Viking 1.10 - released 2021-11-27

Headline Features

• SF#11: Add Exit Warning if something modified.
• TAC: Ability to count and display newly covered tiles
• GH#134: Support 'geo:' URIs on the commmand line
• Calendar supports marking of multi-day tracks
• More Preferences for initial conditions
  • Including the default zoom, showing of the centermark and the scale
  • GH#141
• Ability to rename a track based on it's start date
• Allow global HTTP User-Agent override
• Draw overlays on track graphs as a line
• Many Internal Improvements Fixes
• Large Basque and Danish language translation updates

SourceForge Bugs Fixed

• [SF#160]((https://sourceforge.net/p/viking/bugs/160): Windows - Fix handling special characters in filenames

Github Issues Fixes

• GH#68: Windows - Improved Data Path Determination
• GH#119: Fix build on OpenBSD
• GH#122: Fix Image Generation under GTK3
• GH#126: Fix URL for OSRM Foot routing
• GH#128: Maintain datasource_gc.c such that it at least compiles
• GH#131: Fix build error with --disable-libzip
• GH#136: [WINDOWS] Build compatibility for Windows 7
• GH#137: Ensure don't create invalid GPX export when given invalid input
• GH#139: [WINDOWS] Ensure the default map (OpenTopoMap) works.

Github Issues Features

• GH#129: Downgrade unnecessary warning
• GH#130: viking.spec improvements

Also as usual, many other smaller fixes and features - see the source code history.

Build minimums:

• No changes to build dependencies

Viking 1.9 - released 2020-03-20

Headline Features

• GPX 1.1 Support for most common Extensions (inc. Heart Rate, Power, Temperature & Cadence) - SF#96 / GH#77
• GTK3 - GH#111
  • Pinch Zoom support on Touchpads/Touchscreens (not GTK2 build)
• Select Tool is now the default with more intuitive behaviour to enable moving the map - [GH#87(https://github.com//issues/87)]
• OpenTopoMap is the new Map Default
• Online Search in Left Hand Pane
• Track Statistics in Left Hand Pane
• OSRM Routing Support
• Log diagnostic Window
• DEM Colour options - SF#158
• DEM Server enhanced support (NASA Earthdata login and alternative DEM server configuration) - SF#159
• Ruler uses Great Circle drawing and distance.
• Single key Shortcuts support GH#40 GH#85
• Improved Track Area Coverage (faster drawing, option to limit years of coverage)
• Monthly Statistics Analysis
• Native KML Parser enabling support for more KML features
• More KML export options
• Ability to convert Tracks/Routes to Waypoints and vice versa.
• Ability to 'Rotate' Routes/Tracks, i.e. to shift the start/end point of circular routes.
• Ability to Reset Preferences and Layer Defaults - GH#86
• Ability to Reset Layers back to the Layer Default.
• Enable Filtering on some List Displays (hence a basic internal search).
• Support more GPX 1.0 Waypoint fields - the less commonally encountered ones.
• Flatpak Version - also available on Flathub - GH#70

SourceForge Bugs Fixed

• SF#157 Waypoint Properties dialog shows wrong waypoint symbol
• SF#149 HTTPS Does not work on Windows install
• SF#84 Losses Extended Waypoint Information on Save/Export

Additional SourceForge Feature Requests Implemented

• SF#81 Use XDG-compliant for config, cache (e.g. ~/.config/viking/)
  • Viking will use your existing ~/.viking/ directory if there is one
  • For existing users manually move ~/.viking/ to ~/.config/viking/ to start using the XDG location
• SF#133 Color of Tracks
• SF#150 Allow Specifying Offset for Map Source
• SF#154 Warning about "external layers" usage
• SF#155 Add "Save as" keyboard shortcut
• SF#157 Export All to Single GPX File

Additional Github Issues Implemented

• GH#65 Geotag images does nothing when using KML files
• GH#88 Allow zero-additional-click properties view when selecting
• GH#90 Don't fill in empty KML s for the user
• GH#92 OpenTopoMap uses ~/.viking-maps/Unknown
• GH#93 Clarify zoom levels
• GH#94 GPS data is removed while geotagging
• GH#96 Incorrect timezone on Distance-Time and Elevation-Time tabs of Track Properties
• GH#98 Crash when uploading GPS trace to OSM
• GH#102 Feature request: increase max. map cache size
• GH#106 Treat a latitude containing a comma as a Latitude Longitude pair when entering a Waypoint
• GH#107 Easier way to enter historical dates
• GH#114 Routes created via Route Finder can only be terminated by ESC
• GH#116 yournavigation.org is (permanently) down

Also as usual, many other smaller features - see the source code history.

