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 8e0427252650cd96bc2d36ef8c8a0bddfda977ae..73ad9755d7385460b05bd98c0389e173a9f91667 100644 (file)
--- a/help/C/viking.xml
+++ b/help/C/viking.xml
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ GPX and KML files may also be appended, but this is exactly the same as the norm
 Available on the <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guisubmenu>Acquire</guisubmenu></menuchoice> menu and from the <xref linkend="TrackWaypoint"/> layer menu.
 </para>
 <para>
-If used from the <guimenu>File</guimenu> menu and a TrackWaypoint layer is not currently selected, these methods place the results in a new TrackWaypoint layer. When a TrackWaypoint layer is selected, then using the <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guisubmenu>Acquire</guisubmenu></menuchoice> will put the results into the selected TrackWaypoint layer.
+If used from the <guimenu>File</guimenu> menu these methods place the results in a new TrackWaypoint layer.
 </para>
 <para>
 If used from the <xref linkend="TrackWaypoint"/> layer menu these methods place the results in that TrackWaypoint layer.
@@ -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>
@@ -1480,19 +1517,16 @@ 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>
-<listitem><para>SpotMap (&appname; Version1.1+)</para></listitem>
 </itemizedlist>
 
 <para>