Version 6.1 -- June 2004
- support for Spanish contributed by Alberto Morales
(amd77_at_gulic.org).
- new options:
- user unit for altitude (metres, feet); suggested by Chuck Cox
(chuck413_at_sbcglobal.net).
- map default projection, map default position format.
- default line width for representing routes, tracks and
polylines.
- MapGuide text format default version.
- route waypoints in GPSMan data files must now be given in full,
using names only is no longer supported; there is a new utility
wpsinfull.tcl
in the util
directory to convert old
files.
- polylines as a new data type, to be used as background for the
map; suggested by David Kaplan (dmkaplan_at_ucdavis.edu).
- creation of a new waypoint at a given distance and bearing from
an existing one; asked by Alessandro Palmas (alpalmas_at_tin.it).
- routes and tracks now have colours that can be changed.
- speed graph for tracks; suggested by Paulo Quaresma
(pq_at_di.uevora.pt).
- climb rate graph for tracks; suggested by Paul Scorer
(P.Scorer_at_leedsmet.ac.uk) who kindly provided a
noise-reduction filter for the data.
- 2D plots can now be resized; code contributed by Martin Buck
(m_at_rtin-buck.de).
- 2D elevation and speed graphs can now be plotted against time
instead of total distance.
- the symbol of each waypoint in a group can be changed from the
group window; code contributed by Jean H. Theoret
(ve2za_at_rac.ca).
- computation of distance along line on the map, extending
previous measurement between two points; suggested by Victor Yip
(vgyip_at_ucdavis.edu).
- control window or confirmation for slow operations; suggested by
David Kaplan.
- support for GPX export format, both for exportation and
importation (including files produced by GPSBabel), contributed by
Valère Robin (valere.robin_at_wanadoo.fr).
- exportation of waypoints and tracks in OziExplorer format;
contributed by Alessandro Palmas.
- importation of the 2003/2004 version of MapGuide; from
information sent by Heiko Theide (Heiko.Thede_at_gmx.de).
There will be conversion errors if the version of the file is
different from that given by the user.
- importation/exportation of MapGuide files no longer depends on
the receiver brand; asked by Alessandro Palmas.
- importing NMEA log from file as a track (Garmin variant only);
asked by Siegfried Leisen (lei_at_cray.com).
- importing/exporting Shapefile files in position formats other than
decimal degrees for latitude/longitude and metres for altitude, and
datums other than "WGS 84". With
gpsmanshp
version 1.1 it
is now possible to read Shapefile polygons.
- importation of IGC (FAI GNSS) data files; asked by Paul Scorer.
- support for TFW (Tiff World File metadata format) files for
geo-referencing images; asked by Paolo Cavallini
(cavallini_at_faunalia.it).
- partial support for OziExplorer map files for
geo-referencing images; asked by Eric Spierings
(ericspierings_at_netscape.net).
- support for grades (centesimal degrees) as signed floats.
- using the central/false longitude of a projection to fix the
range of possible longitude values; this corrects problems with
longitude values near E180 and have implications on how points
and lines are displayed in small-scale maps.
- new projections:
- CRT Italian projection and grid, from information sent by
Alessandro Palmas.
- Austrian projection and grid (Bundesmeldenetz); suggested by
Alessandro Palmas.
- Teale Albers projection and grid; asked by David Kaplan.
- Albers Equal Area and Lambert Equal Area Conic projections.
- French projections and grids; asked by Alessandro Palmas.
- new syntax for some old commands in command-line mode, and
several new commands, including execution of GPSMan command scripts
and Tcl/Tk scripts; partly in answer to questions from Joakim
Majander (Joakim.Majander_at_enprima.com)
and Pascal Brisset (pascal.brisset_at_free.fr).
- explicit support for Garmin receivers (with thanks to):
Geko 201 (Christoph Dworzak, Sabine Sagner-Weigl, David Klotz), Geko
301 (Laurent Bonnaud),
GPS5 (Matthias M. Weber), GPS12 Map (Gracjan Ziolek), StreetPilot 3
(Gerrit Huizenga), Garmin Rino 120 (Chuck Cox), Garmin Rino 110
(Alexander Damyanov), GPSMap60C (Klaus Ethgen).
GPSMan User Manual
©Miguel
Filgueiras,
mig_at_ncc.up.pt
, DCC-FC & LIACC,
Universidade do Porto, 2004