Building from source

Fixes:

Now builds under GCC10

Certain build configurations that were broken in the previous release have been fixed (and Continuous Integration builds to try to prevent future breakage).

Build minimums:

• Program: glib-compile-resources - so requires package libglib2.0-dev-bin / glib2-devel
• GTK 2.22 / 3.22
  • GTK3 is now the default - so requires package libgtk-3-dev / gtk3-devel
  • To enforce GTK2 use the configure option '--enable-gtk2'
  • Anticipated that this will be the last Viking release that supports GTK2.
• GLIB 2.44
• GIO 2.32
• GDK-Pixbuf 2.32

Viking 1.8 - released 2020-02-02

Open Source Desktop program to manage GPS data.

Summary of Changes since Version-1.7

• New GeoClue Layer to Track Position from the GeoClue service
  • Not available on Windows
• Per Year Track Analysis
• Track Timing Speed Splits Analysis
• Subsecond Timing Precision for Tracks & Waypoints
• Track Area Coverage Feature
• Native Read Support of Zip & bzip2 Files
  • This attempts to load supported files found within the compressed file
• Native Basic TCX Read Support
• Embedded (Elevation & Speed) Graphs in the Main Window
• Improved icons for Aggregate and Maps layers
• Scrolling Options for Better Usage with Touchpads
• Right Click Menu Options on the Calendar
• Various Keyboard Enhancements:
  • Left & Right arrow keys selects the previous or next trackpoint respectively
  • Keypad ' ' & Keypad '-' inserts a trackpoint after or before of the current trackpoint
  • Menu key opens the track context menu
• SF Features#117: Area Calculation Tool
• Large Basque language translation update
• Many other small fixes - see the ChangeLog for the full details.

New Dependencies

• None

Viking 1.7 - released 2019-01-21

Open Source Desktop program to manage GPS data.

Summary of Changes since Version-1.6.2

• KMZ Map File Support
• Apply Button for Layer Properties
• Support More GPX Fields
• Updated Default Map: Mapbox Outdoors
• GeoClue Support for Automatic Location
• Faster GPX File Loading
• Waypoint / EXIF GPS Image Direction Support
• Support More Garmin Waypoint Symbols
• Support Garmin Device GPX Point Limits
• Windows GPSD Client
• Support 'External' GPX File Layers in .vik Files
• Usage of HTTPS addresses
• Support OAuth for OSM
• Support High Resolution Displays
• Track Route Split Join Tools
• Calculation of Eddington Number
• Calendar Display
• Can Select a Result from the Online Search Results
• Reproducible Builds
• 64bit Windows Build only
• Travis Build CI
• Consistent Licensing of GPL2
• Many Internal Improvements Fixes

Fixes since 1.6.2

• SF Bugs#154: Ensure GPX output values are XSD:Decimal
• SF Bugs#151: Compatibility with GPSD API v7
• SF Bugs#152: Fix repeatedly showing the license dialog
• SF Bugs#148: Fix reversing manually created tracks & routes
• SF Bugs#146: Fix showing elevation gain/loss in track properties.
• SF Bugs#144: Fix Export to World File
• SF Bugs#138: Fix handling of tags in GPX files.
• SF Bugs#135: Fix OSM Maps shown by default at Maximum Zoom.
• SF Bugs#133: Remove the auto added map when opening the first .vik file from the GUI.
• SF Bugs#134: Replaced discontinued MapQuest tile service with rate limited Mapbox Outdoors service.
• SF Bugs#132: Fix to correctly open GPX files in Windows via double click.
• SF Bugs#130: Fix GeoRef layer alpha value change to 255 is ignored until restart
• SF Bugs#22: Fix changing coordinates when saving and exporting
• SF Bugs#128: Fix Crash when loading broken .vik file

New Dependencies

• libzip - Used in KMZ support
• liboauth - Used for OAuth support for OSM
• libnettle - Used for MD5 hash filenames for Waypoint Image thumbnail cache
• libgeoclue2.0 - Used for automatic determination of initial position

Viking

Open Source Desktop program to manage GPS data.

Fixes since 1.6.1

• Don't remove project name if one decides not to delete all layers.
• Fix routes not saved in GPX when tracks are made invisible.
• SF Bugs#103: Fix TrackWaypoint layer items may not be displayed when pasted
• Enable Catalan and Turkish translations.
• Restore opening of JPG files.
• SF Bugs#127: Fix initial display of Waypoint sort order.
• Fix map layer widget sensitivity dependent on map type.

