend="osm_upload">Upload to OSM</link>, but only applies to the track.
</para>
</section>

<section><title>Use With Filter</title>
<para>
This selects the track to be used in the <link linkend="filter_with_track">Filter With <emphasis>Trackname</emphasis></link> feature.
</para>
</section>

<section><title>View Google Directions</title>
<para>
This option is only available on a track created using the Magic Scissors tool.
</para>
<para>
Launch a web browser to see the Google directions page which yielded the route.
</para>
<note>
<para>
The record of the Google route is stored in the track's comment, so if the comment is changed (or the route was created by something other than the Magic Scissors tool) this will not work correctly.
</para>
</note>
</section>

</section><!-- End Track Options -->

<section><title>Waypoint Operations</title>

<section><title>Goto</title>
<para>
This centers the viewport on the selected waypoint.
</para>
</section>

<section><title>Visit Geocache Webpage</title>
<para>
If the waypoint's name is in Geocache form (GCXXXXX) you can launch a web browser to go to the Geocache page.
</para>
</section>

<section><title>New Waypoint</title>
<para>
Same as the layer <link linkend="new_wp">New Waypoint</link>.
</para>
</section>

</section><!-- WP END -->

</section><!-- TRW Layer END -->

<section><title>GPS Layer</title>
<para>
The GPS layer is responsible for uploading and downloading GPS data
from a GPS device. It also is responsible for realtime GPS tracking.
Expand the GP SLayer in the layers panel to see the two TRWLayers it
uses for uploading and downloading. To upload, download, or use
realtime tracking, right-click the GPS layer and click the appropiate
menu item.
</para>

<section><title>Download</title>
<para>
To download data from the GPS, right-click the GPS layer and click <guimenuitem>Download from GPS</guimenuitem>.
</para>

</section>
<section><title>Upload</title>
<para>
To upload data to the GPS, first populate the GPS Upload child
layer of the GPS layer (either by creating waypoints/tracks in it, or
copying and pasting or dragging waypoints/tracks from another layer).
Then right-click the GPS layer and click <guimenuitem>Upload to GPS</guimenuitem>.
</para>

</section>
<section><title>Realtime Tracking</title>
<para>
You must set up gpsd correctly or use a GPSD server and put the
correct information in the GPS layer properties dialog. Then right-click
the layer and select <guimenuitem>Start Realtime Tracking</guimenuitem>.
</para>

</section>

</section>
<section><title>(Digital Elevation Model) DEM Layer (todo)</title>
<para>
The current NASA SRTM server is: http://dds.cr.usgs.gov/srtm/version2_1/
</para>

</section>

</section>

<section><title>Tools</title>
<para>
You can use the scroll wheel and the right-click to zoom and pan no matter what tool you are using.
</para>
<para>
Scroll: zoom in and out without changing the center (also Ctrl+, Ctrl- [*not* KeyPad +/-])
</para>
<para>
Ctrl-scroll: pan north-south (also Ctrl-up, Ctrl-down)
</para>
<para>
Shift-scroll: pan east-west (also Ctrl-left, Ctrl-right)
</para>
<para>
Ctrl-shift-scroll: zoom in and out, keeping mouse over same location (like Google maps)
</para>
<para>
Left or Middle-click: make the clicked point on the map the center
</para>
<para>
Middle-click and drag: pan
</para>

<section><title>Zoom</title>
<para>
Zooms in and out on the clicked part of the map.
</para>
</section>

<section><title>Ruler</title>
<para>
The ruler is used to measure the bearing and distance between two points: Click on first point and then move the mouse point around - the values will be continually updated.
A second click will 'freeze' the ruler at that point.
</para>
</section>

<section><title>TrackWaypoint Layer Tools</title>
<para>
You must have a TrackWaypoint Layer selected to use these tools.
</para>
<section><title>Create Waypoint</title>
<para>
Left click will open the new waypoint dialog using the specified position.
</para>
</section>

