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Eye4Software GPS Mapping Studio - Release Notes

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GPS Mapping Studio version 5.0

Build 5.0.12.1214

• Added support for spatial databases like PostGIS, Spatialite and MySQL;
• Improved loading time for OpenStreetMap and S57 maps;
• Attribute table view for easier editing of map attributes;
• More flexible ASCII import tool, ability to skip fields and rows;
• Added support for Grid Exchange Files (*.gxf);
• Improved support for ESRI WKT, PROJ.4 and ARC/INFO projection files;
• Added sample maps to download package;
• Ability to add or remove attribute fields;
• Georeferencing function added in dialogs where latitude and longitude can be entered;
• Added support for MultiPoint, MultiLineString and MultiPolygon features;
• Improved map projection detection in MapInfo TAB and MIF files;
• Automatic filetype detection based on file extension;
• CSV import and export functionality for map attributes.

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GPS Mapping Studio version 4.1

Build 4.1.12.1001

• Added support for maps using Azimuthal Equidistant projection;
• Added support for maps using Hammer Aitoff projection;
• Added support for maps using Quarter Authalic projection;
• Ability to import Kompass DAV and MagicMaps IK3D GPS files;
• NMEA0183 realtime device monitoring;
• NMEA0183 logging;
• Resampling of elevation datasets;
• Improved XYZ elevation data export speed and memory usage;
• Improved support for GeoTIFF datasets;
• Added support for ARC/INFO float elevation data;
• Software now supports LiDAR datasets, including classification, intensity and RGB color;
• Added time, speed and course fields to exported GPX GPS Exchange Files;
• Updated map projections database with new grids from EPSG v8.0 database.

Build 4.1.12.807

• Added support for SDTS DEM elevation files (import);
• Added support for Surfer Grid files (import and export);
• Ability to design your own GPS position indicator which can be displayed scaled to real size;
• Added advanced ASCII options to XYZ data import tool;

Build 4.1.12.717

• Import ASCII or binary XYZ data into a project;
• Export ASCII ARC/INFO grids;
• Convert selected features with elevation information into a matrix/grid;
• Import and export Idrisi Raster files (*.img and *.rst).

Build 4.1.12.627

• Ability to create a new vector layer;
• New conversion method: Shape to Waypoint;
• New conversion method: Waypoint to Shape;
• New conversion method: Shape to Track;
• New conversion method: Track to Shape;
• New conversion method: Track to Route;
• Improved ASCII export: choose fields to include;
• Added support for USGS DEM ASCII files (import);
• Added support for Surfer BLN files (import and export);
• Added support for Jeppesen Routepack CRF files (import and export);
• Added support for polylines and points in Atlas BNA files;
• Option to reproject a single (vector) map from one coordinate system to another;

Build 4.1.12.131

• Ability to edit a feature's vertices;
• Ability to edit a feature's attributes;
• GPS track area calculation;
• Map object area calculation;
• Generation of ESRI WKT projection files when exporting map data;
• Generation of ESRI WKT projection and world files when exporting screenshots;
• Support for CompeGPS track, waypoint and route files;
• Maps list added;
• Added feature tab in vector layer properties window. Allows you to manually edit or remove features.

Build 4.1.12.102

• 250 new local map grids added, including map grids for Bhutan, Central America, Turkey and more;
• Fixed problems with importing OpenStreetMap image files;
• Added support for various GPS data formats like PCX5, Bushnell, Garmin Logbook and more;

Build 4.1.11.1207

• Added support for OziExplorer map files (OZF2, OZFX3);
• Improved map calibration;
• Ability to load raw image files when header file is missing (by passing parameters manually);
• It is now possible to change a raster map's colormap, or to import and export colormaps;

Build 4.1.11.1127

• Added support for Raw image formats (BIL/BSQ/BIP);
• Added support for SRTM elevation data;
• Added support for Arc/Info binary grid files;
• Added support for ACE2 binary grid files;
• Added support for VPF Binary Grid files;
• Added support for large raster data sets;
• Added new vector export formats: KML, Atlas BNA and Autocad DXF;
• Added KML (Keyhole Markup Language) import;

Build 4.1.11.1111

• Updated map projection database;
• Alarms for GPS position integrity and maximum speed added;
• Event marker button added;
• Export screen to image file (BMP, TIF, JPG, GIF or PNG);
• Added AutoSave option;
• Show/Hide layers and/or objects directly from the project manager by a single mouseclick;
• Drag the map around using mouse;
• Added SDTS DLG vector formats;

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GPS Mapping Studio version 3.0

Build 3.0.10.1228

• Added Mapinfo MIF/MID vectorchart import;
• Added Arc/Info Export format import;
• Added Microstation ISFF DGN import;
• Export any vectorchart to an ESRI shapefile;
• Projections added: Miller Cylindrical, Bonne, Sinusoidal and Cylindrical Equal Area;
• Support for LWPOLYGON features in AutoCad DXF files;
• Track playback functionality added. Can be used to review your recorded GPS tracks.

Build 3.0.10.927

• Whole new user interface with docking windows to display layers, GIS attributes, GIS data table and incoming GPS data;
• Ability to import OpenStreetMap XML vectordata;
• Import and export functionality for Garmin GDB (Garmin Database) files;
• Build-in eventlog to make troubleshouting easier;
• High color icons and buttons and Windows theme switching;
• Autodetect map projection when loading GeoTIFF raster maps;
• Now contains over 3500 map datums and grids, and the ability to modify or add new ones;
• Support for multiple layers. You can now load multiple raster and vector maps into the same view or project;
• Attributes display, select a GIS feature by mouse to show more information;
• Added 3 customizable grids, distance rings and scale indicator;
• New graphics library to get smoother vectormaps using anti-aliasing;
• Specify how GIS features are drawn by specifying rendering rules;
• The software is now project based. You can save multiple layers, routes and tracks to a single project file.

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GPS Mapping Studio version 2.1

Build 2.1.10.204

• Fist version of this software;
• Support for GeoTIFF, DXF, ESRI Shapefiles and scanned map images (by using map calibration);
• Support for GPX datafiles;
• Transfer data between the software and Garmin GPS devices (waypoints, routes and tracks).

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