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