<section><title>Create/Begin Track</title>
<para>
Left click to create a new trackpoint. If it's the initial trackpoint you will be asked to enter a name for the track.
If <keycap>Ctrl</keycap> is held at the same time, it will jump the new trackpoint position to a nearby existing trackpoint.
Right click or <keycap>Backspace</keycap> : undo one point.
</para>
<para>
Double click or <keycap>Escape</keycap> : finish track creation.
</para>
</section>

<section><title>Edit Waypoint</title>
<para>
Left Click/drag: select/move a waypoint.
If <keycap>Ctrl</keycap> is held at the same time, it will jump the waypoint position to a nearby existing trackpoint.
If <keycap>Shift</keycap> is held at the same time, it will jump the waypoint position to a nearby existing waypoint.
</para>
<para>Right-click on waypoint: opens a menu with waypoint actions (the
same menu accessed by right-clicking the waypoint in the layers panel)
</para>
</section>

<section><title>Edit Trackpoint</title>
<para>
Left click near a trackpoint (in screen pixel terms) to bring up the Track Point Edit dialog on that trackpoint.
Whilst the edit dialog is already open, left click again and drag enables moving of the trackpoint.
If <keycap>Ctrl</keycap> is held at the same time, it will jump the new trackpoint position to a nearby existing trackpoint.
</para>
<para>
Options in the Track Point Edit dialog include: change position, go to next, go to previous, delete, insert (halfway to next trackpoint) and splitting the track.
</para>
</section>

<section><title>Show Picture</title>
<para>
Opens an image viewer with the picture associated with the waypoint.
On Linux this uses <application>eog</application>.
On Windows this uses the default system image viewer.
</para>
</section>

<section><title>Magic Scissors</title>
<para>Creates a track using Google maps routing between two points.
Requires an internet connection. Click one point, then click another to
create a track.
</para>
<para>
Right-click: undo last routing (only track removed - not any waypoints)
</para>
<para>
<keycap>Ctrl</keycap>: continue previous track
</para>
</section>

</section>

<section><title>Georef Map Layer Tools</title>
<para>
You must have a Georef Map Layer selected to use these tools.
</para>
<section><title>Georef zoom</title>
<para>Changes the zoom level of the georeferenced map and changes the
&appname; zoom level accordingly. Useful if you are trying to match GPS
data to a georeferenced map.
</para>
</section>

<section><title>Georef move</title>
<para>
Drag to move the georeferenced map.
</para>
</section>
</section>

<section><title>Map Download</title>
<para>
You must have a Map Layer selected to use this.
</para>
<para>
Click to download a single tile. Drag to download tiles in the dragged rectangle area.
</para>
<para>
Right-click to redownload bad/all tiles. Right-click and drag to redownload bad/all tiles in the dragged rectangle area.
</para>
</section>

<section><title>DEM Download</title>
<para>
You must have a DEM Layer selected to use this.
</para>
<para>
Click to download and import a DEM file.
</para>
</section>

<section><title>Webtools</title>
<para>
Many services are available only via a web browser (Google Maps, OpenStreetMap Potlach editor, etc.).
</para>
<para>
Jumping from &app; to such service can become annoying.
</para>
<para>
&appname; allows you to open such service directly at the position currently viewed in &app;.
</para>
<para>
This feature is called <guilabel>Webtools</guilabel>. It is also known as External Tools.
</para>
</section>

