RouteConverter 3.0.381

Reads and writes Garmin Fit 2.0 (.fit) files
Extends the Offline Edition to use online maps
Extends the Offline Edition by the display of hill shading
Adds a zoom combobox to the Offline Edition
Allows to open files via double click on Mac OS X
Refuses to start with Java 8 Update 161 to 172 on Windows due to a JavaFX bug in Oracle's Java VM
Uses anti-aliasing on Linux
Limits zooming in the Offline Edition to a reasonable range
Adds columns to Microsoft Excel 97-2008 (.xls) and Microsoft Excel 2008 (.xlsx) files if they don't exist but are needed to store data
Fixes profile and map panel initialization problems on fast computers which didn't show the map on startup
Fixes bug when inserting intermediate positions in the Offline Edition: have to wait for adding to positions model to be completed before inserting the next positions
Fixes a bug where loading tile server list on Java 9+ failed since the Esri copyright was missing in the XML Schema
Fixes a bug where markers, tracks and waypoints where not removed from the map due to remove/add reordering issues
Fixes a bug where the deleted route was not correctly removed due to indexOf() broken due to equals() broken
Fixes a bug if the first position has no coordinates
Fixes a bug when completing time which enables the select all scenario again since it was gone after release 2.20
Fixes a bug reading Photo (.jpg) files with more than 64 KByte metadata
Fixes a bug writing Photo (.jpg) files which were overwritten with zeros
Adds a workaround to read Photo (.jpg) files with broken user comments
Adds a workaround to read NMEA 0183 Sentences (*.nmea) files with GGA sentences that are one comma shorter
Fixes a bug when reading some Navigon Mobile Navigator (*.route) files
Fixes a bug that stopped rendering of the Mapsforge map in the Offline Edition

Reads and writes Navigon Cruiser (.cruiser) files
Reads Columbus Type 2 (.csv) files of Type A and B
Writes Garmin Flight Plan (.fpl) files that Flightplan Migrator likes to read
Offers an alternative to splitting position lists with too many positions for a file format by reducing the number of positions before saving
Supports the Strava Cycling and Running overlays over the OSM Cycle map
Uses Thunderforest API Keys to show the OSM Cycle map without "API Key Required" overlay
Names the Columbus Professional format now as Columbus Type 1 (.csv)
Allows to configure the maps and theme directory for the Offline Edition via Extras/Options...
Uses an increased position count for the Google Maps Directions API which now allows for 24 instead of 8 positions per request
Writes the log to file as well as to standard out
Adjusts limit of Navigon Mobile Navigator for iPhone/iPad URLs to 25 positions
Fixes a bug where time was not completed if only the first or the last position had time stamps
Fixes missing redraws when zooming since hasFilteredVisibleArea() relied only on the first reduction step
Fixes rough tracks when zooming and not having center-on-zooming turned on
Fixes a NullPointerException when writing GPX files where tracks have no name

eads and writes Columbus Type 2 (.csv) files
reads and writes Columbus GPS Binary (.gps) files
reads and writes Photo (.jpg) files
reads tile server definitions from the file system
invites tile server definitions down from RouteConverter server
used a bad fix for China for the Google Maps API to locations on the map to indicate correct coordinates
the last selected Theme for a card noted in the Offline Edition
makes it possible to use the time on the X-axis of the profile
makes it possible to configure the track and route color via Tools / Options / Colors
makes it possible to use the map wanderreitkarte.de
allows select the server from which the Google Maps API is loaded
use the application menu on Mac OS X
Version 3.23 uses the Google Maps API for Online Edition
used brouter 1.4.1 and Graph 0.6.0 Hopper for the Offline Edition
represents local catalog entries in the Browse tab even if symbolic links are broken
activated only when there is the start / Up / Down / End Actions a marked position and more than one position
changes the display of time and date immediately after a configuration change
Updated files in the download queue of updated data sources
fixes a bug in Columbus (.csv) files in which a G TAG no evidence of an illegal satellite fix is
fixes a bug the current HGT files invites from the catalog, the .hgt expected as a key
fixes a bug by printing the map is disabled by changes to the route
fixes a bug in garbage text was because the untranslated Bundles was not converted
fixes a bug of a consistent time zone for the date and time and the time column for positions ensures
fixes a problem with asynchronous loading the offline background map
fixes a bug when searching the data sources on flat knock of nonexistent directories in the Download Queue presented
fixes a bug in which the Garble formats were offered for reading and in the command line version

