Version 5.4
- the preferences file is now kept under a user data directory
that will also contain other files generated automatically by GPSMan
(such as those for keeping user-defined projections); GPSMan will
try to create this directory on Unix/Linux systems when running 5.4
for the first time.
- in Unix systems there is a new option with the path to a
serial port device to be used as default; in Debian systems users
must belong to the group owning the serial port device (normally
dialout).
- Alessandro Palma (alpalmas_at_tin.it) contributed code that
provides elevation graphs for routes and tracks.
- there are new operations on routes: chopping head or tail,
including a route before or after the selected waypoint, and
clearing all waypoints.
- a route can be now converted into a track (suggested by Urs
Forster, forster_at_bluemail.ch).
- a waypoint shown on the map can be moved to a different place,
changing its coordinates (suggested by Stefan Heinen,
stefan.heinen_at_djh-freeweb.de); the operation is started from
the waypoint map menu obtained by pressing the
Control-key
and clicking the mouse left-button (this used to be only the
right-button).
- as also suggested by Stefan Heinen, the creation of a route on
the map has been extended to a more comprehensive set of edit
operations, described in detail above; this now
includes editing on the map a previously defined route; moving a
waypoint on the map, automatically adjusts the routes it belongs to;
when drawing a route on the map a waypoint cannot follow itself.
- when editing a waypoint, renaming is no longer forbidden if the
waypoint belongs to the route being edited; changes affect the
information in any relevant route window.
- when reading items that are displayed on the map, the map is
updated and edit/show windows are re-opened with the new data.
- all the waypoints in a group can have their position format
changed to a selected format (in answer to Dan Jacobson,
jidanni_at_kimo.com.tw)); if one of these waypoints is being
edited, this change will revert its position to its initial value.
- it is now possible to inspect datum and ellipsoid definitions
and create new datums and ellipsoids; a few new datums and many
variants of old datums were added to a total of 247: see
above for important information on this;
new data structures and faster code are used (based on a suggestion
by Stefan Heinen).
- there is now support for user-defined particular cases of
projections and coordinate grids; a few new projections were
implemented (including Lambert Conic Conformal, Mercator and
Cassini-Soldner); coordinates of waypoints created on the map will
be given in the format chosen for the map cursor coordinates,
defaulting to UTM/UPS if the format is a grid and the coordinates
are out of the grid range.
- the state of program can now be saved when exiting and will be
restored automatically; there are two new options to control this
under the
Files sub-window of the Options window; a
new GPSMan format for files is used to save map parameters when
there is no background image.
- the
GPS receiver button is now a menu-button whose first
menu entry replaces the previous button and the other entries
provide most of the functionality of the receiver window (suggested
by Stefan Heinen).
- there is now a
Clear menu-button in the map window
similar to the Display on map one (in answer to Dan Jacobson).
- the real-time record window was redesigned for use in smaller
screens; its columns with empty first values will be collapsed
automatically.
- the procedures for opening files now support MS-Windows
volumes.
- changing the format of the position of a waypoint is now made
keeping the internal representation of the position, to avoid
conversions for the sake of accuracy.
- the single document that was used to prepare the WWW pages and
the user manual has been split; the user manual is now made
available also in HTML (as asked by Dan Jacobson), and has an index;
the PS and PDF versions also have a table of contents; the WWW pages
have been simplified and redesigned. Portuguese documentation is no
longer supported.
- non-ASCII characters in file
util.tcl caused problems in some
computers (as reported by Dan Jacobson) and were moved to a new file
that is only compiled if the option on composition of characters is
selected.
- up- and down-arrow keys scrolled the map in the wrong direction
(reported by Dan Jacobson).
- the binding of the
Return key to the Cancel-button
in the real-time record window is no longer active (suggested by
Harald Koenig, koenig_at_tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de).
- slight change in the code for providing support to USB serial
ports under Linux (tested by Harald Koenig).
- support for Garmin receivers has been enhanced by a
simplification of the low-level communication procedures (more
reliable under MS-Windows), and by providing explicit support to
the following models: eTrex Venture (tested by William Sowerbutts,
willmyatsowerbutts.com), eTrex Legend (tested by Frank Kujawski,
Frank_at_Kujawski.org), 12CX (tested by Marko Hyvärinen,
mth_at_sun3.oulu.fi), and eTrex Mariner (tested by Max Spring,
mspring_at_cisco.com).
GPSMan User Manual
©Miguel
Filgueiras,
mig_at_ncc.up.pt, DCC-FC & LIACC,
Universidade do Porto, 2002
