What's new in WinDesc 5.03.02
Jan 28, 2021
- Minor bug fixes
- Data import limitations for NGS personnel removed.
New in WinDesc 4.16 (Apr 17, 2012)
- Towns.txt file now includes towns for all states.
- Approximate location procedure now limited to current State.
- Aerial view of all neighbors added.
- Aerial view of towns added.
- Description load date checker added.
- Delete photo for photos already loaded procedure added.
- Export GPS project files modified.
- Get historical text for all procedure added.
- Approximate location for all procedure added.
- File conversions now allow for converting multiple files at once.
- Now handles up to 5 photos for each mark.
- CORS 4-character ID checking added.
- Force save with a right mouse click added.
- Position, Text, Error windows can now remain open while switching between descriptions.
- Not-recovered (N) code moved to D/R code box.
- 'Recent locations' item added to text window insert dropdown.
- 'Approximate location' now restricted to current State.
- New text formatting functionality added.
- Box score and recovery history record generation removed from .dsc export procedure.
- Positions now truncate to 2 decimal places in .dsc export procedure.
- Horizontal and vertical position source codes added to index file.
- Text duplication checking added.
- Tidal and water level code checking added.
- Source/Order/Technique code combination checking added.
- Minor fixes and enhancements.
- Approximate location now works with Southern latitudes.
- Erase and Re-Label functions added to photo viewer.
- A new hand held file editor has been added.
- A new hand held to .dsc file converter has been added.
- New photo editing tools have been added.
- One can now rename or delete a photo from the photo viewer window.
- Get Datasheets for all PIDs has been added to WebTools.
- Viewing of Visibility Diagrams has been added.
- The description editor will now open to the last edited description automatically.
- Help system enhanced.
- 'F2 - Tidal Station Data' added to description header window.
- 'Route from kml' procedure added to descriptive text.
New in WinDesc 4.15 (Apr 17, 2012)
- Minor modifications to 'Discrep for all' procedure.
- Minimal constrained vertical file added to GPS project file creation.
- Open file dialog now contains additional .dsc file types.
- Procedure to list photos in IDB added.
- Minor change to 'Neighbor for all' procedure.
- Project proposal web page added.
- Photo renaming tools enhanced.
- Aerial viewing tool enhanced.
- Ftp menu item moved to WebTools.
- GNIS web page added.
- F10 key is now a toggle.
- Double-clicking the PID box now displays a list of PIDs in the area for the user to choose from.
- Minor fixes to Turn-by-turn procedure.
- Approximate location function now includes county seat option.
- If units in defaults.txt file is 'METERS', then metric units will be first in descriptive text and reference object dialog.
- Revision number added.
- POI file creation tool added.
- CSV file output added for renumber series procedure.
- Aerial plotting shift added.
- Save position to file for Geodetic Forward procedure added.
- Photo directory data added to project data window.
- Reference object dialog added to descriptive text window.
New in WinDesc 4.14 (Apr 17, 2012)
- Web tools menu item created.
- Photo tools enhanced.
- Positions from delimited text file enhanced.
- Description renumbering enhanced.
- Google Earth viewing for a single point added.
- Photo retrieval from NGSIDB for a single point added.
- Retrieval of historical text by PID added.
- Neighbor procedure option added.
- Data search & replace procedure enhanced.
- Project dataset checking added.
- Geodetic forward computation added.
New in WinDesc 4.13 (Apr 17, 2012)
- The official NGS datasheet can now be displayed by pressing the F8 key from the description header window.
- Hand held file checking added.
- .gpx file export procedure added.
- Now appends to B-File instead of overwriting it for GPS projects.
- Minor changes to 'file open' dialog.
- Neighbor procedures now perform a geodetic inverse to all neighbors.
- Rename photo utility now uses photo path.
- Rename photo utility now uses photo file date if there is no photo date in the filename.
- A new rename photo utility has been added for photos without descriptions.
- View next and view previous buttons added to description header window.
- 'FT' entry conversion added to FPR box in description header window.
- Discrep list view added.
- Number of towns for approximate location option added.
- Distance conversions re-computed with descriptive text format operation.
- Index file in .csv format procedure added.
- Additional abbreviation conversions added.
- PC to GP conversion tool added to position form.
- Maximum plotting size increased.
- Function key popup menu added to description header window.
- Viewing of .txt files added.
- Separate .err files are created for different functions.
New in WinDesc 4.12 (Apr 17, 2012)
- Fraction conversion functionality has been added to the descriptive text window.
- Order and Technique coding has been changed for some types of horizontal positions.
- Photo renaming tool added.
- Get Positions from a .gpx file tool added.
- Search and replace function enhanced.
- Google Earth® viewing now works for all versions of Google Earth®.
New in WinDesc 4.11 (Apr 17, 2012)
- Minor modifications to FTP window.
- Option to set FTP timeout added.
- First observation date to recovery date checking added to .dsc file checker.
- Added Google® .kml file export procedure.
- Viewing of all three photos of a mark from the description header window added.
- Turn-by-turn from waypoint data added to automatically create 'to reach' narratives.
- Positions computed from GPPC window can now be saved to a mark description.
- Minor modifications to .dsc checker.
- Geodetic inverse procedure added to plot window.
- Delete procedure added to plot window.
- PID checking added to .dsc checker.
- Minor changes to description header window.
- Geographic position precision option added for .dsc file export.
New in WinDesc 4.10 (Apr 17, 2012)
- .des file now re-indexes after running Neighbor and Discrep.
- Now works with datasheets in both new and old formats.
- Converts yards to meters in the descriptive text.
New in WinDesc 4.09 (Apr 17, 2012)
- Minor bug fixes.
- ( ) now allowed in USGS quad names.
- One can now leave an error, neighbor, or discrep viewing window up while editing a description.
- Plotting to D-sized sheets enhanced.
- Loads URLs from the /etc/host file in the FTP window.
- Printing of selected text enabled in viewing windows.
- Lat/Lon error trapping added to Neighbor procedure.
- Description converter for COOPS files added.
- Projects as large as 252 km x 327 km can now be viewed in their entirety in the plot window.
- Multiple datasheets can now be viewed from within the plot window.
- Exporting to .dsc prompts the user for truncating geographic positions to 2 decimals.