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GPS Track Editor Changelog

What's new in GPS Track Editor 1.15 Build 141 Beta

Aug 12, 2015
  • Feature Now you can increase the point density for sparse tracks. Select Track | Increase Frequency. You can set the maximum acceptable time and/or distance between points.
  • Improvement Improved map rendering quality. Now it is less blurry (but still not perfect).
  • Improvement The Open File dialog is resizable now.
  • Feature Added more parameters to .csv output: time from the segment start, heart rate, cadence, and temperature.
  • Feature Now you can close all opened files at once using File | Close all. It prompts to save files if necessary.
  • Fixed It was not possible to set a fractional part of the speed value in the Adjust Time dialog.
  • Fixed The application crashed when the Legend window was invoked while the tracks are colored by segments.
  • Fixed There were no values in the Elapsed time column in the Points pane.
  • Fixed The heart rate and other parameters could be missed in some points when merging tracks.
  • Fixed Special characters were not escaped when saving GPX file.

New in GPS Track Editor 1.14 Build 135 Beta (Dec 30, 2014)

  • Feature:
  • Supported .plt format (OziExplorer Track Point File Version 2.1).
  • Now track segment colors are saved in .gpx file.
  • Improvement:
  • Now you can use F2 to rename track parts.
  • Now all parameters (temperature, cadence, heart rate, ...) are kept and averaged while merging files.
  • Change :
  • Now the Legend gradient is always visible.
  • Now temperature values are saved in the same format as they were in the original file.
  • Fixed :
  • Some parameters were missed when using "Save as".
  • The Legend window did not support Fahrenheit degrees for temperature.
  • Negative temperature values were processed incorrectly. Some values were truncated.

New in GPS Track Editor 1.13 Build 130 Beta (Sep 9, 2014)

  • Feature:
  • Supported files in TCX (Garmin Training Center XML) format for reading.
  • Supported touchpad gestures to zoom the map in and out.
  • Supported non-standard GPX tags "course" and "speed" that can come from third party applications like Locus Map.
  • The temperature can be displayed in Celsius or Fahrenheit degrees. The mode can be set in the Options dialog.

New in GPS Track Editor 1.12 Build 125 Beta (Aug 14, 2014)

  • Added support of the heart rate, cadence, and temperature.
  • Added new track coloring modes and gradients. Now it is possible to visualize heading, minimum speed, and heart rate on the map.

New in GPS Track Editor 1.11 Build 121 Beta (May 31, 2014)

  • Feature:
  • Added a new palette "Color by steepness".
  • Fixed:
  • Filtered points were not excluded when exporting to .csv file.

New in GPS Track Editor 1.10 Build 118 Beta (Apr 30, 2014)

  • Feature:
  • Added a new palette "Color by footspeed". It is designed specifically for hikers, runners, cyclists, yachtsmen, and others whose activities have a comparable speed range.
  • Improvement:
  • Improved rendering subsystem to reduce the CPU load. The previous version constantly consumed a lot of CPU power.
  • Minimized usage of multimedia timers to reduce power consumption.
  • Supported NMEA tracks saved on UNIX or OS X systems (with a different line ending).
  • Track inspection became faster.
  • Fixed:
  • The application crashed when the "Track | Reverse" function was applied to empty folders.
  • Sometimes the application crashed when a file was opened using Quick Launch while or after an action was performed to the track tree.
  • The Quick Launch dialog became inactive after pressing Enter.
  • The application crashed when track segments from different folders were merged using the "Remove break" in the Points list.
  • Time could not be restored using the "Track | Time | Reset" command if all of them were identical.
  • Fixed different issues with wrong or absent time of track points.

