TopoFusion Basic Changelog

What's new in TopoFusion Basic 5.78

Jul 19, 2023
  • New 2023 Splash Screens
  • Fixed Elevation downloads
  • Tileset 7,8,9 now public [color aerials, street, terrain]

New in TopoFusion Basic 5.76 (Sep 16, 2022)

  • 20th anniversary of TopoFusion's release!! V1.0 was released 9/16/02.
  • Thanks for everyone's support over the years!
  • Upgraded support for US Landownership layer to PADUS_3

New in TopoFusion Basic 5.75 (Jun 3, 2022)

  • Restored access to USGS Topo Map tiles
  • Fixed issue when waypoints won't load in File Properties Dialog
  • NMEA debugging output limited to first 1000 messages (to prevent large debug files)
  • New 2022 Splash Screens

New in TopoFusion Basic 5.72 (Jan 26, 2021)

  • Upgraded support for US Landownership layer to PADUS_2 - the most current data:
  • Old data may become unavailable in for older versions of TopoFusion
  • Fixed 'downloading' toggle not shown on 'disabled' dialog
  • UTM and LL grid lines can now be disabled by setting grid width to 0 or grid alpha to 0
  • New 2021 Splash Screens:
  • Fixed inconsistent climbing elevation in Profile Window. Profile mouse tool was not using box filtering, vs right click - Profile and active list were

New in TopoFusion Basic 5.71 (Jun 9, 2020)

  • Fixed intermittant crash when panning/downloading maps, introduced in 5.7
  • Fixed swapped UTM East/North coordinates in waypoint dialog
  • Returned 'D' shortcut key for Draw Tracks Tool
  • Fixed about screen to display Basic version

New in TopoFusion Basic 5.7 (May 18, 2020)

  • Public release of previous betas - Advanced Track tools and NZ/OZ topos
  • Added USGS Topo map type ("G") key
  • Fixed reading KMZ/KML with multiple linestring in multigeometry

New in TopoFusion Basic 5.6 (Mar 29, 2020)

  • Fixed SSL error causing problems with US Topo and Mapquest downloads
  • Swapped UTM Easting/Northing ordering to match standard ordering
  • (was Northing/Easting) in File Properties, main map window and waypoint
  • properties.
  • Changed default for Live Tracking to NMEA
  • Live tracking changes to Port/Baud now saved as defaults
  • Added "Lat Lon Raw" mode for coordinate display (Preferences -> Units ->
  • Coordinate Type) Displays raw coordinates.
  • CTRL-A now active to select all in text boxes (Waypoint, Track and File
  • Properties)
  • Update to hidden tilesets
  • New 2020 Splash Screens

New in TopoFusion Basic 5.57 (Nov 1, 2019)

  • Restored access to Land Ownership Tiles due to server change
  • Fixed Map menu shortcut for Mapquest OSM (no longer 'A' key)

New in TopoFusion Basic 5.56 (May 9, 2019)

  • Added ability to toggle Land Ownership blending on/off using the 'A' shortcut key. 'A' was formerly OSM street. Now hit 'A' to turn land ownership blending on/off using current tileset. Or use the option in the Toggle menu.
  • Fixed hang with new elevation data ih high latitudes
  • Removed SHP export option when merging/drawing ' save as' GPX first, then use 'save as' to convert to SHP.
  • Added additional digit of precision to most distance numbers when in Metric

New in TopoFusion Basic 5.55 (May 4, 2019)

  • Changed servers for Elevation Data - Worldwind shutting down May 3, 2019
  • New Elevation data is higher resolution
  • All older Worldwind data downloaded will be deprecated (new elevation data
  • will need to be downloaded everywhere)
  • Removed 3d setting for interpolation - Bilinear is the only option now
  • Changed server for worldwide Landsat images - due to Worldwind Shutdown

New in TopoFusion Basic 5.54 (Nov 17, 2018)

  • Restored Land Ownership, added from previous beta
  • Adjusted settings and consistency of "Map->Blend Land Ownership" function.
  • Fixed access to deprecated MSRMaps using UseMSRMaps=1 in .INI file
  • Restored access to Canadian Topos

New in TopoFusion Basic 5.53 (Nov 17, 2018)

  • Added Land Ownership map type, including Map->Blend Land Ownership, which sets
  • up a combo blend mode with the current map type and land ownership layer.
  • Fixed hidden sat tiles

New in TopoFusion Basic 5.52 (Nov 17, 2018)

  • Fixed problem with some elevation tiles not downloading

New in TopoFusion Basic 5.51 (Aug 6, 2018)

  • Fixed 'no map' tiles in US Topo
  • Improved Elevation server downloads

New in TopoFusion Basic 5.48 (Nov 17, 2017)

  • Restored access to USGS Imagery due to server change expanded coverage
  • Added support for Dark colors in gpxx:displaycolor read/write
  • Fixed hang/crash in goto coordinate
  • Updated hidden sat tiles
  • Fixed hang in loading many photos at one time (looped linked list)

New in TopoFusion Basic 5.47 (Nov 17, 2017)

  • Fixed: Runtime error in Batch Download tool
  • Added: help/explanation to Batch Download tool

New in TopoFusion Basic 5.46 (Aug 14, 2017)

  • Fixed SSL refcount error

New in TopoFusion Basic 5.45 (Aug 14, 2017)

  • Further work on SSL refcount error
  • Further work on SSL through proxy server

New in TopoFusion Basic 5.44 (Aug 14, 2017)

  • Added API key for Open Cycle Map tiles (removing watermark)
  • Added support for ?Basic? type authenticated proxy servers
  • Fixed 'divide by zero' in mercator tilesets when at extreme latitudes
  • Improved error checking for lat/lon 'Goto-coordinate'
  • Added "Toggle Downloading" to the Toggles menu
  • Restored access to Juicy Trails maps
  • Changed Tileset dropdown to always be in 'simple' mode (removing 0.003, 0.062 numbered tilesets), for easier use.
  • Increased precision of track distance, in File Properties dialog only.
  • Removed menu options and tileset dropdown for old style Topo/BW Aerial maps
  • MSRMaps.com continues to be offline, does not seem to be coming back
  • To enable on legacy copies of TopoFusion, edit TopoFusion.ini file and change UseMSRMaps=0 to UseMSRMaps=1

New in TopoFusion Basic 5.43 (Apr 18, 2017)

  • Fixed elevation download (server now requires HTTPS)
  • Fixed waypoint symbols in KML files with spaces

New in TopoFusion Basic 5.42 (Apr 18, 2017)

  • Added waypoint icons (all 96 suported in TopoFusion's GPX format) to KML exports. Icons now import to google maps, for example.
  • Added quicker reporting of Open Aerial/Mapquest over quota download errors
  • Improved prompts for Open Aerial/Mapquest over quota error

New in TopoFusion Basic 5.41 (Apr 18, 2017)

  • USGS Imagery restored (now using HTTPS)

New in TopoFusion Basic 5.40 (Jan 25, 2017)

  • Public release of previous betas
  • New 2017 Splash Screens

New in TopoFusion Basic 5.39 (Jan 25, 2017)

  • Added ability to read SSL-encrypted (secure) tiles
  • Restored access to the following tilesets: US Topo, Color, Open Topo Maps (which
  • now works worldwide), also '7' key.
  • Changed 'isMoving' to include missing time stamps and negative times, for
  • better consitency in files that have bad time data (e.g. merged files)
  • PhotoFusion thumbnails now scale up with ?Export View? exports, using the
  • Scale fonts/etc? option.