Change History Run.GPS Trainer UV / UV Pro

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2.2.6 build 1171 08/11/2008

• bug fixed: when there is an active training plan and there are weeks with no activities, the training log dialog may crash (thank you Markus for the detailed report)

2.2.6 build 1170 08/07/2008

• restructured "Training Log & Plan" for easier use

• more exact distance calculation for training recordings with sharp curves (had been rounded off in earlier versions)

2.2.6 build 1164 07/31/2008

• added possibility to display full altitude diagram of the way lying ahead

• concerns HTC Diamond = O2 Diamond = MDA Compact IV only: when switching to COM4 at 19200 baud (recommended, because no altitude is obtained when using "Windows managed GPS"), the application does not connect GPS at startup - problem is now fixed

2.2.6 07/18/2008

• fully user configurable screens
  • 18 different screen layouts (each adapted for portrait, square and landscape screens)
  • change any element on any screen (67 different displays available) - hold the stylus pressed for 2 seconds on any element to change screen and info display settings
  • screen names can be changed

• add interval timers with
  • speed warnings
  • interval voice output
  • loading and storing interval configurations
  • additional info buttons for interval number, interval duration, remaining interval time, interval max speed, interval min speed
• add mini diagram and mini map info buttons
• add possibility to force reloading of OpenStreetMap/CycleMap/OpenPisteMap map tiles (dialog Online Services > Download OpenStreetMap)
• make synchronization individual for the three supported portals (GPS-Sport.net, GPSies.com, OpenStreetMap.org)
• add new info display for displaying the distance to the "virtual training partner" (competing against a previous training recording or a downloaded route)
• display "virtual training partner" on map
• turn off screen completely (instead of setting back light to lowest level) when application is locked (new option in General Settings)
• add ability to lock/unlock by holding either the right soft (function) key or the down key for 3 seconds

• add 0.25 mi/km and 0.5 mi/km voice output
• sync training recordings only max three months back
• picture search: do not search "\Network" directory (new in Windows Mobile 6.1 - network volumes are mounted here)
• faster route display (routes with more than 500 points caused serious performance problems in previous releases)
• write backup of track data (.GPB) if auto-repair function is used on corrupted data
• add ability to delete routes
• GPS-Sport.net and GPSies route finder: find only exactly matching routes , support more sports on GPSies.com
• reading .gmi files for map calibration: added support for latest version
• use a lock file to detect when application crashed and recover the meta-information for the crashed training
• add 15 and 30 min interval for live tracking

• bug fix: "distance from route" is calculated correctly only for distances < 25 km > add an algorithm for greater distances
• bug fix: avoid training being stopped when OK button is pressed
• bug fix: when you load OpenStreetMap tiles that are far away (> 50 km) from your current location, the maps are loaded in the wrong place
• bug fix: application crashes when right function key is pressed in a text menu dialog that has no right function button

2.2.5 build 1055 06/14/2008

• remember the screen that was last used on application startup

• bug fixed: if you push buttons very fast both screen content and dialog may appear "mixed up"

• bug fixed: the unregistered version might start with an "Argument Exception" and terminate

2.2.5 build 1028 06/10/2008

• faster menus

• fast map moving with stylus or keys

• remember last GPS position on startup

• bug fixed: sometimes a diagonal line appeared in track display

2.2.5 06/06/2008

• more detailed routing instructions (e.g. "turn slight left" or "turn sharp right"

• combined routing instructions (e.g. "after 100 m turn right then turn slight left")

• 35% faster voice output

• removed gaps between map tiles from OpenStreetMap layer

• no search for photos or videos in "Application Data" dir (Opera cache is located here)

• new map focus mode: focus map on a friend

• automatic track-repair in case of corrupt track data (after battery failure or similar incident)

• stricter timing for voice output

2.2.4 05/24/2008

• support for Cycle Map, licenced by Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic

• support for OpenPisteMap, licenced by Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic

• display online placemarks on the map: displays mountains, cities, hotels, parks, ... directly on the map screen (automatically reloaded when the map is refreshed); activate in "Map Settings > Items on Map"

• extra zoom buttons for detail level, medium level and overview level

• faster zoom (no more pauses)

• if there are multiple placemarks in one spot, you can now access all by double-clicking again

• bug fix: diagrams are empty when a training report is created from the training log book

2.2.3 build 985 05/15/2008

• automatically refresh Wikipedia placemarks (activate in "Map Settings > Items on Map")

• added robustness: if a training recording has no start event, it is added automatically when the training is loaded or exported (thanks Arno for the problem report)

• bug fix: application crashes if no password has been entered and you download articles from Wikipedia (no password required for that)

• bug fix: in build 977 automatic OpenStreetMap download was always active when the OpenStreetMap layer was activated

2.2.3 05/09/2008

• online Wikipedia article finder (displays articles for objects near your current location)

