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+++ b/help/C/viking.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-
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@@ -334,8 +334,17 @@ Other function keys control turn on/off visibility of various elements:
Standard shortcuts are provided for normal GUI operations: such as creating new files, opening, saving and exitting.
-Then there are shortcuts specific to &appname; to switch projection modes, zoom in/out, create layers and switch the active tool mode.
-For these combinations see the menu entry themselves.
+Then there are shortcuts specific to &appname; to switch projection modes, zoom in/out, create layers,switch the active tool mode and move the map:
+
+Ctrl+Up Pan the viewport North
+Ctrl+Right Pan the viewport East
+Ctrl+Down Pan the viewport South
+Ctrl+Left Pan the viewport West
+Ctrl+Keypad+ Zoom In
+Ctrl+Keypad- Zoom Out
+These work irrespective of the mode selected
+
+For other combinations see the menu entry themselves.
@@ -2148,12 +2157,18 @@ This feature is called Webtools. It is also known as Extern
You can set the Home location directly by inputting the latitude and longitude in decimal degrees.
+Time Display
+This controls the reference timezone that times are shown in.
+Locale is the current user's system preference. This was how all times were shown up to version 1.5.
+World will attempt to determine the timezone at an object's position.
+UTC enforces this standard timezone.
+
Tile's age
This age is used to decided wether or not a new request to tile server must be done.
Changing this value, you will increase or decrese the network load.
-Default maplayer directory
+Default map layer directory
This property sets the default directory of the tiles cache.
This value is used when you create a new map layer.
@@ -2775,7 +2790,7 @@ Accept: */*
You can find more examples in the documentation part of the distribution.
Map Source
- It is possible to add new map's sources. The file is ~/.viking/maps.xml for UNIX like systems and C:\Documents and Settings\username\.viking\maps.xml on Windows XP.
+ It is possible to add new map's sources. The file is ~/.viking/maps.xml for UNIX like systems, C:\Documents and Settings\username\.viking\maps.xml on Windows XP or C:\Users\username\.viking\maps.xml on Windows 7 onwards.
An example of the file is in the distribution doc/examples/maps.xml. Further examples and values are online in the Maps Wiki
The VikSlippyMapSource allows to declare any map's source working like OpenStreetMap. It supports the following properties:
@@ -2784,6 +2799,10 @@ Accept: */*
id
this is an integer and should be unique as it used to identify the map source
+
+ name
+ a string (should be unique) that is used for the OSM style cache directory name when the Map Cache directory is the default (~/.viking-maps)
+
label
the text displayed in the map's source selection dialog
@@ -2796,49 +2815,86 @@ Accept: */*
url
the parametrized address of the tile, in the spirit of C printf format, with 3 "%d" fields for Z, X and Y (in that order) (eg. "/%d/%d/%d.png")
+
+ zoom-min (optional)
+ The minimum zoom value supported by the tile server. The Default is 0 if not specified.
+
+
+ zoom-max (optional)
+
+ The maximum zoom value supported by the tile server. The Default is 18 if not specified.
+ See Zoom Levels
+
+
+
+ file-extension (optional)
+
+ The file extension of the files on disk. The default is .png
+ If the tile source URL ends in something other than .png, then this parameter will need to match it.
+ This can also be useful in reading a tileset from other software which may name tiles in an alternative form,
+ e.g. for Mobile Atlas creator it names them .png.tile
+ The file types actually usable are those supported by GDK Pixbuf Library, which includes at least PNG and JPEG.
+ Remember to include the beginning '.' when specifying this parameter.
+
+
switch-xy (optional)
- Swap the X,Y values around in the URL parametrized ordering.
+
+ Swap the X,Y values around in the URL parametrized ordering.
+ The default is false.
+
+
+
+ check-file-server-time (optional)
+
+ Sends the timestamp of the tile to the server, so the server can decide whether it should send a new tile or not.
+ The default is false.
+
+
+
+ use-etag (optional)
+
+ Use and compare the ETag value in determining whether to download a newer tile. The default is false.
+ The ETag value is stored in a separate file in the same directory as the tile to enable checking the value across multiple runs of the program.
+
- The VikTmsMapSource allows to declare any TMS service. It supports the following properties:
+ The VikTmsMapSource allows to declare any TMS service. It supports the following properties (as per VikSlippyMapSource above):
id
- this is an integer and should be unique as it used to identify the map source
label
- the text displayed in the map's source selection dialog
hostname
- the server's hostname (eg. "tile.openstreetmap.org")
url
- the parametrized address of the tile, in the spirit of C printf format, with 3 "%d" fields for X, Y and Z (zoom level) (eg. "/%d/%d/%d.png")
+
+
+ check-file-server-time (optional)
- The VikWmscMapSource allows to declare any WMS or WMS-C service. It supports the following properties:
+ The VikWmscMapSource allows to declare any WMS or WMS-C service. It supports the following properties (as per VikSlippyMapSource above):
id
- this is an integer and should be unique as it used to identify the map source
label
- the text displayed in the map's source selection dialog
hostname
- the server's hostname (eg. "tile.openstreetmap.org")
url
- the parametrized address of the tile, in the spirit of C printf format, with 4 "%s" fields for bounding box coordinates (eg. "/coord=%s,%s,%s,%s")
+
+
+ check-file-server-time (optional)
@@ -3043,6 +3099,9 @@ Accept: */*
window_menubar=true
+
+ window_copy_centre_full_format=false
+
version_check_period_days=14
@@ -3057,6 +3116,9 @@ Accept: */*
trkpt_selected_statusbar_format=KEATDN
This string is in the Message Format Code
+
+ utils_nearest_tz_factor=1.0
+
viewport_history_size=20
@@ -3090,6 +3152,7 @@ Accept: */*
M = Time diff of a Trackpoint from the previous trackpoint
X = Number of satellites used in the trackpoint fix
D = Distance of the trackpoint from the start of a track (following along the track)
+ F = Distance of the trackpoint from the finish (end) of a track (following along the track)
P = Distance difference of the trackpoint from the previous trackpoint
N = Name of track to which the trackpoint belongs
E = Name of the trackpoint
@@ -3122,4 +3185,6 @@ Accept: */*
+
+