X-Git-Url: https://git.street.me.uk/andy/viking.git/blobdiff_plain/1f78e182e7eaf305c3a10d2e145dbcc994d5e862..46c3a2bdf68894c89638fd55ba38404d62778d34:/NEWS?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index c7fff16b..3d7f9033 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,470 @@ +Viking 1.4.1.0 (2013-04-08) +Bug Fix Release + updated translations +* Import Launchpad translation updates [Mainly for large Czech update] +* Fix using .vik files with 'unusual' track or waypoint names +* Fix waypoint selection when the waypoint has an image but the images are not being displayed. +* Fix showing map timestamps on Windows on the map tile info dialog. +* SF#3608411: Part 2 - Avoid creating command window on Viking start-up. +* SF#3608411: Part 1 - Avoid warning about unbuffer on Windows Systems. +* SF#3608264: Improve Statusbar Location Info Maybe Truncated +* Prevent inputting empty names for layers and sublayers via the layers panel. +* SF#3608311: Fix crash caused by renaming blank sublayer names +* Be less strigent in loading Geotagged images without optional GPS tags +* Fix use of scaled tile image when tile image not present. +* Enable updating the treeview to allow setting a blank waypoint symbol. +* Improve the Waypoint tooltip to display the description if there is no comment. +* Fix datasource acquiring waypoints from geotag images. +* Updated geo-* scripts to version released on 2013/02/18 +* Fix compilation with --enable-geocaches option. +* help/Makefile.am: explicitly list figures. + +Viking 1.4.0.1 (2013-02-16) +Windows Only Release. +* Windows: Add .vik file extension association option in the installer + +Viking 1.4 (2013-02-11) +New features since 1.3.2 +* Support for GPX Route type including transfer to/from GPS Devices. +** Replaced 'Add Track' tool with 'Create Route' tool. (NB There still is the Create Track tool) +* Support for GPX 'Description' for tracks, waypoints and routes. +* Add ability to Acquire My OSM Traces and ability to choose any subset of the available traces. +* GPS Upload from a track. +* Enable giving a track a specific colour (drawn in default draw by track mode). +* Enable drawing all tracks in a specific colour (no longer is Black the only option). +* Allow option of drawing a direction arrow when drawing a track. +* Allow configuration of trackpoint size and direction arrow size. +* Display Waypoint Icons in the layers panel treeview. +* Restored Route Finding via Google Services. [Was disabled in 1.3.2 due to change in formats supported] +* Only display sublayer container when there are sublayers. +* Display map tile source and cached file information in a dialog for a position. +* Quick zoom level change from the statusbar by clicking on the zoom level to select another level. +* In the Zoom Tool mode: can select an area to zoom in on (via holding shift key + drag mouse). +* Mouse Zooming in/out maintains the position focus on the mouse pointer location. +** (Use the keys Ctrl+Shift and mouse zoom to maintain the centered map location). +* Improvements in Acquiring Wikipedia Points (allow more points, sortable columns, URL and feature type). +* Allow opening a URL on a waypoint which has a URL for a comment or description. +* Re-organized TrackWaypoint Layer menus to group functionality together better with New, View, Combine, Split, Delete, Acquire and Upload submenus. +* Gradient Graph view on the Track Properties. +* Allow same named TrackWaypoint sublayer items. i.e. can now have 2 (or more) waypoints with the same name. +* Add support of a Map type for a local On Disk OSM Tile Format. +* Revised Draw Track by Speed mode with a simple traffic light colouring scheme to represent slow/average/fast speeds. +* Enable deletion of track points with the same timestamp. +* Ability to merge segments of a track. +* Allow generation of large pixel sized images. +* Rework image generation to ask for file name first and then only allow supported map zoom levels. +* Allow control of waypoint text size on the viewport display. +* Allow control of GPX file saving track order (either Alphabetical or By Time via global preference). +* Keyboard shortcuts to create layers and enable some tools. +* Show the bearing and the step distance of the next point when creating a track or route. +* Improved feedback in reading erroneous files. +* Improved Help Manual. +* More translation texts including a Finnish version. +* Scripts to support the creation of the Windows Executable Installer. +* Add a python tool to convert the Viking tile cache into a MapBox MBTiles format file. +* Many internal improvements. + +Fixes since 1.3.2 +* Don't accidently overwrite