Mapopolis 4.6 Released [Archive] - Thoughts Media Forums

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10-27-2005, 07:34 PM

Version 4.6 Final (1)

* Various improvements to Bluetooth GPS connectivity
* Fixes problems with "lost fix" and "checking" status failing to show immediately in the nav pane
* Fixes problems with excessive GPS connection error and reset prompts
* Updates Dutch text

VERSION 4.6 - Pre 7

* Fixes square display issues (Find screens and Splash Menu)
* Puts "GPS Port unavailable" error message for "general read failure" detection under a timer restriction (instead of a restriction by which screen is showing)
* Reduces drop-down list size on Find>Place or Business to avoid overlap with soft input panel
* Removes obsolete entries from map file list at startup for files which no longer exist

Version 4- Pre 6

* Removes error code 3061 and related functionality (fixes crash on exit)
* Restricts "GPS Port unavailable" error message to be displayed only if the GPS data or satellite display is shown, when triggered by the GPS read error that typically indicates bluetooth connection death

VERSION 4.6 - Pre 5

* Fixes GPS lock-to-road error that allowed the GPS to lock to roads that were very far from the actual position
* Fixes overlapped text area and icon on the full screen status window for Smartphone
* Restores missing PLACE category in default category list (this category lists cities in major roads maps)

VERSION 4.6 - Pre 4

* EXPERIMENTAL: Adds detection and soft-reset prompt when BT GPS connection death occurs (pocket PC only)
* Removes the "may not display correctly" warning message when installing on WM2003SE Pocket PCs and SmartPhones
* Fixes crash from string library function (Show Directions Text and possibly elsewhere)
* Fixes automatic selection of Maplets: ONLY Landmarks1.mlp will be auto-selected instead of all Maplets
* Fixes button tapping on the splash screen menu (much more liberal about where you can tap)
* Fixes case-sensitivity of file name extension matching (.mlp vs. .MLP)
* Allows county outline highlighting regardless of options selected under Map Settings (previously required certain options to be selected for this feature to work)
* Reduces memory requirements by removing unused resource data
* Slightly enhances the layout of the status window
* Fixes internal code error which may improve stability (no known bugs were related to this mix of C and C++ memory allocation techniques)

VERSION 4.6 - Pre 3

* Adds new splash menu
* Adds error message when attempting to enter lat/lon coordinates which are outside the selected maps
* Adds a brief delay between closing and reopening the GPS port during error recovery on failed Bluetooth connections (should prevent GPS connection death in some cases)
* Modifies GPS connection timeouts for slightly improved error recovery
* Fixes several display issues on 240x240 square displays
* Disables failing attempts to use GAPI under landscape mode on QVGA displays
* Changes automatic selection of Maplets: ONLY Landmarks1.mlp will be auto-selected instead of all Maplets
* Adds US English voice files to CAB file installers

VERSION 4.6 - Pre 2

* Fixes size of text box label "Range:" in GPS Data screen to fit longer text in non-English languages (Svenska)
* Fixes both problems with the voice prompt "Go En on N-O-R-T-H Street" to say "Go North on North Street"

VERSION 4.6 - Pre 1

* Fixes backlight
* Fixes "N St" bug
* Uses Landmarks1.mlp for edited landmarks rather than other open maplet files, if possible

VERSION 4.60

* Fixes Choose Maps bug related to maps not in the currently selected map folder
* Fixes vertically cut-off text in the full screen status window (Smartphone only)
* Reports error messages more frequently when there is an error opening a map file (reduces suppression of redundant error messages)
* Halves the size of the GPS icon on VGA SmartPhones (Orange SPV C550)

VERSION 4.59

* Restores "County" category for POI searches
* Tries harder to keep the backlight on when appropriate

VERSION 4.58

* Adds complete open/selected map file list to saved route information, reopens all listed maps when recalling the route
* Improves responsiveness of proximity alerts at high speed with small search radius
* Fixes Text to Speech handling of the abbrevations BR, ST, and DR
* Fixes combo box sizes on Find Address screen
* Fixes bug with popup menus and GPS map updates
* Fixes bug that caused GPS position to stop updating after canceling a voice alert in progress (e.g. when pressing Skip All proximity alerts)
* Adds error handling to prevent the GPS signal from freezing in general (error recovery for lost critical section locks)
* Rolls back the Turn Reminder Pane to bold text under the small format, as in 4.56

Smartphone Only
* Fixes vertically truncated text on status box
* Fixes Refresh button on Sound Settings screen
* Fixes vertical scroll bug in all settings screens when wrapping "down" from the bottom instantly to the top
* New layout for General Program Options mostly fixes remaining vertical scroll problems
* Shifts the contents of the Proximity Alerts Settings screen 5 pixels to the left

