Gunamoi Software

GreatCirc - What Was New in Version 2.1

GreatCirc Program

Description

Release Date: June 2012.

The following main features were added or changed in version 2.1:

New item in Tools menu allows locations to be entered in Australian Map Grid (AMG) coordinates.
Converted Help system from WinHelp to HtmlHelp format to improve Windows 7 support.
Improvements to context sensitive help & menu layouts.

User Site Selection tool now allows the user to pick sites from GPX and AMG format files, as well as default maplist TXT files. And now also ignores sites from the input file which have no name label.
Batch Mode will now allow users to load and plot GPX format (GPS eXchange Format) files used by common GPS software. Waypoints will be labeled, and Routes and Tracks will be shown as connected lines.
In Batch Mode, when opening a new input file, the user is now given the option whether to replace existing data, or append the new data to the existing plot.
In Batch Mode, users can now save the map plot data to a simple MapList TXT file. eg. when two input files have been appended together, or when data has been loaded from a GPX or AMG format file.
In Batch Mode, user can now change font and font size used for text labelling.
In Batch Mode, when the map is zoomed, the user can now use keyboard arrow keys to move the view around.
Batch Mode still starts with the window maximised, but if the user resizes the window to get a specific bitmap image size, settings will be remembered next time he runs Batch Mode and clicks Un-maximise (Restore Down).
GreatCirc now warns the user if one of the selected points will not be visible when switching to Mercator projection (eg. if too close to poles).

Fix bug where latitude lines did not draw on Mercator view.
Fix so left-click & right-click to select points on map now also works in Mercator and Globe views.
Fixed bug which occurred if user clicked cancel on User Site Selection.
Now maintain zoom status when switching between map View types on main window.
Fix some bugs when zoom near edge of map in Batch Mode. And make Batch Mode cursor look like magnifier to avoid confusion.
On Major City Selection, and User Site Selection dialogs, now forces user to Set Point 1 or Set Point 2 before he can click OK.
Help - Licence... now opens help page for Licence, not the Licence.txt text file.
Added Help menu to Batch Mode window.
Minor improvements to HTML report layouts.

To find out what was new in previous version 2.0, click here.