GPX and KML files in the Viking file type. +* Use the default desktop font for waypoint viewport display text. +* Ensure when opening multiple .vik files they are each loaded into a new window. +* Show UTM location in statusbar when in UTM mode. +* Fix: crash when dealing with non-compressed DEM files + +Viking 1.3.2 (2012-09-23) +Bug Fix Release including: +* Removed Route Finder Tool as Google Direction service interface has disabled the method Viking interfaced with it. +* Fix for Debian#685817: Statusbar Update From Thread Instability +* Fix SF#3564795: Crashing when attempting to create waypoints from EXIF images without enough GPS information. +* Fix drawing of next potential trackpoint on Windows Systems. +* Fix GPSBabel Dynamic Device List generation on Windows Systems. +* Fix crashing when displayed map copyright(s) is longer than the internal buffer. +* Fix crashing when deleting a GPS layer which has started a realtime tracking. +* Fix printing of DEBUG message since glib 2.32 + +Viking 1.3.1 (2012-06-26) +Bug Fix for Windows Systems Release: +* Fix crash in Show Picture functionality on Window's Systems. + +Viking 1.3 (2012-04-22) +New features since 1.2.2 +* Be consistent in that track and waypoint list dialogs are always sorted alphabetically. +* Add OSM Transport map as a built in map option. +* Add supported MIME types to the desktop file specification. +* Add example script that can be used to upload a track as a route to a predefined GPS device. +* Display the average moving speed for a track in the track properties. +* Add ability to open a TrackWaypoint layer with another external program (default merkaartor). +* Add ability to open a TrackWaypoint layer with an external program (default JOSM). +* Use map default: OSM MapQuest tileserver. +* Add and use a preference for the associated image viewer program. +* Add and use KML File Export units option. +* Add ability to geotag images interpolating times against tracks. +* Acquire Geotag Images via TRW Layer +* Ensure vtl created in acquire operation runs post read stage. +* EXIF read implementation for geotagged images (libexif). +* Add new process stage for acquire methods. +* Enable reversing a track from the track menu. +* Display compact message on the statusbar for the selected trackpoint or waypoint. (SF#3314888) +* Enable multiple selection and deletion. +* Scale waypoint icons to give large or small icons as necessary. +* Add Yahoo! Maps webtool link. +* Extend webtools with a bounds version for the URL which takes four string parameters. +* Add webtool for Bing maps. +* Add Acquire OSM option into the Track/Waypoint layer operations. +* Add used geo-* scripts as they are public domain. +* Continue geocaching.com support via third party tools. +* Show elevation gain/loss on track creation 'tooltip' (as per SF#2838561 request), when such data is available. +* Automatically attempt to set elevation data from the DEM layer whilst a track is being created. +* When creating a track, display the total distance of track (via a tooltip like text) on the main display. +* Allow to import any file known by gpsbabel +* Add support for any device known by gpsbabel +* Add experimental support for GPSD_API_MAJOR_VERSION 5. +* Add ability to acquire GPS traces stored on OSM +* Enable copying layer/sublayer names as plain text, so that it can be pasted into external text handling applications. +* Enable getting of the statusbar from the window. +* On creating a new waypoint always attempt to auto set the altitude if DEM data is available. +* Enable the escape key to remove/reset the ruler tool. + +Fixes since 1.2.2 +* Remove Tiles@home support as the service has stopped. +* cleanup: Remove unused and out of date 'viking-remote' script and related files. +* cleanup: Remove *very* old documentation and don't bother distributing any of it which is all old. +* Fix Track Properties graph blob marker drawn at wrong elevation when elevation graphs have different min/max heights. +* Fix Track Properties graph DEM points drawn at wrong elevation when lowest elevation is not zero. +* Use an intermediary program which will invoke the system's default for opening images. +* Fix opening of external web sites via center method when the zoom level is less than 1 mpp. +* Fix crashing on opening a file via recent menu after a .vik file is opened. +* Fix too easy to accidently move a waypoint with an image with the select tool - must use shift key. +* Fix can not immediately select another layer if currently selected layer's visibility changes. +* Fix compilation with curl 7.21.7 (SF#3376584) +* Improve libgps test with the consistently available