VERSION 4.57

* Enlarges the height of most combo box pop-up lists
* Fixes lockup when gaining a GPS fix while looking at a window other than the map
* Fixes text size in North-up indicator and scale bar to match text in other info boxes
* Fixes Active Route Guidance when the route is created before GPS is started
* Fixes Panel to Show menu to reflect available panels correctly when Active Guidance is available but manually disabled
* Fixes Radius menu under Tools > Find > All Places By Type
* Fixes navigation panel mode selection when toggling Active Guidance or GPS on/off
* Fixes Show ID button on GPS Satellite window
* Removes bold style from Turn Reminder Pane when bold text is too large to fit in the space available
* Smartphone Only: Removes confirmation request when skipping all proximity alerts

VERSION 4.56

* Adds Landscape mode switching on-the-fly for VGA Pocket PCs
* Adds "Keep Connection Alive" option to GPS startup (both manual and automatic at program startup)
* Automatically "Disables Power Off" while Mapopolis is trying to hold the backlight on
* Shows "Waiting for Fix" at startup when GPS is started automatically
* Shows "Checking COMn:" instead of "Waiting for Fix" in the nav pane as appropriate
* Fixes "Next Street Prompt" with pre-recorded voices
* Fixes info box text when rotated away from North-up
* Fixes default values in the Find Street Address window after failing to find a contact address using Find > Contacts
* Fixes incorrect disabling of navigation-related menu commands
* Fixes numbers displayed in GPS satellite view on Smartphone
* Updates help file

VERSION: 4.55

* Adds Cancel command to Choose Maps screen
* Adds cancelable status message when route calculation takes longer than 10 seconds
* Adds timeout when automatically showing This Location panel on Smartphone edition, as a result of a place search, so that the panel will return to the previous mode after a few seconds if navigating, etc.
* Improves arrow key navigation through route step pane when GPS is not running
* Allows tapping on the route step number in the Route Step Panel to center the map on that route step
* Changes appearance of ETA panel.
* Changes checkboxes for "GPS Trail" and "Log Data" options. GPS Trail automatically enables Log Data if needed.
* Changes reading of GPS data to fix lag issue
* Changes GPS startup to abort after 30 seconds if the connection is not created by then
* Changes default settings for voice speed, info panel modes, voice alert repeat interval, and night park color
* Changes "Waiting for Fix" message to stay visible while waiting for the fix, unless manually hidden (will no longer hide "waiting for fix" because of timeout)
* Fixes voice prompt logic related to Turn At Next Street Prompt.
* Fixes updating of GPS satellite map while a fix has not yet been acquired.
* Fixes delayed detection of lost GPS fix (some cases)
* Fixes "Waiting for Fix" text overlap with turn distance and street name on Turn Reminder panel
* Fixes possible hang-up while playing voice prompts
* Updates Danish and German text

VERSION: 4.54

* Changes reading of GPS data to fix lag issue
* Disables "GPS Trail" option under Map Settings if "Log Data" is not enabled under GPS Settings

VERSION: 4.53

* Fixes Should Not Occur error code 1, generated by turn diagram in "routeless" nav pane on VGA pocket PCs
* Adds "font shrinking" feature to the Turn Reminder Pane
* Improves appearance of ETA clock icon
* Fixed bug in GPS processing to prevent incorrect loss of fix

VERSION: 4.52

* Hides crosshairs when navigating (Smartphone)
* Fixes GPS lag-behind issue
* Fixes event sounds when using prerecorded voices
* Fixes Nederlands male voice selection to select the Male voice instead of the Female voice.
* Fixes several text clipping issues when using Non-English languages
* Fixes Italian language mismatch where incorrect text was displayed in several places
* Fixes French language accented letters
* Scales size of North-up arrow and rotation direction-up selector for VGA
* Changes Hide Pocket PC Title Bar behavior (might fix "should not occur error code 1-*")
* Changes GPS satellite map updating (might fix a different case of "should not occur error code 1-*")
* Updates international translations in all languages

PC Installer
* Fixed bug with Danish voice files not being copied to the device
* Fixed international translation of "Male" and "Female" for appropriate non-English voices

VERSION: 4.51

General Changes
* Adds 'Select All' command to the Choose Maps menu
* Adds "Auto-Select Major Roads" commands and options to the Choose Maps screen
* Changes labels of "TO GO" and "ETA" in the ETA Pane from text to icons.
* Changes silent error swallowing to issue Should Not Occur Error Code 1 or 2 before swallowing the error
* Improves Navigation Pane Autoshow/Autohide behavior
* Improves backlight control to shut backlight off more effectively
* Improves event sound file list to include all wav files found anywhere on the device
* Fixes double voice prompts
* Fixes errors when a storage card is removed while in use
* Fixes city-based searching with city names that use accented letters
* Enhances handling of GPS data backlog when CPU can't keep up with GPS receiver's data volume

PC-Side Utilities
* Fixes text box on the map copy progress window

VERSION: 4.50.49

General Changes
* Adds Turn Reminder Pane
* Changes layout of the small and large Nav Panes
* Changes Choose Maps screen to retain selection from previous folders (Pocket PC only), and to automatically select major road maps (all platforms)
* Fixes map type information in Choose Maps
* Fixes problem of getting stuck in the Show Route Step Pane mode following creation of a route
* Fixes crash while searching
* Fixes lockup while saving GPS log as text (Maybe)
* Renames "Show/Hide Nav Pane" HW button to "Current Pane Show/Hide" to reflect its true meaning
* Adds separately configurable Railroad color
* Changes status box to allow for longer status messages and longer file names

