What's new in Viking 1.4.1
Apr 27, 2013
- This version fixes numerous bugs, from crash issues to user interface improvements.
- It also embeds a more recent version of tools needed to retrieve GeoCaching data.
New in Viking 1.4 (Feb 18, 2013)
- New features:
- The first of them is the introduction of a 'route' type.
- OSM contributors will be pleased to discover the new features allowing them to download their own GPX tracks from the OSM server.
- Many more features concern the GUI.
- Finally, an old feature is restored: the ability to access the Google service for finding a route.
New in Viking 1.3 (May 3, 2012)
- This release brings many changes. On the OSM front, MapQuest is the new default map and OSM transport was added. Geotagging support has been improved.
- JOSM is integrated (export layer info or open at current position).
- GPSBabel has better integration to offer all supported devices and import any file types.
- GPSD support was bumped to APIv5.
- There are miscellaneous bugfixes, improvements, and language translations.
New in Viking 1.2.2 (Nov 8, 2011)
- A minor release to fix the delay between automatic refresh: from 30s to 7 days as requested by OpenStreetMap servers.
New in Viking 1.2 (Jun 3, 2011)
- Add minimal translator-credits in About dialog
- Add documenters to About dialog
New in Viking 1.1 (Feb 9, 2011)
- Most changes concern the graphical user interface (tooltips, dialogs, menus).
- On the front of features, tracks have new menu entries (highest point, latest point) and maps declare copyright notices.
- Concerning maps data, viking is now able to connect a TMS and WMS-C.
- Due to these new features, a SpotMaps provider has been added for OpenStreetMap contributors.
New in Viking 1.0.1 (Dec 5, 2010)
- Fix Waypoint & Track visibility issues.
- Fix SF#3104028: Default Color Background is incorrectly saved as black into a new .vik file.
- Fix some translated strings
New in Viking 1.0 (Nov 19, 2010)
- This is the result of 7 years of work of a large team. For this release, a lot of work was done to obtain a version as stable as possible.
- This special version will be supported for some time.
- If you need a specific fix, we a 1.0.z release can be provided.
- Technically, this release only fixes some bugs of the previous version.
New in Viking 0.9.96 (Oct 12, 2010)
- Fix unecessary change in string
- Free memory
- Add defensive code
- Increase buffer length
- Fix memcheck error
- Merge remote branch 'jocelyn/etag'
- Disable autodownloading when dragging the map
- Fix: Uninitialized color value being used
- Avoid uninitialized color value usage
- Defensive code
- Add new menu entry in GPS Layer to delete the realtime information.
- Ensure GPS realtime information deleted when GPS Layer -->Empty All is called.
- 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.
- Revert "Make more portable .vik file, as don't save the map cache directory if it's the map cache default directory."
- Merge remote branch 'rnorris/LayerMenuKeyboardAccelerators'
- Make more portable .vik file, as don't save the map cache directory if it's the map cache default directory.
- Remove specific user's map cache directory from test Terraserver.vik file, so that anyone can use it.
- Prevent zoom factor string displaying unnecessary .0s when it's a whole number.
- Prevent access to undefined data when fgets() returns NULL
- 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.
- Fix arithmetic macro definition
- Add and use defines for conversion of speed units.
- Fix arithmetic macro definition
- Add keyboard accelerators for as many as possible View Menu entries.
- Remove duplicated line of code in trackpoint drawing.
- Fix small memory leak when downloading DEM data via the tool method.
- DEM layer properties tidy up.
- Add a new debug message
- Simplify zoom status when xmpp and ympp are equal
- Fix minor source code typo
- Fix arithmetic macro definition
- Improve grammar/usage for conversion macro function to convert meters into feet. Also prepend these macros with VIK_ as better practice.
- Use constant for 'feet in meter'
- 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.
- Extend set/get param interface to have knowledge of what type of operation it is - i.e. is it related to file i/o or display/cut/copy usage.
- Fix cycle map URL
- Fix GType macro usage
- Add keyboard accelerator for the Filter extension to the Track/Waypoint layer menu.
- Add keyboard accelerators for the Waypoints sublayer menu.
- Add keyboard accelerators for the Tracks sublayer menu and improve the text casing.
- Add keyboard accelerators for the Track/Waypoints layer menu and improve the text casing.
- Add keyboard accelerators for the Maps tools menu and improve the text casing.
- Add keyboard accelerators for the Maps layer menu and improve the text casing.
- Add keyboard accelerators for the GPS layer menu and improve text casing.
- Add keyboard accelerators for the GeoRef layer menu.
- Fix compiler warning in file.c
- Fix compiler warnings in vikgobjectbuilder.c
- Fix compiler warnings in vikwindow.c
- Fix compiler warnings in vikmaptype.c
- Fix compiler warning in download.c
- Fix compiler warning in degrees_converters.c
- Fix compiler warnings in babel.c
- Prevent getting stuck in a near infinite loop when using Coord layer, UTM mode and zoomed out to see the whole world.
- Fix Track Draw by Velocity mode, so that individual track points are coloured (as was the intention).
- Add a message to explain why feature does nothing
- Fix previous commit
- Prevent lock up in attempt to download maps along a track in UTM mode.
- Use the standard "Reload" verb
- Clarify text on map layer menu
- Launchpad Bug #445374: Prevent crash when downloading maps along a track, with Terraserver maps when in Mercator mode.
- Simplify code on download action to do when map file is not present
- Fix bug where older file was removed when network not present
- Fix a minor missing include
- Comment VikSlippyMapSource
- Fix bashisms.
- Add explicit linking against libz and libm
- Fix: warning 'draw-mode' message does not display
- Fix incorrect limitation on source map id
- Add warning when requested GObject type is unknown
- [TEST] Add Terraserver viking file
- Prevent viewport tool selection/edit of trackpoint or waypoint when the layer or sublayer is invisible.
New in Viking 0.9.95 (Sep 8, 2010)
- 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.
New in Viking 0.9.92 (Mar 17, 2010)
- Remove OpenAerial
- New preference for default maplayer cache
- Improve DEM-Layer
- Fix error handling in go-to feature
- Use a preference to set the tiles age
- Minor tidy up.
- 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.
- Fix #2958601: Support for non ascii characters in "Go-to" search
- Memorize previously selected go-to service
- Fix: Correctly rotate thumbnail images
- Merge remote branch 'rnorris/unitPref'
- Rleasing viking 0.9.92
- Merge branch 'i18n-launchpad'
- Document previous import
- Import translations from launchpad
New in Viking 0.9.91 (Feb 10, 2010)
- It brings the ability to extend viking features via configuration files. Furthermore, missing tiles are interpolated from less precise tiles.
New in Viking 0.9.9 (Sep 12, 2009)
- Viking 0.9.9 is mainly a fix release. But this release also brings some improves around memory and usability.
New in Viking 0.9.8 (Feb 26, 2009)
- The most notable change is the removal of the Google Maps related code.
- Geonames support was added, but is disabled by default.
- This release can open Web tools at the current position.
- It contains many GUI improvement and many bugfixes.
New in Viking 0.9.7 (Oct 13, 2008)
- This is a new stable release.
- One of the most notable improves concern new maps: OpenCycleMap and OpenAerial.
- This release also contains many UI changes to improve the first-time-user experience.
- It also contains many bugfixes.