[QA] Distance units not used here.

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

diff --git a/help/C/viking.xml b/help/C/viking.xml
index e5fe04509115642fff8f2a94d746be78ece68f41..8c53fde431376be7a6489be242a0301724e5ed47 100644 (file)
--- a/help/C/viking.xml
+++ b/help/C/viking.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
-<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
-"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd" [
+<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
   <!ENTITY appname          "Viking">
   <!ENTITY app "<application>Viking</application>">
   <!ENTITY appversion   "1.5">
@@ -574,6 +574,21 @@ You need to select the type of the file that is going to be returned, since ther
 </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>
@@ -755,8 +770,30 @@ You are probably better off expanding the waypoint list and directly start typin
 
 <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>
+<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>
@@ -865,6 +902,15 @@ The password is transferred <emphasis role="bold">unencrypted</emphasis> in ever
 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>Compress Tracks</title>
+<para>
+Enables compression of tracks and routes via <application>GPSBabel</application>'s <emphasis>Crosstrack</emphasis> simplify method.
+It opens a dialog to request the Error factor value which is the maximum allowable error that may be introduced by removing a single point.
+It is expressed a distance in units as specified by the <xref linkend="prefs"/> distance option.
+Thus a higher value will remove more points.
+The result is put into a new layer.
+</para>
+</section>
 <section><title>Remove Duplicate Waypoints</title>
 <para>
 Remove Duplicate Waypoints - fairly self explainatory, with the results created in a new layer.
@@ -1480,17 +1526,15 @@ You will need an open internet connection when you are downloading maps, but onc
 Some maps are continually improving over time (e.g. OpenStreetMap) and so in order to not to have to (re)download the data all the time &appname; employs a timeout method - <emphasis>Tile Age</emphasis> to determine whether to access the server. However a forced refresh for the current view can be made via the <guilabel>Reload All Onscreen Maps</guilabel> option.
 </para>
 <para>
-Inbuilt maps include various <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TerraServer-USA">Terraserver</ulink> (Primarily USA coverage) and <ulink url="http://openstreetmap.org/">OpenStreetMap (OSM)</ulink> ones and more:
+Inbuilt maps include various <ulink url="http://openstreetmap.org/">OpenStreetMap (OSM)</ulink> ones and more:
 </para>
 <itemizedlist>
 <listitem><para>Bing Bird's Eye (Aerial) Maps (&appname; Version1.2+)</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para>Terraserver Topos</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para>Terraserver Aerials</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para>Terraserver Urban Areas</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>OpenStreetMap (Mapquest) - This is the default (&appname; Version1.3+)</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>OpenStreetMap (Mapnik)</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>OpenStreetMap (Cycle)</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>OpenStreetMap (Transport) (&appname; Version1.3+)</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>OpenStreetMap (Humanitarian) (&appname; Version1.5+)</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>NASA BlueMarble</para></listitem>
 </itemizedlist>
 
@@ -2104,12 +2148,18 @@ This feature is called <guilabel>Webtools</guilabel>. It is also known as Extern
 <para>You can set the <emphasis>Home</emphasis> location directly by inputting the latitude and longitude in decimal degrees.
 </para>
 </section>
+<section><title>Time Display</title>
+<para>This controls the reference timezone that times are shown in.</para>
+<para><emphasis>Locale</emphasis> is the current user's system preference. This was how all times were shown up to version 1.5.</para>
+<para><emphasis>World</emphasis> will attempt to determine the timezone at an object's position.</para>
+<para><emphasis>UTC</emphasis> enforces this standard timezone.</para>
+</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>
+<section><title>Default map layer 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>
@@ -2999,6 +3049,9 @@ Accept: */*
          <listitem>
            <para>window_menubar=true</para>
          </listitem>
+         <listitem>
+           <para>window_copy_centre_full_format=false</para>
+         </listitem>
          <listitem>
            <para>version_check_period_days=14</para>
          </listitem>
@@ -3013,6 +3066,9 @@ Accept: */*
            <para>trkpt_selected_statusbar_format=KEATDN</para>
            <para>This string is in the Message Format Code</para>
          </listitem>
+         <listitem>
+           <para>utils_nearest_tz_factor=1.0</para>
+         </listitem>
          <listitem>
            <para>viewport_history_size=20</para>
          </listitem>
@@ -3078,4 +3134,6 @@ Accept: */*
 </formalpara>
 </section>
 
+<xi:include href="attribution.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
+
 </article>