function: gps_close +* Fix help +* [DOC] Split By Number of Points +* Add Track->Split by Number of Points (as per SF#2847587 request). +* Add a new dialog to return positive number. +* SF#2844872: Suggest name for the new track when splitting the track via the trackpoint edit dialog. + +Fixes since 1.1 +* Better safety checking to prevent crash due to null variable reference in use of the current trackpoint. +* Fix: Reduce GObject cast +* Fix etag handling +* Fix: generate doc/reference/Makefile when needed +* Fix Track -> Split by Timestamp such that newly created tracks are ordered correctly. +* Fix sensitivity of the track properties window split marker to be disabled when the track marker is not drawn. +* Fix crashing due to incorrect usage of libcurl - SF#3206628. +* Fix non-void function should return a value. +* Fix reference documentation generation - some systems need explicit mention of libz. +* Fix displaying of 'Waypoints' treeview menu. +* Fix vik_aggregate_layer_get_all_layers_of_type for track/waypoint layer types, since these may also be stored under GPS layers. +* Improve previous fix: background calling code should control return value +* Fix: background calling code should control return value +* Fix: enforce background feature +* Fix compiler warnings from gcc 4.5.4 +* SF#3178554: Fix Sun Studio build +* gtk_object_sink has been deprecated since gtk version 2.10, use g_object_ref_sink() instead. + +Viking 1.1 (2011-02-08) +New features since 1.0 +* [DOC] Add MapQuest Nominating search service in examples +* Adjust colour of last auto track colour to not clash with default create track colour. +* Add menu icons for the maps layer menu. +* Make the selection list in Merge With Other Tracks sorted alphabetically. +* Add sort list by name function. Will be useful for track and waypoint list ordering. +* [DOC] Mark ready for 1.1 release. Update help manual version to 0.2. +* [DOC] Add layer information for Aggregates, Coords and GeoRefs in help. +* [DOC] Add Maps layer help information. +* [DOC] Add overall layer information and promote each layer to be a top level section in help. +* [DOC] Add DEM layer help information. +* [DOC] Mention waypoint properties in help information. +* [DOC] Update GPS layer help information. +* [DOC] Update track operations help information. +* [DOC] Update waypoint operations help information. +* [DOC] Update Tools help section +* [DOC] Update TrackWaypoint layer menu help Information +* Improve positioning of the menu separator on waypoint menus. +* Add GeoRef layer tooltip to show the file name in use. +* Add GPS Layer tooltip to say the protocol (aka device manufacturer) type. +* TrackWaypoint Layer tooltip featuring summaries for tracks and waypoints. +* Add maps layer tooltip to show the map name(type). +* Add DEM layer tooltip to show the number of DEM files in use. +* Add Track and waypoint sublayer tooltip information. +* Add treeview use and display of layers tooltip. +* Add Layer Tooltip callback definition +* Add sublayer tooltip callback definition. +* When getting data via the GPS layer automatically set the view to see it, unless the realtime tracking mode is on. +* On acquiring data from sources (inc. GPS) automatically set the view to see it. Except for GeoCaches; as it's likely you're requesting data for the current area, so no point in trying to change the view. +* On opening GPX files automatically view all the data. +* Add 'View All Tracks' option to the panel Layer menu options, which sets the view (center & zoom) to see all the tracks of that layer. +* Add 'View Waypoints' option to the TrackWaypoint layer menu options, which sets the view (center & zoom) to see all the Waypoints. +* Add 'View Track' option to the Track sublayer menu options, which sets the view (center & zoom) to see the track. +* Add 'View Layer' option to the TrackWaypoint Layer menu options, which sets the view (center & zoom) to see the entire layer. +* Add the ability to 'autozoom' to view an area specified by maximum and minimum lat/longs for a TrackWaypoint layer. +* Create a new 'Show' submenu entry +* Improve curl usage as should call cleanup on application exit. +* Add copyright and license properties for NASA BlueMarble data. +* Add background thread loading of DEM files. +* Add Track->Goto Highest and Lowest points features. +* Add Track->Goto Maximum Speed feature. +* Rework Track->Goto menu options. +* Add support for the TMS interface provided by SPOTMaps +* Add license related properties +* Add copyright property +* Improve key binding for Mercator Mode -> ctrl+m +* Add documentation for generic TMS map source +* Improve key bindings