Beta 4.01 - Bunch of fixes

[ScottMorris]

Hi all,

v4.01 is out with a number of fixes and tweaks to the otherwise very successful v4.0.  Thanks to all the users that pointed out these issues!

It's available in the usual place.  Please let us know if you notice any problems or have further suggestions.  Thanks.

4.01 - [8/12/10]  (Beta)

Fixed 3D display problems in Combo mode
Fixed large scale exports in Combo mode
Changed all "save as" dialogs to remember last directory saved to
  This includes the GPS download dialog
Image Blending / Shaded Relief dialog now Combo Blending / Shaded Relief
Minor cosmetic changes to dialog
Added and fixed new Combo Blending presets
Fixed problem loading GPX files with trailing spaces in XML tabs (bt747 utility)
Fixed crash when removing too many segments (hitting the 'E' key) too many times
  In either the Draw Track tool or the Merge tool
Fixed problem renaming files when changing only the case of letters in filename
Fixed invalid assumption reading .kml files with placemarks (waypoints)
Installer now gives better message when trying to upgrade with TopoFusion open

[sarlabs]

I ran into a glitch in v4.0 with the printing routine. It seems that it calls the print box but any changes in values such as number of copies to print are not taken in account and while changing the print direction from portrait to landscape works, it does so only once and reverts to the default, portrait. That makes it tedious when printing a bunch of copies of the same map/aerial etc.

Other programs get a different print box and with any changes, there is a apply button and then the changes are recorded and followed through.

Request:
SAR teams often need to download several tracks representing blocks to be searched into searcher's GPS units.TF Pro has only provisions for sending one track at a time. It would be very useful to be able to highlight a number of tracks and send them as a batch. 20 track limit of 60csx is a known limitation but newer units can accept 200 tracks and perhaps now more.


Thanks

[ScottMorris]

Hmm, interesting on the print dialog.  I'll see if I can upgrade it to at least use the newer dialog.

Regarding your request.  One solution right now is to merge all the tracks into a single GPX file.  Do this by highlighting all the tracks in the 'active files list', right click and do "merge and save as..."

They'll get uploaded as unique tracks that way.  You are right that the newer units allow a bunch more tracks.  Not sure how they handle multiple tracks within a file and how they come up.  I'll have to experiment.

Thanks for the feedback.

[sarlabs]

Thanks Scott, merging the tracks is a good solution. I can even put them on a thumb drive and email them ahead of time in case of planned searches (cold cases etc.).

BTW, we were successful on that particular search and partially due to the good quality of the color aerials. They were quite up-to-date compared to what Googlemaps/earth had to offer for that area. I am now studying another possible search area and have found that Bing! has high quality aerials, frankly better that all the others. I guess I can always use screen dumps and define user maps in TF. That will give me nice printed maps and I'll also be able to download a kmz file to my GPS. Would there be any way TF could access Bing aerials directly?

Thanks.

Amir K9CHP

[ScottMorris]

Hey Amir,

Very cool that the TF aerials helped!  Thanks for sharing that.

Bing doesn't allow public access / caching, just like google, unfortunately.