1 Viking 0.9.2 (2007-09-04)
2 New features since 0.9.1
4 * Use $EMAIL to initialise email field for OSM upload.
5 * Preset filename when exporting a TrwLayer.
9 * Fix: crash when "applying" a map layer property dialog.
10 * Fix: Do not warn about drawmode inconsistency while reading file.
11 * Fix: Hide Expedia view mode when expedia is not built in.
13 Viking 0.9.1 (2007-09-02)
14 New features since 0.9
16 * Upload data (TrackWaypoint layer or single track) to OpenStreetMap.
17 * Group "Export Layer..." entries in a sub-menu.
18 * Added --enable-old-google to configure script. Old google modes are now disabled by default.
19 * Default mode for new maps is Google Maps.
20 * DEM module can now read hgt.zip files directly (no need to unzip them).
21 * DEM module can now process 1 arc sec hgt(.zip) files (mainly for USA regions).
22 * Display on status bar altitude at cursor using data from DEM layer(s).
26 * Add redirect support.
27 * Some improves to introduce the drawmode notion.
28 * Better checking to detect downloaded text instead of images.
29 * New google version number.
30 * libcurl is a requirement.
31 * Fix bugs that cause crashes on layers copy/paste/delete.
32 * Fix bug in Google search that caused viking jump to wrong location when Google can not find the match.
33 * Clean up and eliminate compiler warning.
34 * Fix bug in creating temporary HOME when HOME is not set.
35 * Disable GeoCache Acquire since it no longer works. Can be enabled again using configure --enable-geocaches.
36 * Disable expedia map layer by default since it no longer works. Can be enabled again using configure --enable-expedia.
38 Viking 0.9 (2007-07-13)
39 New Features since 0.1.3
41 * DEM data -- DEMLayer & applying data to tracks & waypoints
42 * Make "Save Image" and "Save Image Directory" dialogs reusable
44 * Download maps along track
45 * Add User-Agent to http request header
46 * Add cookies support (for google requests)
47 * Add center mark which can be turn on/off in View menu
48 * Make the scale more visible on dark maps
49 * Add magic scissors feature
50 * Add Google Maps search feature
51 * Many new waypoint symbols
53 * Improve performance for map autodownload
54 * Google Directions now remembers previous query (from/to entries)
55 * New menu items to remove all tracks and waypoints in GPS folders
56 * Add "Save and Exit" to File menu
57 * Save function for GPS layer
58 * Map tool: Left click can now refresh display of map tiles
62 * View Mode displayed wrong setting on startup
63 * crashes on gps download/upload
65 * segfault on trackpoint properties dialog
66 * intermittent problem of map redraw
67 * Stop autodownload from running forever on map downloading errors
68 * Check for non-displayable data after downloading map
70 Viking 0.1.3 (2007-05-17)
71 - New "Refresh onscreen tiles" entry menu
72 - Default .spec file for building RPM packages
73 - Default debian/ subtree for building Debian packages
74 - Usage of the libcurl library
75 - Three new map sources from OpenStreetMap
76 - Better usage of libusb
77 - Google source map improved
80 Viking 0.1.2 (2007-02-13)
81 - direct access to GPS device: GPS layer
82 - position inputs accept DDD/DMM/DMS formats (ex: 3.5, 3°30.0, 3°30'0.00)
83 - time position in Track Poperties
84 - tool (menu entries and buttons) are enabled/disabled following context
85 - standard 'Edit' menu (with 'Copy', 'Cut', 'Paste' and 'Delete' actions)
86 - 'Edit' popup menus for waypoint and track
87 - new configure options:
89 * --disable-terraserver
91 - visual feedback when moving waypoints
92 - map sections are displayed while downloading
93 - cosmetics changes (window title, viking's URL in files, 'About' dialog...)
94 - some improves in source code
97 Viking 0.1.1 (2006-06-11)
98 - more map sources such as google
99 - drag and drop of layers and way/trackpoints
100 - copy/paste between vikings
101 - "smart" copy which can parse a lat/lon from web pages like geocaching, emails, etc.
102 - graphs of altitude/velocity
103 - newer gtk with toolbar icons
104 - experimental "acquire" features: from GPS, from Google directions, from Geocaching
107 Viking 0.1.0 (2005-02-27)
108 - new map layer which supports Google, Expedia, and Topozone maps in addition to the three types of Terraserver maps,
109 - lots of other fixes,
110 - visualization options,
111 - miscellaneous goodies.