for ModeLatLon. +* Add OSM WMS Server +* Add support for WMS-C +* Add support for more standard TMS +* Move-up download methods +* Add LatLon projection +* Better safety checking code +* Add support for Locosys devices via GPSBabel's navilink device protocol. +* Add support for DeLorme devices via GPSBabel's delbin device protocol. +* Add the ability to insert a trackpoint into a track via the Edit Trackpoint dialog. +* Add internal function to insert a trackpoint after the currently selected trackpoint. +* Add license notice to new file +* Enable individual track to GPX export via the Track sublayer menu. +* Set default action on dialogs. +* Add a perl script to auto generate basic Viking .vik files for directories containing images. +* Enable control of the visibility of the menubar [including keyboard shortcut - F4]. Also enable panic key 'Escape' to restore menubar if hidden and no tool uses it. +* Enable control of the visibility of the toolbar [including keyboard shortcut - F3]. +* Make use of the vikwindow toolbar variable. +* Enable control of the visibility of the statusbar [including keyboard shortcut - F12]. + +Fixes since 1.0 +* Prevent Gtk-CRITICAL assertion when the application is closed with a Track Property window on display. +* Prevent Gtk-CRITICAL assertion when the application is closed whilst loading DEMs. +* Fix trackpoint edit altitude sensitivity to be re-enabled after it has been disabled. +* Fix incorrect cut/copy of sublayers when accessed via the layers panel buttons. +* Fix the List Dialog so that it does not become taller than the screen when there are lots of entries. +* Fix some compiler warnings in viktrwlayer.c when configured to build with --disable-alphabetized-trw +* Fix Resource leak detected by cppcheck 1.46 +* Fix compiler warning in curl_download.c +* Fix compiler warning in vikmapslayer.c +* Fix compiler warning in vikwindow.c - use correct const typing. +* Fix compiler warnings - correct Widget / Window type. +* Fix memory leak when generating image file +* Fix: Improve XML reading error reporting +* Fix compiler warnings in osm.c +* Fix compiler warning in vikmapslayer.c +* Fix Waypoint & Track visibility issues. +* Fix SF#3104028: Default Color Background is incorrectly saved as black into a new .vik file. + +Viking 1.0 (2010-11-14) +New features since 0.9.96 +* Add minimal translator-credits in About dialog +* Add documenters to About dialog + +Fixes since 0.9.96 +* Improve copyright holders +* Prevent crashes when downloading Expedia Maps. +* Fix extend track using magic scissors. +* Fix autodownloading while panning +* Fix Debian #599048: Segmentation fault when using gpsbabel +* Fix dem_gradient_colors allocation. +* Fix compiler warnings in preferences.c + +Viking 0.9.96 (2010-10-11) +New features since 0.9.95 +* Use ETag to detect fresh tiles on servers +* Add new menu entry in GPS Layer to delete the realtime information. +* Ensure GPS realtime information deleted when GPS Layer -->Empty All is called. +* Prevent zoom factor string displaying unnecessary .0s when it's a whole number. +* Improve Track Properties speed profile display for low speed difference (e.g. walking) tracks. +* Use speed units in display of Track/Waypoint layer draw by velocity config values, but maintain units as metres per second when read from/saved to files. +* Add keyboard accelerators for as many as possible View Menu entries. +* Simplify zoom status when xmpp and ympp are equal +* Use height units in the altitude readout for the cursor position on the status bar. +* Use height units in display of DEM min / max elevation values, but maintain units as metres when read from/saved to files. + +Fixes since 0.9.95 +* Fix many memory leaks +* DEM layer properties tidy up. +* Prevent getting stuck in a near infinite loop when using Coord layer, UTM mode and zoomed out to see the whole world. +* Prevent lock up in attempt to download maps along a track in UTM mode. +* Launchpad Bug #445374: Prevent crash when downloading maps along a track, with Terraserver maps when in Mercator mode. +* Add explicit linking against libz and libm +* Fix SF#3009431: Prevent Crash in Real Time Tracking GPS Mode & Autodownload Maps. +* Fix display of rounded speed units scale markers in the speed profile. +* Fix cycle map URL +* Fix compiler warnings +* Fix Track Draw by Velocity mode, so that individual track points are coloured (as was the intention). +* Fix bug where older file was removed when network not present +* Fix: warning 'draw-mode' message does not display +* Fix incorrect limitation on source map id + +Viking 0.9.95 (2010-09-07) +New features since 0.9.94 +* Add some