Known Issues - track color in 16/24 bit color

[Alan]

Version 1.52 fixes GIF decoding in 16 and 24 bit color modes, but now track and point colors are all getting set to black.

If you are a registered user you may download a fixed GPSMaster.ocx file at:

http://www.topofusion.com/beta.php

Copy GPSMaster.ocx found in the zip file over your current one.

This fix will be incorporated in the next version.

[brentb]

One thing I've noticed is the structure of the GPX file affects this.  I don't recall having problems prior to 1.52.

Repro in 1.52:
0. GPS= Garmin 12XL
1. Download new GPS track log to TopoFusion.  TF draws trail black.
2. Look at .GPX file.  Each point is in it's own (trkseg) element.
3. Using a text editor, strip out all the extra trkseg /trkseg tags.
4. Restart TF, it now renders trail in the correct color.

Does TF have any heuristics in finding breaks in the track log, such as looking at times or unexpected gaps in the time or distance?  Since the 12XL stores only 1024 points, I often stop and restart the track log to get only the trails sections I need.  Could this affect the additional trkseg tags?

[Alan]

The problem you're having is a bit different.  Recently (possibly in 1.52), we added what you're seeing, the lines between tracksegs are drawn black.  With garmin etrex's you get breaks in the tracksegs where you lose satellite coverage, or when you turn the track or gps off and back on.  We added it so that the user would have some way of seeing it (I find it useful to see where I lost coverage).  In ExpertGPS I believe that no lines are drawn between points in different tracks.

It sounds like we are not downloading the track correctly from your Garmin 12XL, the points probably shouldn't be in their own trackseg.  We'll look into it.