You will need an open internet connection when you are downloading maps these following map types, but once downloaded they are available from the hard disk cache. When map are avaliable from the disk cache it is much faster and can be used offline.
Inbuilt maps include various <ulink url="http://openstreetmap.org/">OpenStreetMap (OSM)</ulink> ones and more:
</para>
+</formalpara>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Bing Bird's Eye (Aerial) Maps (&appname; Version1.2+)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>OpenStreetMap (Mapquest) - This is the default (&appname; Version1.3+)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>OpenStreetMap (Humanitarian) (&appname; Version1.5+)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>NASA BlueMarble</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
-</formalpara>
<para>
&appname; can be configured to handle additional online map resources. See <xref linkend="extend_viking"/> for further detail.
<para>
Some map types supported are for on disk tile formats:
</para>
+</formalpara>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>On Disk OSM Tile Format</para>
<para>
Of course you need to have acquired or generated these tilesets yourself.
</para>
-</formalpara>
<section><title>Map Layer Properties</title>
<para>
<section><title>KML Export Units</title>
<para>Allows setting the units used when saved as the KML file type, such as Metric or Statue units</para>
</section>
+<section><title>GPX Track Order</title>
+<para>
+ Other software may display tracks in a particular order (often the order saved into the file).
+ This allows you to control the order they are saved when exporting to a GPX file.
+</para>
+</section>
+<section><title>GPX Waypoint Symbols</title>
+<para>Some GPS devices require waypoint symbols to be in a particular case.</para>
+<para>E.g. On a Garmin Oregon 450 they must be in <emphasis>Title Case</emphasis> to be recognized.</para>
+</section>
<section><title>Image Viewer (Not Windows)</title>
<para>Allows setting the program used to view images associated with Waypoints.</para>
<para>By default this is set to <application>xdg-open</application> which should open the system's default image viewer, however this can be overridden with this setting.</para>
<listitem><para>Some other user defined program</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
+<section><title>GPSBabel</title>
+<para>This allows setting the specific location of GPSBabel.</para>
+<para>&appname; will need to be restarted for this setting to take effect.</para>
+</section>
</section>
<section id="prefs_osm" xreflabel="OpenStreetMap Traces Preferences"><title>OpenStreetMap Traces</title>
<para>The <classname>VikTmsMapSource</classname> allows to declare any TMS service. It supports the following properties (as per VikSlippyMapSource above):
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term>id</term>
+ <term>id</term><listitem><para></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>label</term>
+ <term>label</term><listitem><para></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>hostname</term>
+ <term>hostname</term><listitem><para></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>url</term>
+ <term>url</term><listitem><para></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>check-file-server-time (optional)</term>
+ <term>check-file-server-time (optional)</term><listitem><para></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>zoom-min (optional)</term>
+ <term>zoom-min (optional)</term><listitem><para></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>zoom-max (optional)</term>
+ <term>zoom-max (optional)</term><listitem><para></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>lat-min (optional)</term>
+ <term>lat-min (optional)</term><listitem><para></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>lat-max (optional)</term>
+ <term>lat-max (optional)</term><listitem><para></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>lon-min (optional)</term>
+ <term>lon-min (optional)</term><listitem><para></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>lon-max (optional)</term>
+ <term>lon-max (optional)</term><listitem><para></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
<para>The <classname>VikWmscMapSource</classname> allows to declare any WMS or WMS-C service. It supports the following properties (as per VikSlippyMapSource above):
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term>id</term>
+ <term>id</term><listitem><para></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>label</term>
+ <term>label</term><listitem><para></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>hostname</term>
+ <term>hostname</term><listitem><para></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>url</term>
+ <term>url</term><listitem><para></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>check-file-server-time (optional)</term>
+ <term>check-file-server-time (optional)</term><listitem><para></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>zoom-min (optional)</term>
+ <term>zoom-min (optional)</term><listitem><para></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>zoom-max (optional)</term>
+ <term>zoom-max (optional)</term><listitem><para></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>lat-min (optional)</term>
+ <term>lat-min (optional)</term><listitem><para></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>lat-max (optional)</term>
+ <term>lat-max (optional)</term><listitem><para></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>lon-min (optional)</term>
+ <term>lon-min (optional)</term><listitem><para></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>lon-max (optional)</term>
+ <term>lon-max (optional)</term><listitem><para></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</section>
<!-- End of Extending Viking -->
-<section><title>Dependencies</title>
-<formalpara><title>gpsbabel</title>
-<para>&appname; uses <ulink url="http://gpsbabel.org/">GPSBabel</ulink> to convert data.</para>
-</formalpara>
-<formalpara><title>unbuffer (optional)</title>
-<para>&appname; uses unbuffer command to optimize conversion calls.</para>
-</formalpara>
-<formalpara><title>gpsd (optional - but not <trademark>Windows</trademark>)</title>
-<para>&appname; can use <ulink url="http://www.catb.org/gpsd/">gpsd</ulink> to get the current location.</para>
-</formalpara>
-</section>
+<xi:include href="recommends.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
<xi:include href="commandline.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
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