</section>

<!-- Preferences -->
<section><title>Preferences</title>
<section><title>Localisation</title>
<para>You can select units displayed by &appname; to best fit your usage.</para>
<figure>
<title>Properties dialog: units part</title>
<screenshot>
  <graphic format="PNG" fileref="figures/properties_units.png"/>
</screenshot>
</figure>
<para>Concerning degrees, you can select the way to display them:
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>DDD</term><listitem><para>decimal degree</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>DDD</term><listitem><para>partial sexagesimal display: degrees, minutes and décimal part of minutes</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>DMS</term><listitem><para>sexagesimal display: degrees, minutes and seconds</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
<figure>
<title>Properties dialog: degree display options</title>
<screenshot>
  <graphic format="PNG" fileref="figures/properties_degree.png"/>
</screenshot>
</figure>
</section>
<section><title>Tile's age</title>
<para>This age is used to decided wether or not a new request to tile server must be done.
</para>
<para>Changing this value, you will increase or decrese the network load.</para>
</section>
<section><title>Default maplayer directory</title>
<para>This property sets the default directory of the tiles cache.
This value is used when you create a new map layer.
</para>
<para>You are still able to change this value in each map layer properties.</para>
</section>
</section>
<section><title>Mini-Howto's</title>
<section><title>Getting Started</title>
<para>
To quickly get started using &appname;, follow these instructions.
</para>
<section><title>Go to an area of interest</title>
<para>
&appname;'s default location is a Manhatten, New York, USA, so you may need to pick another place that interests you.
</para>
<procedure>
<title>Method A</title>
<step>
<para>
Use View - Go to to move to a coordinate of interest. 
</para>
</step>
</procedure>
<procedure>
<title>Method B</title>
<step>
<para>Use the GPS Layer or <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Acquire</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>From GPS</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
to load data directly from your GPS into &appname;.
Currently Garmin, Magellan, DeLorme and Navilink protocols are supported.
</para>
<note>
<para>You must have write permission to the port used. For Unix like OS:</para>
<para>/dev/ttyS0 is the first serial port</para>
<para>/dev/ttyUSB0 is the first USB port</para>
</note>
<note><para>For DeLorme device support you will need GPSBabel v1.4.0+ installed</para></note>
</step>
</procedure>
<procedure>
<title>Method C</title>
<step>
<para>Get data from files in GPX format. For other formats (kml,
ozi...), use a converter such as GPSBabel to convert the files to GPX
format first.
</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>
Open up &appname; and use File - Open or File - Append
file to open the file.
</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>
Expand Tracks or Waypoints. Right-click on the
track or waypoint of interest and select <guimenuitem>Goto "Center"</guimenuitem>.
</para>
</step>
</procedure>
<procedure>
<title>Method D</title>
<step>
<para>
Use File - Append File to add your track and waypoint data to
&appname;. This has been tested with Geocaching.com's *.loc format,
(others(?)).
</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>
Expand Tracks or Waypoints. Right-click on the tack or
point of interest and select <guimenuitem>Goto "Center"</guimenuitem>.
</para>
</step>
</procedure>
</section>
<section><title>Add a map layer</title>
<para>
1. Use Layers - New Map Layer, and choose a suitable cache directory
where you would like to store your tracks and click <guilabel>OK</guilabel>. Zoom to a
comfortable level (I suggest 4 mpp) by clicking the left and right
mouse buttons on the gray area where your tracks are. Now from the menu
choose Tools - Map Download, Click where you would like to download a
map. Regardless of what tool you are using, the middle mouse button
always pans. </para>
<note>
<para>
You need an open internet connection when you are downloading maps.
</para>
</note>
<para>
1. You will notice the maps are being drawn on top of the tracks, which
is probably not what you want. Look at the Layers Panel to the left.
Notice how the layer named Map is ABOVE your TrackWaypoint layer that
your GPS data is in. This means that it will be drawn last, or on top
of the other layers. Select the Map layer from the list and click the
down arrow button beneath the list. Your tracks will now be drawn over
the map. </para>

</section>

</section>
<section><title>From 1st startup to GPS track (including offline maps)</title>
<para>
The first you'll see is an empty map, because &appname; in its default configuration will download maps only on demand.
Before fetching unneeded data, one can position to a location of interest, e.g. Stuttgart: <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Go to Location</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, enter 'Stuttgart'.
</para>