function short cut key definitions to control showing of the center mark and scale viewport features. +* [DOC] Replace Google with OSM capability in man pages. +* When manually creating a track, automatically give it a default name. +* [DOC] Add contributors from the Wiki(s) history. +* Better dialog name when searching for a waypoint. +* Change max cache time to 1 week. + +Fixes since 0.9.94 +* Prevent "Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated" messages. +* Invalid number of arguments in call to a_http_download_get_u +* Prevent crash when cut of a GPS track/waypoint layer is attempted via the layers buttons. +* Prevent DEM layer colour indexing going negative and can crash on gradient view. +* Fix DEM layer to show default sea level. +* Fix track background thickness being able to set back to zero. +* Fix internal tile locking +* Fix top layer not drawn after made invisible and then back to being visible. +* Fix impaired (drawcentermark setting bodged) vik file if saved with the top layer visibility turned off. +* Fix syntax errors in help manual +* Fix map drag and drop to show the correct whole map +* Fix "Go to UTM" dialog title. +* Fix first opening of a file which has spaces (or other interesting characters) via the recent files menu. +* Fix unnamed_tracks / unnamed_waypoints misuse. + +Viking 0.9.94 (2010-06-10) +New features since 0.9.93 +* Add knots as a speed unit option. +* Detect USB Garmin eTrex HCx Legend devices (and maybe others). +* Auto use of /dev/ttyUSB type device if available on Unix systems. +* Add ability to turn off Garmin GPS after transfer. +* Add a 'home' default location preference. +* Add ability to changes preferences outside of the preferences.c file. +* NLS Maps API: Historic map of Great Britain +* Change GUI related command line parameter for Waypoint symbol size into run time preference. +* Support All Zoom Levels in Zoom Menu +* [DOC] Import User Manual from wiki +* Add menu item for help contents + +Fixes since 0.9.93 +* Add Viking's contributors as copyright holders +* Remove unecessary '\' from the View Menu +* Better Preferences Dialog Title +* More Menu Improvements +* Replace autogen.sh +* On GPS data acquire, only create a layer if it contains something. +* Fix POTFILES with new source file +* Fix OMF category +* Fix Filter->Simplify All Tracks default. +* [DOC] Fix Gnome's menu entry category for viking +* [DOC] Fix erroneous warning +* Fix compiler warning. +* Fix #2977752: win-gtk: osm tiles don't show up +* Fix Track -> View Google Directions URL +* Fix function's return value +* Fix compilation warnings +* Fix #2988574: Can't save files opened via recent file menu +* Fix #2991657: Terraserver downloads fail +* Fix geocaching + +Viking 0.9.93 (2010-04-11) +New features since 0.9.92 +* Allow overriding map source +* Make GPS layer cut/copy available from popup menu. +* [DOC] Document new files in viking's manpage +* Increase possible smaller zoom +* Add negative scales so that we can have bigger zoom on maps +* Allow images from bigger and smaller zoom to be selected if current zoom has no image + +Fixes since 0.9.92 +* Fix: set a default filename while exporting +* [DOC] Fix: Viking's sources are hosted by Git now +* Further variable type corrections. +* Fix GPS layer copy. +* Fix Track/Waypoint Layer Paste on 64bit systems. +* [DOC] Fix FILES section of manpage. +* Fix: First Track not Black in Draw All Tracks Black Mode. + +Viking 0.9.92 (2010-03-15) +New features since 0.9.91 +* Memorize previously selected go-to service. +* Better scale when zoomed close in and in miles distance mode. +* Add and use preference for height units. +* Add and use preference for speed units. +* Add and use preference for distance units. +* Use a preference to set the tiles age. +* New preference for default maplayer cache. +* Improve DEM-Layer. +* Remove OpenAerial support. +* Translation updates. + +Fixes since 0.9.91 +* Fix: Correctly rotate thumbnail images +* Fix #2958601: Support for non ascii characters in "Go-to" search +* Fix error handling in go-to feature + Viking 0.9.91 (2010-02-06) New features since 0.9.9 * Interpolation for maps: use less precise images when wanted image is not present @@ -322,7 +789,7 @@ Viking 0.1.3 (2007-05-17) Viking 0.1.2 (2007-02-13) - direct access to GPS device: GPS layer -- position inputs accept DDD/DMM/DMS formats (ex: 3.5, 3°30.0, 3°30'0.00) +- position inputs accept DDD/DMM/DMS formats (ex: 3.5, 3\B030.0, 3\B030'0.00) - time position in Track Poperties - tool (menu entries and buttons) are enabled/disabled following context - standard 'Edit' menu (with 'Copy', 'Cut', 'Paste' and 'Delete' actions)