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The following summarises the release history of previous versions of GEOPoint.
To see details of the latest version 4.0 click here.
Version 3.9 released June 2023
- Fix bug in About dialog if registered user name includes non-English characters.
- Fix bugs relating to missing config files for new installs.
- Updated code libraries to latest versions.
Version 3.8 released September 2022:
- Add missing D3DX files to installer to avoid user needing to download from Microsoft manually.
- Fix bug sometimes doesn't remember last folder when doing File Open.
- Improved button labelling when asking user whether to Overwrite existing file.
- Remove decimal points '.' from default output file names to avoid issues identifying correct file extension.
- Minor updates to formatting of reports in HTML and PDF format.
- Updated code libraries to latest versions.
Version 3.7 released June 2022:
- Fix bugs related to wxWidgets Debug Alert at program start on some non-English language machines.
- Improve error checking and reporting.
- Ensure output text files are always UTF8 encoded.
- Updated code libraries to latest versions.
Version 3.6 released July 2021:
- Fixed bugs with missing DirectX files "d3dx9_43.dll" etc.
Version 3.5 released July 2021:
- Fixed bugs with loading and saving some GPX and KML files.
- Fixed bug in HTML and PDF reports in case site name labels contain '&' or '<' characters.
- Updated major cities list.
- Updated code libraries to latest versions.
- Web access to check for updates is improved to use secure https:.
- Windows XP no longer supported by this program.
Version 3.4 released April 2020:
- Fixed bug where coordinates from an AMG file may not be correctly converted to WGS84 latitude/longitude values.
- Updated code libraries to latest versions.
Version 3.3 released January 2020:
- Magnetic Azimuth calculations have been updated with the latest model WMM-2020.
- Fixed bug where zoom view could jump to location (0,0) when switching from Globe View to Rectangular map view.
- Fixed bug where zoomed view of coverage could sometimes shade whole map instead of just coverage area.
Version 3.2 released April 2019:
- Magnetic Azimuth calculations have been updated with the latest out-of-cycle model WMM-2015v2.
- Added support for GeoJSON format input files for Batch Reports or User City selection.
- Minor changes in layout and text box size to improve the appearance of some windows, depending upon the user's
currently selected Windows theme.
- Improved file checking and error reporting.
- Fixed bug so program will properly default to recognize windows font encoding if the input file is not UTF8 encoded.
- Distance can now be entered to 6 decimal places, but GreatCirc still rounds to nearest metre when calculating.
- The seconds component of latitude and longitude will now display to 3 decimal places if necessary, instead of rounding to whole seconds.
- The Magnetic Azimuth tool now includes a notation on the window title if the Rhumb Line bearings are being displayed rather than
the Great Circle directions.
- Minor additions to the Major Cities list.
Version 3.1 released February 2018:
- Improved window layout for themes using larger window fonts.
- Instead of remembering just last folder used, program now separately remembers last input folder and last output folder.
- Minor improvements to error messages.
- All output CSV files now include UTF-8 byte-order-mark (BOM) so that character encoding will be properly recognised and
displayed properly in Excel.
- Fixed bug on batch output reports where WMM model year and epoch incorrectly formatted.
- Fixed bug where PDF page format changed from landscape to portrait after first page.
- Fixed bug where map was not sized to fit window, leaving a black bar to the right of the map.
Version 3.0 released October 2017:
- Program rewritten using a new GUI library, which resulted in many changes in layout and features.
- Removed Batch Mode mapping function, see instead MapList-Flat and MapList-Globe apps.
- Improvements to the installer, especially when installing in multi-user environments.
- Improved un-installer access for Windows 8 and above.
- Improved animated wait cursor for Windows 7 and later.
- Added "Check for Updates" option in Help menu.
- The option to save a Batch Report of multiple Great Circle calculations to a single report file is still provided, and is now
available via the main File Menu.
- Save Image now allows a selection of image file types, not just BMP.
- Save Report and Batch Report now include the option of saving to PDF format.
The single calculation PDF report includes both the report table seen in the HTML report, as well as the current map image,
all together on the one PDF page.
- Minor improvements to formatting of HTML report.
- GreatCirc now suggests descriptive filenames for saved images, paths, and reports, based on calculation type and point locations.
- The Magnetic Azimuth dialog, now includes site names, as per main dialog, if applicable.
- Fixed bug where clicking on zoomed Globe view selected incorrect lat,long point when near edge of globe.
For full details of all prior versions back to 2011, see the program help files.
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GreatCirc - Release History