<section><title>Fetching the maps</title>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Map</emphasis>
</para>
<procedure>
<step><para><menuchoice><guimenu>Layers</guimenu><guimenuitem>New Map Layer</guimenuitem></menuchoice></para></step>
<step><para>in the layer properties dialogue choose e.g. <guilabel>OpenStreetMap (Mapnik)</guilabel>.</para></step>
<step>
<para>For the moment, we keep the default <guilabel>Maps Directory</guilabel> (the directory in
which the maps will be stored and can be used for offline usage).</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>Check <guilabel>Autodownload maps</guilabel> and keep the zoom level as <guilabel>Use Viking
Zoom Level</guilabel>.</para>
<note>
<para>
however, that these settings will play an important
role in the pre-fetch for offline usage discussed later
</para>
</note>
</step>
</procedure>
<para>You'll see a map of Stuttgart. Using the mouse wheel, you can
zoom in and out. The maps for the choosen resoltion will be downloaded
automatically.
</para>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">DEM Layer (Height Map)</emphasis>
</para>
<procedure>
<step><para>Zoom out to 512.</para></step>
<step><para><menuchoice><guimenu>Layers</guimenu><guimenuitem>New DEM Layer</guimenuitem></menuchoice></para></step>
<step><para>Keep the download source as is (SRTM Global 90m), hit <guilabel>OK</guilabel>.</para></step>
</procedure>

<para>In the layer listing on the left, the DEM layer should reside
above the map layer. If this is not the case, highlight the DEM layer
an shift it one up (using the arrow up button).
</para>
<procedure>
<step><para>highlight the DEM layer in the layer listing on the left</para></step>
<step><para>in the toolbar, check DEM layer download/import (the last symbol)</para></step>
<step><para>a left-click in the map window should then fetch the DEM data</para></step>
</procedure>
<para>
This might take some time.
</para>
<para>
Sometimes, a tile does not show up correctly (you might see only a
black frame in the map window) because it got corrupted during
transfer. In order to correct this, you can delete the corresponding
datafile in the cache. <programlisting> right-click the DEM layer properties</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
The <guilabel>DEM Files</guilabel> listing allows you to delete the specific tiles (alternatively do this from the command line).
</para>
<para>
You can also alter the Min. and Max. elevation in this dialogue.
</para>

</section>
<section><title>GPS Track with Height Profile</title>
<procedure>
<step><para>uncheck the DEM layer (the map show up again)</para></step>
<step><para><menuchoice><guimenu>Layers</guimenu><guimenuitem>New TrackWaypoint Layer</guimenuitem></menuchoice></para></step>
</procedure>
<para>
Ensure the new track layer is above the map layer.
</para>
<procedure>
<step><para>expand trackwaypointlayer, select <guimenuitem>Tracks</guimenuitem></para></step>
<step>
<para>
in the tools menu choose <guimenuitem>Begin Track</guimenuitem> which looks like this:
<figure>
<title>Begin Track Icon</title>
<screenshot>
  <graphic format="PNG" fileref="figures/begintr_18.png"/>
</screenshot>
</figure>
</para></step>
<step><para>leftclick in the map window, enter a name</para></step>
<step><para>click several times to generate a track (a right-click removes the last point)</para></step>
<step><para>expand tracks in the layer menu, your track should show up, select it</para></step>
<step><para>right click your track, select <guimenuitem>Apply DEM data</guimenuitem></para></step>
<step><para>right click your track again, select <guimenuitem>Properies</guimenuitem></para></step>
<step><para>click the tab <guilabel>Elevation-distance</guilabel> - enjoy the plot</para></step>
</procedure>
<para>
In order to save this setting for later usage
</para>
<procedure>
<step><para>click <guilabel>OK</guilabel> in the <guilabel>Track Properties</guilabel> dialog</para></step>
<step><para><menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Save As</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, choose a name (you can open this <emphasis>view</emphasis> later via <menuchoice><guimenu>file</guimenu><guimenuitem>Open</guimenuitem></menuchoice>).</para></step>
</procedure>