New in GPS Track Editor 1.09 Build 113 Beta (Jan 23, 2014)

  • Feature:
  • Now a track can be reversed. Its direction is changed to the opposite one. The Reverse operation can be applied to segments, folders, or whole files.
  • Improvement:
  • The map is automatically switched on when you select a map source.
  • Change:
  • Toolbar customization is disabled.
  • Fixed:
  • Sometimes the number of filtered points was not updated in the Track Properties pane.
  • Fixed crashes and malfunctions that were caused by empty segments.
  • The last character in e-mail address was not saved in GPX file.

New in GPS Track Editor 1.08 Build 106 Beta (Aug 15, 2013)

  • More maps are available as a background (select View | Map Layer or use a drop-down list on the toolbar).
  • Supported PTNL,GGK NMEA message used by Trimble GPS receivers.

New in GPS Track Editor 1.07 Build 104 Beta (May 11, 2013)

  • Fixed The application crashed in a French version of Windows XP.
  • Fixed The "Leg length" was incorrect in the Points list.

New in GPS Track Editor 1.07 Build 102 Beta (Apr 25, 2013)

  • Feature: Now you can export tracks in CSV (comma-separated values) format. Choose File | Export and select .csv file type.
  • Feature: Now you can shift all the timestamps in the track by a specific value. Choose Track | Time | Shift. New time is set for the first point. Other timestamps are shifted correspondingly to keep the speed and other parameters unchanged.
  • Feature: Now you can regenerate all timestamps of a track. Choose Track | Time | Reset. After that the speed along the track will be roughly the same. This can be useful if you want to protect your privacy.
  • Feature: Now you can add more columns in the Points list: From start, Elapsed time, GPS Speed, GPS Heading, HDOP, VDOP, and PDOP.
  • Improvement: You can use Ctrl + B to break a segment and Ctrl + J to join two adjacent segments (that is to remove break in the current point).
  • Improvement: The speed and course tags that were present in GPX schema version 1.0 are processed even in GPX v. 1.1 files.
  • Improvement: There are several small improvements in displaying values in the Points list.
  • Fixed: After showing an empty track the Map view zoom became invalid.
  • Fixed: Crash when opening a track for which the first point has a wrong time.
  • Fixed: Large DOP values were not correctly displayed.

New in GPS Track Editor 1.06 Build 100 Beta (Mar 27, 2013)

  • Feature: If some or all track points do not have timestamps, the application can generate them. If there is not enough information to do this, the user is asked to set a preferable value for the average speed and the exact date and time of the first track point.
  • Feature: Added new color modes for speed representation. In new schemes the red color corresponds to slow motion. The green one denotes high speed.
  • Change: Updated non-standard attribute names when saving to GPX file. This helps to avoid conflicts when opening files, for instance, in Garmin Basecamp.
  • Change: The Quick Launch is closed immediately after a link to the recent file is clicked.
  • Change: The Points list does not display date and time if their values are not set in a GPX file. In the previous version year 1899 was displayed.
  • Improvement: The track point status is more versatile now. Some bugs concerning the statuses were fixed.
  • Fixed: The OpenStreetMap copyright was not rendered on the map.
  • Fixed: Fixed incorrect point filtering when the timestamp order was wrong.
  • Fixed: In some cases application updates did not work on Windows 8.
  • Fixed: Inscriptions were corrupted in the Map view on Windows 7/8.

New in GPS Track Editor 1.05 Build 97 Beta (Feb 9, 2013)

  • Feature: OpenStreetMap can by used as a background. To toggle the map press Ctrl + M, or choose View | Map menu item, or click the corresponding button on the toolbar.
  • Change:The Track Properties pane displays total values for all selected tracks (total distance, number of points and so on).
  • Improvement: If a map tile is not available, a less detailed tile is displayed instead.
  • Improvement: The markers of the current and selected track points were updated to be visible on the map.
  • Improvement: When zooming the map using the mouse wheel the point under the cursor keeps its position on the screen. In the previous version the stable point was in the center of the map window and the cursor position was ignored.
  • Improvement: Now the mouse wheel scrolls the list under the cursor. In the previous version it affected the focused window.
  • Improvement: The map projection was improved (especially on world or country zoom levels).
  • Improvement: The Quick Launch dialog design and behavior were improved. Added Getting Started section.
  • Improvement: You can disable Quick Launch window on start-up. To display it again choose View | Quick Launch menu item.
  • Fixed: The application hung if a warning message appeared while the application window was minimized.
  • Fixed: A track structure was not correctly saved in GPX file.
  • Fixed: The map dragging worked wrong on small scales.
  • Fixed: Fixed typos. Updated track colors.

