RouteConverter: 2015

Thursday, September 3, 2015

adds an option to change the map view from Java FX back to Eclipse SWT
adds size and date columns and a context menu for the restart of downloads to the download dialog
adds an option to allow to start numbering at first position of current selection
adds top/up/down/bottom menu items to the position menu
adds a context menu to rename and delete routes to the browse tab
uses Weblate.org for the localization of RouteConverter so anyone can help
uses a new icon set with high resolution icons on Retina Macs
uses the Aster Global Digital Elevation Model V1 2009 first when queryingGeonames for elevation information
provides a new extended help which is derived from the website - simply press F1
reduces the number of interactions between the web browser and the application
removes the Earthtools elevation service as www.earthtools.org is down
fixes a bug where an empty file was reported as unreadable
fixes a bug where map links where not opened in the external browser but locked up the program
fixes a bug where the Java FX-based map view didn't use the complete available space after the program start
fixes a bug where inserting positions automatically zoomed
fixes a bug where iGO8 Route (*.kml) files could not be converted from route to track
fixes a bug where Google Earth 5 (*.kmz) files with PNG images could not be read
fixes a bug where creating a new file and exiting did not bring up the save as dialog

adds an option to disable "show all positions" after loading and after switching position lists
provides elevation service that tries to select the best possible elevation service
shows the URLs of routes in the catalog as a tooltip
uses JavaFX on Windows for the map view which requires Oracle Java 7 Update 40 or later to work
uses the system-wide proxy configuration as documented by Oracle
removes the faulty Outdoor Active maps integration
fixes a bunch of bugs during the startup phase which make the map, routing and elevation unusable
fixes a bug where routes where just rendered partially and inaccurately
fixes a bug where elevation information was erased when trying to complete it
fixes a bug where downloads where slowed down, performed twice and reported failures
fixes a bug where the conversion of long routes to tracks did not render an accurate track afterwards
fixes a bug where gpsbabel did not work on 64 Bit operation systems
fixes a bug where Google Maps URLs where not parsed correctly
fixes a bug where the rename of a category in the local route catalog had no visible effect
fixes a bug where the route length is doubled each time the position list is switched

adds the OSM-based OpenTopoMap
adds Portuguese localization
adds notifications in the lower right corner to display download progress
requires at least Java 7
uses a single JAR for 32 and 64 Bit support, which internally selected the correct version
uses the Apple key as an accelerator instead of Ctrl
uses JavaFX on Mac OS X for the map view which requires Oracle Java 7 Update 40 or later to work
uses version 3.18 of the Google Maps API which introduces fading of map tiles and supports the avoid ferries routing option
supports the Garmin TrackPointExtension v1 and v2 for GPX 1.1 (.gpx) files
renders a red line if a routing request to Googles servers did not return any results
completes elevation data when inserting positions only if the data is already locally available
creates trips for Garmin zümo 590LM with more than 29 waypoints
makes route color configurable
fixes reading CoPilot 9 (.trp) files which are UTF-16LE encoded
fixes a bug when loading the Hikemap
fixes a bug where the Outdoor Active Maps showed missing tiles
fixes a bug where the profile didn't use all the horizontally available space
fixes a bug in undo for completion after insertion of intermediate positions
fixes a bug in undo for removing positions
fixes a bug that WPL sentences might have no checksum
fixes an int overrun bug in the track duration calculation
fixes a bug to make value conversion for Statute and Nautic unit system commutative