• adjustable altitude smoothing buffer

• background OpenStreetMap download (map is not blocked while downloading OSM tiles)

• access placemarks and track positions on map with double-click

• bug fixed: when temporary placemarks are loaded (user placemarks or Wikipedia placemarks), the placemarks list does not refer to the correct items

2.2.2 build 966 04/25/2008

• bug fixed: start time is wrong when training is not started directly after starting Run.GPS and the GPS device already has valid signal

2.2.2 04/23/2008

• add OpenStreetMap upload capabilities

• individual user settings for GPSies.com and OpenStreetMap.org

• output more specific error messages when connection problems occur

• support for Windows Media Video (WMV) portal upload

• full French and Spanish support

• fixed a problem for square screen smartphones in dialog "Reports"

• add DD°MM.MM' latitude and longitude output format

2.2.1 build 939 04/08/2008

• allow DD°MM.MM' format when entering latitudes and longitudes

• swap battery display and lock button

• remove "load" and "delete" buttons in training log for currently loaded training

2.2.1 build 935 04/03/2008

• allow entering calories when a training is added manually

• make it possible to edit manual trainings

• display calories in training log detail page and training detail page on GPS-Sport portal

• added new sport "golfing"

• application is blocked while training summary is spoken when the training is stopped - fixed

• some minor bug fixes

2.2.0 build 920 03/28/2008

• display altitude profile for the route ahead (until now only altitude profiles of the already covered part of a route have been displayed - done

• make it possible to create training plans on GPS-Sport.net and sync them online to Run.GPS (or import as .tml file) - done

• make it possible to download training plans via Download Cart - done

• update sports list, add new sports - done
  • see discussion
  • add calories calculation for new sports
  • create icons for new sports

• display tracks and routes with bright aura to separate from the background - done

• add new lap detection mode: automatically create new laps after a given distance is covered - done

• draw little arrows on route to indicate direction - done

• add new placemark types - done

• when sending the current position, also send the time zone (or client time) to GPS-Sport.net - done

• when a new lap is started (automatic lap detection or button is pressed), speak the lap time of the completed lap - done

• when application is locked and the backlight is turned off - turn on backlight for 5 seconds by pressing the right function key - done

• more exact geo-localization when uploading or sending a live tracking request - done

• when downloading routes from GPS-Sport.net portal, also download and import altitude data - done

• import altitudes from GPX and KML route files - done

• translate sports names in the training log - done

• translate sports names in Pocket Outlook synchronization - done

• give a spoken summary when the user stops a training recording (configurable in voice dialog) - done

• add new distance values for voice output frequency: 10 km/mi, 20 km/mi - done

• if there are no training plans stored on a device yet, application crashes when user presses OK in the dialog for loading a training plan - fixed (thanks Krille for the bug report)

• if no placemarks are defined, application crashes when user presses "Navigate" in the dialog for selecting a placemark for navigation - fixed (thanks Krille for the bug report)

2.1.2 build 809 03/10/2008

• distribute the buttons in the control bar more equally so it's easier to push them with by finger

• don't allow manual trainings to be loaded, edited and continued

2.1.2 build 808 03/06/2008

• center key may be active when application is not focused (i.e. you start or stop your training when pushing the center key in another program) - fixed

• main menu: when navigating to a page with only two buttons, one of them could not be reached - fixed

• active time calculation is wrong both for total time and lap time, when you stop training recording, keep on moving around and then start to record again - fixed (thanks http://www.gps-sport.net/users/wiatr for this one and other bug reports)

2.1.2 build 803 02/06/2008

• audio and video upload capability (supported file types: WAV, MP3, MP4, MOV, MPEG, AVI, 3GP)

• download cart based download of recorded trainings as 'Virtual Training Partner'

2.1.1 build 790 01/30/2008

• bug fixed: when entering manual training distances in miles, perform correct conversion to kilometres

• entering manual trainings: make it possible to enter seconds (00:00:00)

• added French voice engine (not yet available for download)

2.1.1 build 785 01/24/2008

• when using the COM port interface, allow using .Net COM port driver or native COM port driver (default) (Configuration > GPS Settings > use .Net COM port)

• sort sports in German language sports dialog

• when a sport is deleted and re-entered afterwards, assign correct English language code for upload

• default OpenStreetMap auto download to disabled

• play warning sound when route is left, battery is weak or GPS signal is lost

• distance from destination calculated incorrectly in prior version when following a moving target - fixed

• open a downloaded route as navigation route if and only if exactly one route has been downloaded from the portal

• provide german sports names

• use route titles as training titles if no training title has been specified

• added support for T-Mobile MDA Compact III (HTC P3300) running Windows Mobile 6 (set GPS to COM4, 4800 baud on this device); is not relevant for MDA Compact III running Windows Mobile 5 and not relevant for Xda Orbit (on these devices, use 'managed GPS')