Fixes since 1.6

• Several fixes and many code improvements from Coverity scans
• Fix heap-buffer-overflows
• Mapnik3 support.
  ** C standard required is now C 11
• Reactivate building of the reference documentation
• SF Bugs#126: Fix crash in gdk_rgb_convert_0888 due to using deallocated memory.
• SF Bugs#121: Fix crash when invalidating previously acquired tiles.
• SF Bugs#123: Fix bzip2 decompression on Windows.
• SF Bugs#122: Fix memory cache confusion with multiple "On Disk OSM Tile Format" maps
• SF Bugs#120: Fix Track drawing bug across the 180th Meridian.
• Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 1210403: Only download and process one Bing attribution list.
• Fix Geocaches acquiring with latest geo-* software
• Import latest Launchpad translation updates
• Many other small fixes - see the ChangeLog for the full details.

Executive Summary of Changes in 1.6

• Mapnik Rendering Layer (not available in Windows build ATM) - with preprocessor CartoCSS option.
• Export files via GPSBabel
• History of positions enabling jumping back (and forwards) to previous locations - similar to web browser back (and forward) buttons.
• Extended GPSBabel filtering support - Enables limited/simple OSM Overpass API support.
• Support reading of MBTiles files.
• Support reading of OSM Metatiles.
• Configurable Toolbar Menu keys
• Various time related features: Edit trackpoint and waypoint times, Quick search of tracks by date, Sort layers by time and more.
• Improved route finder UI usage
• GeoJSON support via external programs 'togpx' and 'togeojson' (Not available in Windows build ATM)
• New default Map Cache layout to be more compatible with standard OSM/TMS structure.
• Support GPX Metadata values common to GPX1.0 and GPX1.1
• Extended map type configuration options (zoom levels area extents limits)
• Allow starting Viking with command line parameters to set position, zoom and map type.
• Export Track, Route and Waypoint Lists as text.

Viking

Open Source Desktop program to manage GPS data.

Fixes since 1.6

• Several fixes and many code improvements from Coverity scans
• Fix heap-buffer-overflows
• Mapnik3 support.
  ** C standard required is now C 11
• Reactivate building of the reference documentation
• SF Bugs#126: Fix crash in gdk_rgb_convert_0888 due to using deallocated memory.
• SF Bugs#121: Fix crash when invalidating previously acquired tiles.
• SF Bugs#123: Fix bzip2 decompression on Windows.
• SF Bugs#122: Fix memory cache confusion with multiple "On Disk OSM Tile Format" maps
• SF Bugs#120: Fix Track drawing bug across the 180th Meridian.
• Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 1210403: Only download and process one Bing attribution list.
• Fix Geocaches acquiring with latest geo-* software
• Import latest Launchpad translation updates
• Many other small fixes - see the ChangeLog for the full details.

Executive Summary of Changes in 1.6

• Mapnik Rendering Layer (not available in Windows build ATM) - with preprocessor CartoCSS option.
• Export files via GPSBabel
• History of positions enabling jumping back (and forwards) to previous locations - similar to web browser back (and forward) buttons.
• Extended GPSBabel filtering support - Enables limited/simple OSM Overpass API support.
• Support reading of MBTiles files.
• Support reading of OSM Metatiles.
• Configurable Toolbar Menu keys
• Various time related features: Edit trackpoint and waypoint times, Quick search of tracks by date, Sort layers by time and more.
• Improved route finder UI usage
• GeoJSON support via external programs 'togpx' and 'togeojson' (Not available in Windows build ATM)
• New default Map Cache layout to be more compatible with standard OSM/TMS structure.
• Support GPX Metadata values common to GPX1.0 and GPX1.1
• Extended map type configuration options (zoom levels area extents limits)
• Allow starting Viking with command line parameters to set position, zoom and map type.
• Export Track, Route and Waypoint Lists as text.

Viking

Open Source Desktop program to manage GPS data.

Executive Summary of Changes in 1.6

• Mapnik Rendering Layer (not available in Windows build ATM) - with preprocessor CartoCSS option.
• Export files via GPSBabel
• History of positions enabling jumping back (and forwards) to previous locations - similar to web browser back (and forward) buttons.
• Extended GPSBabel filtering support - Enables limited/simple OSM Overpass API support.
• Support reading of MBTiles files.
• Support reading of OSM Metatiles.
• Configurable Toolbar Menu keys
• Various time related features: Edit trackpoint and waypoint times, Quick search of tracks by date, Sort layers by time and more.
• Improved route finder UI usage
• GeoJSON support via external programs 'togpx' and 'togeojson' (Not available in Windows build ATM)
• New default Map Cache layout to be more compatible with standard OSM/TMS structure.
• Support GPX Metadata values common to GPX1.0 and GPX1.1
• Extended map type configuration options (zoom levels area extents limits)
• Allow starting Viking with command line parameters to set position, zoom and map type.
• Export Track, Route and Waypoint Lists as text.