New in GPS Track Editor 1.04 Build 93 Beta (Nov 28, 2012)

  • Feature: The track appearance was completely redesigned. New colors are well-chosen to make track segments clearly distinguishable on different backgrounds.
  • Feature: Now you can save a track or its part as a NMEA log. Select a track and choose File | Export Track. You can specify a combination of NMEA messages to use: GPRMC, GPGGA, GPGLL, GPGSA, or GPZDA.
  • Feature: You can try a completely new feature of GTE. Press Ctrl + M to switch on/off the OpenStreetMap as a background. Map tiles are downloaded from Internet (you need a stable connection). This feature is in development now and it is not quite stable.
  • Improvement: When several tracks or their parts are merged, the algorithm tries to comply with their structures.
  • Change: The available zoom levels are limited to the range between 0.02 and 24 000 mpp (they were 0.001 and 200 000 respectively).
  • Change: Updated file type filters in the Open dialog.
  • Change: Updated the About dialog.
  • Change: The speed and course (azimuth) are saved in the MGTE section of GPX file (if present in the source data).
  • Improvement: Small UI improvements.
  • Fixed : Fixed minor problems with the track inspection.

New in GPS Track Editor 1.03 Build 88 Beta (Sep 17, 2012)

  • New: Now it is possible to inspect and select track segments directly from the map. Hold the cursor over an inactive track. The names of the corresponding track segment, folder, and file appear; the segment is highlighted. Then you can left-click to select the segment in the Tracks list.
  • Improvement: The track name inline-editing was improved to avoid an unintended action.
  • Fixed: Sometimes new segment was not selected and visible after track segments from different folders were joined.
  • Fixed: The cursor became wrong if the map was scrolled or zoomed using the keyboard.

New in GPS Track Editor 1.02 Build 86 Beta (Aug 31, 2012)

  • Features:
  • Now track segments can be split. Right-click on a track point (either in the Points list or on the map) and choose Restructuring | Add break. The break will be inserted between this point and the next one.
  • Now you can remove a break between two sequential segments. Right-click on one of the break ends and choose Restructuring | Remove break.
  • You can also combine several sequential track segments into one in the Track list. Select the desired segments or folders, right-click for the context menu and choose Restructuring | Join.
  • Now it is possible to rename track folders and segments. Left-click on the name of the selected track to activate inline editing. You can also right-click and choose Rename from the context menu. Note that segment names are saved as a nonstandard GPX extension and they will be not used in other applications.
  • Added new columns to the Tracks list. Now you can see time of start and finish, duration, distance and number of points of a track. Note that some columns are hidden by default. Right-click on the list header to activate or customize them.
  • New Legend pane displays correspondence between track colors and selected track parameters (speed or elevation).
  • Improvements:
  • Improved design of some controls depending on Windows theme.
  • The track distance and total number of track points are displayed in the Track Properties.
  • The Track Properties window is now resizable. Position mouse on its top side and drag the border up or down.
  • The expanded/collapsed state of property categories are kept between sessions.
  • Changes:
  • "Altitude" was replaced by "Elevation".
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed possible problems with updater.
  • After a track point was dragged the file was not marked as changed.
  • A track file containing spaces in path was not opened if it was dropped on the application icon.
  • Sometimes a wrong disk was proposed when saving files.
  • The current point marker was corrupted on the screen if no tracks were visible.
  • Sometimes track name was not updated after change.