</section>
<section><title>Usecase: offline data for holiday</title>
<para>
Suppose you want to have the map and DEM data offline for your holiday in Italy near Bologna.
</para>
<procedure>
<step><para>Start a new &appname; session.</para></step>
<step><para><menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Go to Location</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, enter Bologna</para></step>
<step><para><menuchoice><guimenu>Layers</guimenu><guimenuitem>New Map Layer</guimenuitem></menuchoice></para></step>
<step><para>Choose e.g. <guilabel>OpenStreetMap (mapnik)</guilabel>.</para></step>
<step><para>adapt the <guilabel>maps directory</guilabel> e.g. to <filename>/home/user/.viking-map-holiday/</filename>.
This allows you to delete the map stuff after holiday without purging the rest of your maps.
</para></step>
<step><para>check <guilabel>autodownload map</guilabel></para></step>
<step><para>keep <guilabel>viking zoom level</guilabel></para></step>
<step><para>zoom out to 1024</para></step>
<step><para>add a DEM layer (as discussed above)</para></step>
<step><para>download the DEM data</para></step>
</procedure>
<para>In the &app; version discussed here, the DEM data automatically
are stored in <filename>/home/user/.viking-maps/</filename>. You can move the corresponding
tiles into <filename>.viking-map-holiday/</filename> if you like.
</para>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Download map data for all zoom levels</emphasis>
</para>
<procedure>
<step><para>uncheck the DEM layer for the map to show up</para></step>
<step><para>navigate the map to be centered at Bologna</para></step>
<step><para>choose the zoom such, that all regions of interest are displayed in the map window (e.g. 1024)</para></step>
<step>
<para>follow this sequence until you have all tiles for all zoom levels you need</para>
<substeps>
<step><para>right-click the map layer properties</para></step>
<step><para>set the zoomlevel explicitely one below the last (in the first cycle 512), hit OK</para></step>
<step><para>right click the map layer  <guimenuitem>Download Missing Onscreen Maps</guimenuitem></para></step>
<step><para>wait until all tiles for that resolution have been downloaded</para></step>
</substeps>
</step>
</procedure>
<para>This may take some time and hd capacity. Lixus wrote a set of
scripts which allow to download the map tiles for several zoom-level in
parallel from the command line.
</para>
<para>
Do not forget to save your configuration (as discussed above).
</para>

</section>

</section>
<section><title>Uploading data to OpenStreetMap</title>
<para>
It is possible to upload data directly from &appname; to OpenStreetMap.
</para>
<formalpara>
<title>Upload a layer</title>
<para>
One solution is to upload whole a TrackWaypoint layer. To do this,
simply select the layer and right click on it. Then, select <guimenuitem>Upload to
OSM</guimenuitem>.
</para>
</formalpara>
<formalpara>
<title>Upload a single track</title>
<para>One solution is to upload whole a TrackWaypoint layer. To do
this, simply select the layer and right click on it. Then, select
<guimenuitem>Upload to OSM</guimenuitem>.
</para>
</formalpara>
<formalpara>
<title>Fill in the form</title>
<para>
In both cases, &appname; will retain some information.
The email field is the email you used to subscribed into OSM.
The password field is the password you used with this account.
The filename is the name you want your upload has on the server. This information is displayed by the osm server.
The description is some descriptive information.
The tags field is a white separated list of tag.
</para> 
</formalpara>