uses the crowd source translation via weblate.org
allows to restart and stop downloads
uses version 3.21 of the Google Maps API for the Online Edition
allows users of the Offline Edition to download routing and elevation data together with the maps where they're needed
splits up the maps and themes dialog of the Offline Edition to 2 dialogs and makes their tables sortable
scans for missing files in the download queue and adds them if required to keep them current
searches in the download queue for downloads that need to be updated and marks them as outdated
shows the wait cursor when downloading categories from the RouteCatalog which unfortunately doesn't work when expanding the tree with the plus "+"
fixes a bug where the insertion of waypoints and turnpoints didn't work anymore
fixes a bug where the JavaFX-based map didn't initialize on Java 7
fixes a bug where printing for the JavaFX-based map view under Java 8 was not working (under Java 7 there is no print support for JavaFX)
fixes a bug where dragging and modifying positions in the position list leads to invalid routes, tracks, waypoint lists
fixes a bug where the selection on the map was not updated when dragging and modifying positions in the position list
fixes a bug where the display of the waypoint description on the map was always disabled

adds an option to change the map view from Java FX back to Eclipse SWT
adds size and date columns and a context menu for the restart of downloads to the download dialog
adds an option to allow to start numbering at first position of current selection
adds top/up/down/bottom menu items to the position menu
adds a context menu to rename and delete routes to the browse tab
uses Weblate.org for the localization of RouteConverter so anyone can help
uses a new icon set with high resolution icons on Retina Macs
uses the Aster Global Digital Elevation Model V1 2009 first when querying Geonames for elevation information
provides a new extended help which is derived from the website - simply press F1
reduces the number of interactions between the web browser and the application
removes the Earthtools elevation service as www.earthtools.org is down
fixes a bug where an empty file was reported as unreadable
fixes a bug where map links where not opened in the external browser but locked up the program
fixes a bug where the Java FX-based map view didn't use the complete available space after the program start
fixes a bug where inserting positions automatically zoomed
fixes a bug where iGO8 Route (*.kml) files could not be converted from route to track
fixes a bug where Google Earth 5 (*.kmz) files with PNG images could not be read
fixes a bug where creating a new file and exiting did not bring up the save as dialog

adds the OSM-based OpenTopoMap
adds Portuguese localization
adds notifications in the lower right corner to display download progress
requires at least Java 7
uses a single JAR for 32 and 64 Bit support, which internally selected the correct version
uses the Apple key as an accelerator instead of Ctrl
uses JavaFX on Mac OS X for the map view which requires Oracle Java 7 Update 40 or later to work
uses version 3.18 of the Google Maps API which introduces fading of map tiles and supports the avoid ferries routing option
supports the Garmin TrackPointExtension v1 and v2 for GPX 1.1 (.gpx) files
renders a red line if a routing request to Googles servers did not return any results
completes elevation data when inserting positions only if the data is already locally available
creates trips for Garmin z?mo 590LM with more than 29 waypoints
makes route color configurable
fixes reading CoPilot 9 (.trp) files which are UTF-16LE encoded
fixes a bug when loading the Hikemap
fixes a bug where the Outdoor Active Maps showed missing tiles
fixes a bug where the profile didn't use all the horizontally available space
fixes a bug in undo for completion after insertion of intermediate positions
fixes a bug in undo for removing positions
fixes a bug that WPL sentences might have no checksum
fixes an int overrun bug in the track duration calculation
fixes a bug to make value conversion for Statute and Nautic unit system commutative