Installation
* May address issue with Pocket Internet Explorer opening map files (*.mlp) as text in the browser, instead of saving the files to be opened with Mapopolis

VERSION: 4.50.48

* Adds GPS option for "keep connection alive"
* Treats Enter key as OK on the "Find Route" screen
* Proximity alert background searches should interfere less with other operation of Mapopolis
* GPS satellite display should now update correctly as soon as new data becomes available
* Fixes Recite Route Step Text option when combined with Autoshow Nav Pane option to avoid repeated voice prompts
* Fixes searching for landmarks in "Any Category"
* Fixes crashes from excessive search results - place searches are now limited to the first one thousand results
* Fixes API failure when application is already running
* Fixes bugs related to tapping the map while a proximity alert message is showing
* Fixes overlapped text area and cancel button on recall route screen
* Release files now have new, more intuitive file names
* Further refines international translations

VERSION: 4.50.47 - 2005/05/01

Proximity Alerts
* Completely overhauled the message box alert, which is now self-expiring and offers finger-friendly buttons
* Selects alerted landmarks on the map
* Shows alerted landmarks in pilot pane (if not showing route destination)
* Voice prompts are now supported
* Now optionally zooms on the POI on the map
* user settings added for which type(s) of alerts to report (message box, voice prompts, and/or autozoom)
* Added hardware button function to enable/disable proximity alerts
* Fixed bugs that caused duplicated search results

Nav Pane
* The nav pane autoshow/autohide features are now working as intended
* Added text to Pilot Data Pane to show what bearing and range are pointing at
* Large nav pane will compress in size when stacked with the next-step pane
* Slightly reduced size of large nav pane in general
* Reduced margins in all nav pane modes to get a few more pixels of map on the display
* fixed problems of overlapping text in pilot, nav, and ETA panes

Localization
* Updated international translations
* Added Swedish language
* Fixed search bug when using non-English language

General Enhancements
* Temp directory will never be scanned for any type of file (prevents delays on many devices)
* Fixed bug that prevented adding landmarks from the map-tap context menu
* Fixed bug that hid the title bar on the Proximity Alerts and Landmarks screens
* Certain GPS devices will no longer appear to rapidly lose and regain the GPS fix when starting up (Holux CF GPS and others with similar keep-alive behavior)
* Reduced width of spaces in map labels
* Fixed typo in message box for "are you sure you want to delete gps log?"
* Enhanced error recovery
* Addressed problems of "constipated" voice output and GPS lag-behind

Platform-Specific
* Smartphone support is again available (was skipped for .46)
* Smartphone edition will now show the "choose maps" screen the first time it is run after a fresh install, as in the Pocket PC edition
* Splash screen should look OK on a 240x240 square display (theoretically - hardware is not yet available for testing)
* Divided the "return to map" option on Pocket PC to offer "whole route" or "first step" differences, as in the Smartphone edition

VERSION: 4.50.46 - April 11, 2005

* Adds new ETA-Only pane
* Cycle through nav pane, route step, pilot data pane, and ETA-only pane using left and right presses of five-way nagivator button or arrow keys. (Note some button-remapping utilities will cause this action to silently fail)
* Nav pane should now retract after turn when shown automatically
* Adds third, medium font face. Fonts now are Tahoma
* Adds Swedish language translation. (We need a voice now. Any volunteers?)
* Tweaks and builds onto proximty alert function
* Fixes fatal error conditions 5440 and 5470
* Reduces the size of nav pane slightly
* Fixes ETA showing current time instead of ETA in nav pane
* Fixes listing more than 1365 maps eating saved settings
* Adds accented and special characters for map display labeling
* Adds support for GPS devices that do not transmit a position when the vehicle is not moving, which was creating a lengthy delay between creating the route and getting the first route step pane
* Fixed Choose Map screen ignoring folder selection
* Fixed multiple error reporting of sound file bugs

VERSION: 4.50.45

* Initial demo of POI Proximity Alert features
* Corrected a major map painting bug in which the map would not be painted after hitting +/-, when selecting a favorite from a menu, or when rotating the map
* Fixed appearance of the directional arrow on the GPS icon on high resolution displays
* Improved the wait time when waiting for "Making Category List..."

VERSION: 4.50.44

* Fixed installer bug in which voice files would not be copied under certain conditions.
* Repaired major lockup problem on smartphone triggered when "this location" pane is showing
* Updated international translations
* Fixed bug that hid the "gps trail" option on the map settings dialog
* Changed dependance on the gx.dll module to support more devices with the same executable
* Restored lowercase letters to the map labels

For previous release notes, please see the Change History.txt file in the /Program Files/Mapopolis directory on your installation hard drive on your PC.