</section>
<section><title>Geocoded Photo</title>
<para>
HOWTO GEOCODE YOUR PHOTOS AND SEE THEM IN VIKING 
</para>
<para>1) Synchronize your camera's clock with your GPS clock. If your
camera's clock doesn't have a seconds value you can change, you might
try setting the minute value just when the minute changes.
</para>
<para>
2) Activate the track log on your GPS.
</para>
<para>3) Get outside and take some pictures with your camera while
making sure your GPS has reception. If you forgot to turn your GPS on
or forgot to bring it when you took a picture but you know where you
took the picture, you can make a waypoint with a name of the format
YYMMDDhhmm, representing the time the picture was taken, to record
where you were at that time.
</para>
<para>4) Get home and download your pictures and GPS data. You can
download the GPS data several ways. The first is using gpspoint to
download from a Garmin GPS: <programlisting>gpspoint -p /dev/ttyS0 -dw -dt -of 2004-04-02-trip1</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
Where /dev/ttyS0 is the serial port the GPS is connected to. If you
don't have a Garmin GPS, or if you don't feel like install gpspoint,
you can use my version of gpsbabel with support for gpspoint files. You
can use gpsbabel to either translate the GPS data from a format you
already have the data in or download it directly from your GPS
reciever. A typical command line would something like this:<programlisting>gpsbabel -i garmin -f /dev/ttyS0 -o gpspoint -F 2004-04-02-trip1</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
5) Launch GPSPhoto.
</para>
<para>
6) You must now bring your photos into GPSPhoto. Either drag them (or
the directory containing them) from your favorite file manager to the
list on the left of the GPSPhoto window, or use the buttons below the
list to find them.
</para>
<para>
7) Do the same for your GPS data file(s), dragging them to the list on the right of the GPSPhoto Window.
</para>
<para>8) Click the Execute button, and choose a location to save the
gpspoint file containing the waypoints for your photos. Then click OK
to write the waypoints to this file.
</para>
<para>
9) Open Viking and open both your original GPS data file and your image waypoint file just created.
</para>
</section>

<section>
    <title>Extending Viking</title>

      <para>Currently, &app; has some extention points based on configuration files. The file format is heavily inspired by the GtkBuilder file format: you specify the class of the GObject to build and set its properties. Technically, it is a XML file containing a "objects" root element. Inside this element, you set a collection of "object".</para>
      <para>Here is an example:
<programlisting><![CDATA[
<objects>
  <object class="ClassName">
    <property name="property_name1">Property value</property>
    <property name="property_name2">Property value</property>
  </object>
  ...
<objects>
]]>
</programlisting>
</para>
      <para>You can find more examples in the documentation part of the distribution.</para>
      <section>
        <title>Map Source</title>
        <para>It is possible to add new map's sources. The file is <filename>~/.viking/maps.xml</filename>.</para>
        <para>An example of the file in the distribution <filename>doc/examples/maps.xml</filename>.</para>
        <para>The VikSlippyMapSource allows to declare any map's source working like OpenStreetMap. It supports the following properties:
          <variablelist>
            <varlistentry>
              <term>id</term>
              <listitem><para>this is an integer and should be unique as it used to identify the map source</para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
              <term>label</term>
              <listitem><para>the text displayed in the map's source selection dialog</para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
              <term>hostname</term>
              <listitem><para>the server's hostname (eg. "tile.openstreetmap.org")</para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
              <term>url</term>
              <listitem><para>the parametrized address of the tile, in the spirit of C printf format, with 3 "%d" fields for X, Y and Z (zoom level) (eg. "/%d/%d/%d.png")</para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>
          </variablelist>
        </para>
        <para>The VikTmsMapSource allows to declare any TMS service. It supports the following properties:
          <variablelist>
            <varlistentry>
              <term>id</term>
              <listitem><para>this is an integer and should be unique as it used to identify the map source</para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
              <term>label</term>
              <listitem><para>the text displayed in the map's source selection dialog</para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
              <term>hostname</term>
              <listitem><para>the server's hostname (eg. "tile.openstreetmap.org")</para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
              <term>url</term>
              <listitem><para>the parametrized address of the tile, in the spirit of C printf format, with 3 "%d" fields for X, Y and Z (zoom level) (eg. "/%d/%d/%d.png")</para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>
          </variablelist>
        </para>
        <para>The VikWmscMapSource allows to declare any WMS or WMS-C service. It supports the following properties:
          <variablelist>
            <varlistentry>
              <term>id</term>
              <listitem><para>this is an integer and should be unique as it used to identify the map source</para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
              <term>label</term>
              <listitem><para>the text displayed in the map's source selection dialog</para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
              <term>hostname</term>
              <listitem><para>the server's hostname (eg. "tile.openstreetmap.org")</para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
              <term>url</term>
              <listitem><para>the parametrized address of the tile, in the spirit of C printf format, with 4 "%s" fields for bounding box coordinates (eg. "/coord=%s,%s,%s,%s")</para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>
          </variablelist>
        </para>
      </section>