• bug: deleting sports results in the remaining sports not to be shown completely - fixed

2.1.0 build 761 01/15/2008

• set GPS signal to 'no fix' when there is no new GPS data for more than 10 seconds (might happen when you shut down another application and the GPS stops working)

• improved training synchronization (upload again if a training has changed)

• filter out single GPS coordinate errors

• when synchronizing training sessions to the portal, a problem sometimes occurs while creating the upload archive for the currently active training session - fixed

• don't display navigation target as flag if placemark type is known

• update target placemark correctly in map view when target is dynamic ('friend')

2.1.0 01/04/2008

• online service for finding friends (people in your friends list on GPS-Sport.net)

• online service for finding nearby tracks and routes on GPS-Sport.net and GPSies.com

• "synchronize" button that uploads all trainings not previously uploaded

• reset speaker volume to original level after program exit

• online update possibility

• faster GPS signal acquisition for some devices

• bug fixes and minor updates

2.0.7 12/12/2007 build 720

• map view: faster zooming

• map view: more zoom levels

• better support for square screen devices

• minor bug fixes

2.0.7 11/30/2007

• added OpenStreetMap map layer (note: this might not always be available or not be available at all in the future due to technical or licence restrictions)

• default to the storage card for storing Run.GPS data (concerns only new installations)

• fixed a problem with the voice output stopping under certain circumstances

2.0.6 11/27/2007 build 704

• added support for Samsung SGH-i616 / SGH-i617 BlackJack II (former builds haven't been able to deal with the GPS because the Dilution value was always too high)

2.0.6 11/19/2007 build 701

• added "virtual training partner", allowing you to race against your previous training recordings and to others' training sessions; lead time is both displayed and spoken (see the manual 2.0.6 section 3.14 for more details)

• some minor bug fixes and improvements

2.0.5 10/30/2007 build 687

• bug fix: route data can be corrupted when downloading the same route several times using the cart download

2.0.5 10/12/2007 build 679

• fixed a problem with some GPS devices not displaying speed and distance although the GPS is valid

• added support for Smartphone QWERTY / QWERTZ keyboards (has to be activated on configuration > general settings dialog)

• added support for map calibration using GPX path files (see manual for more info)

• added calculation and display of "estimated training duration"

• added voice output for "estimated training duration" and "estimated arrival time"

2.0.4 10/09/2007

• added "remaining time" display and voice output

• added "arrival time" display

• word "remaining" was missing in English version ("remaining time", "remaining distance")

• fixed a typo

2.0.3 09/28/2007

• added direct upload to GPSies.com

• GPX format: fixed a bug that caused timestamps to be empty; added speeds

2.0.2 09/18/2007

• provide extra setting (configuration >> general settings) to turn off backlight when application is locked (helps save energy) (WM5 and WM6)

• allow empty info displays

• sort info buttons by topic

• minimize application when OK button is pressed

• display hourglass when starting/stopping/saving trainings

2.0.1 08/28/2007

• fixed a bug in ITM which caused artefacts in the maps

• disable function key input when the application is not focussed

2.0.0 08/24/2007 RELEASE

• added enhanced "full route" map mode: both a loaded route and the training track are now displayed fully

• fixed Stack Overflow bug that occurs when trial period is over and no licence key is available (as reported by Jochen)

• fixed voice output loop "distance from route" which occurred when distance based voice frequency is selected (reported by Theo)

1.9.7 08/21/2007

• added crosshair for selecting any spot on the map as navigation target and for creating placemarks

• various bugs fixed

1.9.6 build 525 08/18/2007

• when application is in locked mode and the focus is lost, disable lock down mode (otherwise the device cannot be controlled any more and has to be reset)

1.9.6 08/17/2007

• lock all application keys (calendar key, home key, etc) when the application is locked (except the two phone keys - they cannot be locked)

• soft keyboard: highlight keys when they are pressed

• fix map activation issue (map is not activated automatically in some cases)

• when a new licence code is entered, adapt licence level without restarting

• fixed: soft keyboard smartphone character much too big on VGA resolution

• fix overlapping of title and values in info buttons on "training data" screen on some devices

• added quick reference

• directly load main screen after showing startup screen

• some minor bug fixes

1.9.5 08/13/2007

• bugs in the VGA version are fixed

1.9.4 08/09/2007

• new icon

• avoid png files being copied to root dir

• added support for Map Calibrator maps

• bug fixes

1.9.3 08/06/2007

• added GPS recognition

• added Run.GPS 1.2.8 data import

• bug fixes

1.9.2 08/03/2007

• bugs fixed

1.9.1 07/31/2007

• key support: all functions available also for Smartphones without stylus

• many bug fixes

1.9.0 07/27/2007

• first public beta (based on the 1.x release but completely reengineered)