changelog

Powerful and Portable GPS application -- support Linux, Windows, Windows CE GPS navigation and Map m

Bug Fixes:
- Fixes potential shortest path hang.
- Compass in GPS window no longer flickers when redrawn.
- Fixes some print scaling problems.
- GPS window should be resizable again under GTK and other platforms that don't let miniframes be resized.
- GPS and What's Nearby window now adhere to active theme.
- Switches from deprecated http://geonames.usgs.gov/geonames/stategaz/ files to http://geonames.usgs.gov/docs/stategaz/ GNIS files.
- Misc waypoints dialog usability fixes.
- Fixes 16bpp compatibility problem under Linux.
- An error message is no longer shown for TIGER/Line counties without any type 6 records.

Developer Visible Changes:
- LIBROADNAV_CHECK_VERSION(x,y) macro now checks to ensure the correct version of LibRoadnav is present.
- Adds LibRoadnavDebug logging functions.

Misc:
- Roadnav now checks during compiling if the correct version of LibRoadnav is present.
- If a map download partially fails, only one error message box should be generated per county now.
- Adds m_bVisible element to MapMarker, which can completely hide a marker.
- The location dialog now differentiates between addresses not being available due to maps not being downloaded, invalid city/state combinations, and invalid street addresses.
- Recent performance improvements require changes to Roadnav's internal file formats. As such, all maps must be downloaded again and recompiled. This process can now optionally occur automatically - on the first run after upgrading, users will be asked if they wish to automatically download the maps they previously had again or if they wish to start fresh.
- Improved default appearance settings.

*** Version 0.12 - 1/2/06 ***

Enhancements:
- Adds support for speed controlled zooming - as the GPS speed increases, the map is zoomed out. Cutoff speeds can be adjusted from the General Page of Preferences.

Bug Fixes:
- 16bpp color depth incompatibility resolved.
- Roadnav now automatically reconnects to the gpsd server if the connection is lost.
- Sleep/standby/hibernation should be handled properly now.
- Address parser now automatically abbreviates North/South/East/West/Northeast/Southeast/Southwest/Northwest.
- Fixes compass orientation.

Misc:
- GPS heading is now ignored when the reported speed is less than 5 mph.
- TIGER/Line search path updated to:
-- http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/tiger2005fe/
-- http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/tiger2005se/
-- http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/tiger2006fe/
-- http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/tiger2006se/

*** Version 0.11 - 12/11/05 ***

Bug Fixes:
- The North/South/East/West prefix/suffix on streets is now parsed from the TIGER/Line data.
- Fixes serious bug in coordinate look up function.
- Fixes bug that would cause gpsd errors to crash Roadnav.

*** Version 0.10 - 12/1/05 ***

Enhancements:
- Adds LCDproc support as secondary output device.
- FreeBSD serial support
- Sun OSes serial support
- Holding the left mouse button down for more than two seconds over the map control is now equivalent to right clicking.
- Waypoint icons are now reduced in size when zoomed out.
- Counties that have already been downloaded are now shown in a different color in the Download Maps dialog.
- Roadnav's core functionality has been moved to a separate LGPL'ed library, LibRoadnav.
- The screen is now recentered when the GPS position approaches the edge of the screen rather than when it actually goes off the screen. It also takes the heading into account when repositioning the screen.
- Compass appearance redone, reenabled in default skins.
- GPS marker style can now be changed from the GPS page of Preferences.
- Edit theme dialog now lets users change font sizes, when features are visible, line widths, etc.
- Adds "Clear Cache" and "Clear Map Data" buttons to preferences.

Bug Fixes:
- Fixes bug that would cause Roadnav to crash under OS X once the GPS coordinates started changing.
- Roadnav now correctly identifies the serial ports under OS X.
- Fixes sunrise/sunset calculation incompatibility with wxWidgets 2.6.2.
- Fixes Preferences GPS page incompatibility with wxWidgets 2.6.2.
- Fixes arrow key behavior when north is not pointing up.
- Fixes What's Nearby sorting under wxMac.
- Double clicking an item in the What's Nearby dialog now centers the map on that landmark.
- Adds Freedesktop compatible menu entry.
- Fixes menu layout under OS X.
- Fixes a bug that would sometimes cause Roadnav to hang the first time it was started under Win32.
- Fixes a bug that would cause GNIS downloads to fail if a full state name was used in the address dialog instead of the state abbreviation.