reads CoPilot 9.5 (.trp) files
reads GoPal 7 Route (.xml) files
reads new Google Maps URLs starting with /dir/
offers a new time column as suggested in the forum
allows to configure where to store NASA SRTM1, SRTM3 and Jonathan de Ferranti DEM 1, DEM 3 elevation data
uses Google Maps API 3.16
uses DJNative Swing 1.0.2 and Eclipse SWT 4.3 which enables the map on the Linux distributions again
fixes a bug where printing was disabled until a position was selected
fixes a bug where coordinates at the mouse position where printed
fixes a bug when routing was slow

allows to choose between NASA SRTM1, SRTM3 and Jonathan de Ferranti DEM 1, DEM 3 when completing elevation data
allows to keep the option dialog open all the time
offers a downloads dialog to show the previously hidden downloads of elevation data
adds a column to the positions table that shows the elevation difference from a position to its predecessor
is signed with a certificate from Certum which enables Webstart with Java 1.7.0_51 again
uses version 3.15 of the Google Maps API which enables the mouse wheel with Internet Explorer 11 again
fixes a bug when the sort menu entries are not activated directly after loading a file

reads Columbus TimeAlbum (.csv) files
reads and writes MotoPlaner URLs
reads SRTM1 and SRTM3 files when completing elevation data
allows to switch between speed and elevation in the context menu of the profile graph
uses the Glopus (*.tk) format with latitude,longitude,comment when pasting to the clipboard
uses a single instance when calling the Webstart API and passing it an URL to open
uses integer tick units for the profile graph to avoid fraction number
is more robust when reading NMEA 0183 Sentences (*.nmea) files
allows to use zoom level 19 of Mapnik maps
fixes the performance issues when deleting large number of positions in tracks with lots of positions
fixes a bug when converting routes to tracks that inserted new positions in unpredictable order
fixes a bug when reading NMEA 0183 Sentences (*.nmea) files where the ZDA year is encoded with 4 digits
fixes a bug when writing Garmin POI (*.gpi) files with spaces in the position list name
fixes a bug when writing Google Earth 5 (*.kml) speed bars with wrong speed segments
fixes a bug when writing [WebPage (*.html)] files which failed to display positions
fixes a bug when registering at the RouteConverter service that allowed empty first and last names

· reads Garmin Fit (.fit) files
· extracts speed from Sports Tracker (*.gpx) files
· is optimized for large tracks with several hundred thousand positions
· allows to display coordinates as decimal degrees, degrees and decimal minutes, degrees minutes and seconds
· allows to display coordinates at current mouse position
· allows to display the waypoint description next to the waypoint
· allows to add time to positions interpolated from existing time information
· allows to add new positions not only for one but for all selected positions
· stores position list name and description for waypoints in of GPX files
· gives routes nicer names when splitting them
· notifies about Java updates
· fixes a bug when the Google Maps Directions API throwed OVER_QUERY_LIMIT exception since more than one request was active at a given time
· fixes a bug stopping threads when shutting down to fix Java 1.7.0_07 on OpenSUSE problems
· fixes a bug when selecting and moving positions failed
· fixes a bug when displaying large number of waypoints
· fixes a bug that route names in Training Center Database(.tcx) files should be unique and not exceed 15 characters
· fixes a bug when writing Google Maps URLs (*.url)
· fixes a bug when reading i-Blue 747 (.csv) and Qstarz BT-Q1000 (*.csv) files without timestamps
· fixes a bug when reading Columbus V900 Standard (.csv) files with 'G' fix indicator
· fixes a bug when writing GPX 1.1 (.gpx) files with speed as m/s
· fixes a bug that SRTM data files were deleted upon program completion
· fixes a bug that required to select a position to be allowed to print
· fixes a bug that null values for elevation where ignored during complete or edit operations
· fixes a bug to bring up the help window when started via Webstart