Allow compressing tracks using the GPSBabel simplify crosstrack feature.

[andy/viking.git] / help / C / viking.xml

diff --git a/help/C/viking.xml b/help/C/viking.xml
index 6929b25c32ca6c7da03669e2a98d99d4da20701b..73ad9755d7385460b05bd98c0389e173a9f91667 100644 (file)
--- a/help/C/viking.xml
+++ b/help/C/viking.xml
@@ -574,6 +574,21 @@ You need to select the type of the file that is going to be returned, since ther
 </note>
 </section>
 
 </note>
 </section>
 

+<section>
+<title>Import GeoJSON File</title>
+<para>
+<menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Acquire</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Import GeoJSON File</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
+</para>
+<para>
+This uses the program <ulink url="https://github.com/tyrasd/togpx">togpx</ulink> to load .geojson files.
+If the program is not detected on your system, then this option will not be available.
+See <ulink url="https://www.npmjs.org/package/togpx">here</ulink> for the installation method.
+</para>
+<para>
+The current version (1.4.4) of GPSBabel does not support the <ulink url="http://geojson.org/">GeoJSON</ulink> file format.
+</para>
+</section>
+

 </section> <!-- End Acquire -->
 
 <section><title>Print</title>
 </section> <!-- End Acquire -->
 
 <section><title>Print</title>


@@ -755,8 +770,30 @@ You are probably better off expanding the waypoint list and directly start typin
 
 <section><title>Export Layer</title>
 <para>
 
 <section><title>Export Layer</title>
 <para>

-The layer (all tracks, routes and waypoints) can be exported to a file GPX, GPSPoint, GPSMapper, Google's KML format or any other format supported by GPSbabel.
+The layer (all tracks, routes and waypoints) can be exported to following file formats:

 </para>
 </para>

+<orderedlist>
+       <listitem>
+               <para>GPX</para>
+       </listitem>
+       <listitem>
+               <para>GPSPoint</para>
+       </listitem>
+       <listitem>
+               <para>GPSMapper</para>
+       </listitem>
+       <listitem>
+               <para>Google's KML</para>
+       </listitem>
+       <listitem>
+               <para>Any GPSBabel <ulink url="http://www.gpsbabel.org/capabilities.html">File Formats</ulink></para>
+       </listitem>
+       <listitem>
+               <para>GeoJSON. Via the program <ulink url="https://github.com/mapbox/togeojson">togeojson</ulink></para>
+               <para>This option will not be available if the program is not detected on your system.
+               See <ulink url="https://www.npmjs.org/package/togeojson">here</ulink> for the installation method.</para>
+       </listitem>
+</orderedlist>

 <para>
 Version1.1+: An individual track can be exported to a GPX file via the track menu.
 </para>
 <para>
 Version1.1+: An individual track can be exported to a GPX file via the track menu.
 </para>