Developer Visible Changes:
- Adds simulated GPS support. Not compiled in by default.
- Theme class merged with MapDetailSettings to produce MapAppearanceSettings class.
- ThemeColorsDialog renamed to more accurate EditThemeDialog.

Misc:
- TIGER/Line root updated to http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/tiger2004se/

*** Version 0.9 - 8/20/05 ***

Enhancements:
- Adds Unicode support.
- Adds 3D view.
- Adds .deb, .rpm, and .dmg packaging.
- Assorted performance tweaks.
- Adds gpsd support (requires gpsd library).
- It's now possible to download a county by right clicking on the county on the map.
- Adds Preferences button to default skins.

Bug Fixes:
- Downloading multiple counties of data now only results in one progress dialog.
- Disallows invalid combinations of 3D mode, aerial overlay, and rotated maps.
- Fixes to make Roadnav wxMac compatible.
- Progress dialogs are no longer closeable.
- Map is now automatically redrawn after downloading map data.
- Roadnav no longer hangs if live directions are on and the GPS coordinates are greater than 0.1 miles from a road.
- What's Nearby now shows POIs even if they aren't currently visible on the map.
- Fixes address look up bug.
- Fixes bug that would allow the map to be recentered during the drawing process, resulting in misaligned text and lines.
- Directions are now represented correctly in the "Heading" box.
- No longer necessary to ./autogen.sh on certain platforms (e.g. Fedora Core). ./configure should work everywhere now.
- Text typed on the on-screen keyboard no longer overwrites the existing text (only happened on a few platforms).
- The What's Nearby and Directions window can now be resized under GTK.
- Autoconf/automake fixes.
- Assorted other bug fixes.

Misc:
- Roadnav now requires wxWidgets 2.6.1 or higher.

*** Version 0.8 - 6/26/05 ***
- Adds themes
- Automatic day/night theme switching
- Adds support for waypoints
- Map->Set address now accepts coordinates in a variety of formats
- Support for SI distances
- Downloaded files are now cached in .Roadnavcache
- Proxy support added
- Adds support for rotated maps
- Adds skin support
- Adds onscreen keyboard

*** Version 0.7 - 5/6/05 ***
- Adds measure and zoom tool
- Major performance and memory usage improvement
- All state boundaries are now automatically shown
- All county boundaries are now automatically shown
- Antialiasing can be disabled again
- GPS history option added
- Adds View Zoom Max and Zoom Min
- Various information now shown in status bar
- Merged View->Live Directions, View->Directions, and Map->Get Directions into just Map->Get Directions

*** Version 0.6 - 3/27/05 ***
- Adds support for Festival TTS
- Progress bars move more smoothly
- Address listed in title bar now
- Eliminated map border

*** Version 0.5 - 3/13/05 ***
- Adds Live Directions dialog box
- New URL preferences page
- Terraserver integration (aerial photos)
- Microsoft SAPI 5.1 TTS integrated
- Updated to use Tiger/Line 2004 first edition files
- Added ability to specify map zooming through general preferences page
- Assorted bug fixes

*** Version 0.4 - 1/1/05 ***
- Adds Save As Settings dialog box
- Adds What's Near By dialog box
- Fixes GTK2 redrawing problem
- Fixes a race condition in the shutdown code
- Adds support for virtual COM ports under Win32
- No longer draws street names on top of other street names
- Reduced memory consumption
- Improved antialiasing performance

*** Version 0.3.1 - 10/31/04 ***
- Corrects some wxWindows 2.5 compatibility issues.
- Eliminates dependency on external unzip program.
- New GPS status window
- Roadnav can now be installed in custom locations on Win32 boxes

*** Version 0.3 - 10/16/04 ***
- Corrected a bug that prevented compiling on most platforms besides Debian Linux and Windows.
- Missing files are handled more gracefully now.
- Corrected a serious bug in the way GNIS (landmark) coordinates were parsed.
- Added preferences dialog (Tools menu).
- GPS is now disabled by default and the serial port it uses can be configured through the new preferences dialog.
- Map colors can now be configured through the preferences dialog.
- The antialiasing level can now be adjusted through the preferences dialog (to save memory or to produce nicer looking  maps).
- Automatic map downloads can now be disabled.
- Various printing problems resolved.
- Full screen mode added.

*** Version 0.2 - 9/21/04 ***
- First public release