      <section>
        <title>Go-to search engines</title>
        <para>It is possible to add new new search engines for the "Go-To" feature. The file is <filename>~/.viking/goto_tools.xml</filename>.</para>
        <para>An example of the file in the distribution <filename>doc/examples/goto_tools.xml</filename>.</para>
        <para>Currently, there is a single object class available: VikGotoXmlTool. Such feature allows to declare any search engine using a XML format as result.</para>
        <para>The related properties are:
          <variablelist>
            <varlistentry>
              <term>label</term>
              <listitem><para>the text displayed in the <guilabel>Go-To</guilabel> dialog</para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
              <term>url-format</term>
              <listitem><para>the parametrized address of the query, in the spirit of C <function>printf</function> format, with a single "%s" field (replaced by the query string)</para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
              <term>lat-path</term>
              <listitem><para>XML path of the latitude (eg. <literal>/root/parent/elem</literal>)</para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
              <term>lat-attr (optional)</term>
              <listitem><para>name of the attribute (of previous element) containing the latitude</para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
              <term>lon-path</term>
              <listitem><para>XML path of the longitude (eg. <literal>/root/parent/elem</literal>)</para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
              <term>lon-attr (optional)</term>
              <listitem><para>name of the attribute (of previous element) containing the longiude</para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>
          </variablelist>
        </para>
        <para>As a facility (or readability) it is possible to set both path and attribute name in a single property, like an XPath expression. To do so, simply set both info in lat-path (or lon-path) in the following format: <literal>/root/parent/elem@attribute</literal>.</para>
      </section>

      <section>
        <title>Webtools</title>
        <para>It is possible to add new external tools. The file is <filename>~/.viking/external_tools.xml</filename>.</para>
        <para>An example of the file in the distribution <filename>doc/examples/external_tools.xml</filename>.</para>
        <para>Currently, there is a single object class available: VikWebtoolCenter. Such feature allows to declare any Webtool using a logic based on center coordinates and zoom level value.</para>
        <para>The related properties are:
          <variablelist>
            <varlistentry>
              <term>id</term>
              <listitem><para>this is an integer and should be unique as it used to identify the tool</para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
              <term>label</term>
              <listitem><para>the text displayed in the menu entry</para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
              <term>url</term>
              <listitem><para>the parametrized address of the tile, in the spirit of C printf format, with 3 "%d" fields for X, Y and Z (zoom level) (eg. "http://hostname/%d/%d/%d.png")</para></listitem>
            </varlistentry>
          </variablelist>
        </para>
      </section>

</section>

<section><title>What to Do if &appname; Does Not Seem to Work</title>
<para>
In order to get some information about what &appname; is doing, start it in verbose debug mode via the command line:
<programlisting>viking -dV</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
For instance you can check the correct URLs &appname; is using in requesting remote data for DEMs or map tiles in the verbose debug output.
E.g. Something like this for DEMs:
<screen>
** (viking:28778): DEBUG: curl_download_uri: uri=http://dds.cr.usgs.gov/srtm/version2_1/SRTM3/Eurasia/N48E008.hgt.zip
* About to connect() to dds.cr.usgs.gov port 80 (#0)
* Trying 152.61.128.95... * connected
* Connected to dds.cr.usgs.gov (152.61.128.95) port 80 (#0)
 GET /srtm/version2_1/SRTM3/Eurasia/N48E008.hgt.zip HTTP/1.1
User-Agent: viking/0.9.8 libcurl/7.18.2 GnuTLS/2.4.2 zlib/1.2.3.3 libidn/1.8
Host: dds.cr.usgs.gov
Accept: */*
 HTTP/1.1 200 OK
 Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:13:38 GMT
 Server: Apache
 Last-Modified: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:57:35 GMT
 ETag: eac3f8-1828f5-46f3caa76070a
 Accept-Ranges: bytes
 Content-Length: 1583349
 Content-Type: application/zip

* Connection #0 to host dds.cr.usgs.gov left intact
* Closing connection #0
** (viking:28778): DEBUG: dem_layer_add_file: /home/username/.viking-maps/srtm3-Eurasia/N48E008.hgt.zip
</screen>
Or for OSM Mapnik tile server:
<screen>
* About to connect() to tile.openstreetmap.org port 80 (#0)
*   Trying 193.63.75.28... * connected
* Connected to tile.openstreetmap.org (193.63.75.28) port 80 (#0)
 GET /13/4065/2748.png HTTP/1.1
User-Agent: viking/0.9.96 libcurl/7.20.1 GnuTLS/2.8.6 zlib/1.2.3.4 libidn/1.18
Host: tile.openstreetmap.org
Accept: */*

* HTTP 1.0, assume close after body
 HTTP/1.0 200 OK
 Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 22:18:42 GMT
 Server: Apache/2.2.8 (Ubuntu)
 ETag: "b66ff9d46474bab68262a3483428a232"
** (viking:16704): DEBUG: curl_get_etag_func: ETAG found: "b66ff9d46474bab68262a3483428a232"
 Content-Length: 17194
 Cache-Control: max-age=94805
 Expires: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 00:38:47 GMT
 Content-Type: image/png
 Age: 5153
 X-Cache: HIT from konqi.openstreetmap.org
 X-Cache-Lookup: HIT from konqi.openstreetmap.org:3128
 Via: 1.1 konqi.openstreetmap.org:3128 (squid/2.7.STABLE7)
 Connection: close
 
* Closing connection #0
* About to connect() to a.andy.sandbox.cloudmade.com port 80 (#0)
*   Trying 178.63.75.195... ** (viking:16704): DEBUG: curl_download_uri: uri=http://tile.openstreetmap.org/13/4065/2749.png
* About to connect() to tile.openstreetmap.org port 80 (#0)
*   Trying 193.63.75.28... * connected
* Connected to a.andy.sandbox.cloudmade.com (178.63.75.195) port 80 (#0)
 GET /tiles/cycle/13/4065/2747.png HTTP/1.1
User-Agent: viking/0.9.96 libcurl/7.20.1 GnuTLS/2.8.6 zlib/1.2.3.4 libidn/1.18
Host: a.andy.sandbox.cloudmade.com
Accept: */*

* connected
* Connected to tile.openstreetmap.org (193.63.75.28) port 80 (#0)
 GET /13/4065/2749.png HTTP/1.1
User-Agent: viking/0.9.96 libcurl/7.20.1 GnuTLS/2.8.6 zlib/1.2.3.4 libidn/1.18
Host: tile.openstreetmap.org
Accept: */*

* HTTP 1.0, assume close after body
 HTTP/1.0 200 OK
 Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 23:44:35 GMT
 Server: Apache/2.2.8 (Ubuntu)
 ETag: "8e520ad47ce9c1b63430554886eb5fab"
** (viking:16704): DEBUG: curl_get_etag_func: ETAG found: "8e520ad47ce9c1b63430554886eb5fab"
 Content-Length: 18094
 Cache-Control: max-age=87742
 Expires: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 00:06:57 GMT
 Content-Type: image/png
 X-Cache: MISS from konqi.openstreetmap.org
 X-Cache-Lookup: MISS from konqi.openstreetmap.org:3128
 Via: 1.1 konqi.openstreetmap.org:3128 (squid/2.7.STABLE7)
 Connection: close
</screen>
</para>
</section>

</section>

</article>