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Beta Testing / Beta 4.01 - Bunch of fixes

« on: August 12, 2010, 02:48:28 PM »

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

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TopoFusion Pro / Re: TF4: MyTopo tiles corrupted on download

« on: August 12, 2010, 09:35:11 AM »

Hmm, OK, so that makes me suspect that it's getting incomplete downloads.

Are there any errors in the log while running in non-DXT mode?  It uses a completely different method to convert the jpeg tiles.

I may have to add some debug info and have you try it.  You might try changing your internet settings a bit (toggle persistent, change number of threads).

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TopoFusion Pro / Re: TF4: MyTopo tiles corrupted on download

« on: August 12, 2010, 09:20:42 AM »

No worries, I found it.  Sorry for forgetting to ask at first.

So, the tiles are definitely corrupted on disk.  They came up in funky colors for me.  But newly downloaded tiles in the area are fine.

So basically the function that is failing (without any error apparently) is a D3D function that converts a .jpg into a DXT1 compressed .DDS file, before saving it out.

One thing to try is (perhaps while still in a new map directory) turning off DXT1 compression (Options->prefs->Use texture compression (DXT1).  You'll need to reopen TF, and then download new tiles.  See if they still come in corrupted or not.

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TopoFusion Pro / Re: TF4: MyTopo tiles corrupted on download

« on: August 11, 2010, 07:49:11 PM »

Oh yeah, one more thing -- can you hit me with a coordinate (or GPX file) that will point me to the area you downloaded?  Just needs to be close enough that I can pan/zoom around and find the tiles.

Thanks.

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TopoFusion Pro / Re: TF4: MyTopo tiles corrupted on download

« on: August 11, 2010, 03:12:41 PM »

I did confirm that myTopo tiles come in as jpeg, whereas OSM are png.  That is the only difference.  They are otherwise displayed and stored the same way.

If you want to take a closer look at this there's one thing we can try to see if we can isolate where the corruption is coming from.  If you can start a new map file (by changing the default map directory to an empty dir, then restarting TF), download a few myTopo files, confirm that they are corrupt, then email me the resulting mapindex.dat and maps1.dat files.  I'll see if they come out corrupt on my system.

Thanks.

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TopoFusion Pro / Re: TF4: MyTopo tiles corrupted on download

« on: August 10, 2010, 09:24:14 PM »

That previous post was actually from a spam bot, combining previous posts, apparently.

I just helped out a user that had a problem with very similar code (map re-projection).  Updating his driver fixed the problem.  I'll think for a bit on myTopo vs OSM, though.

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Feature Requests / Re: Select all before/after for points

« on: August 01, 2010, 07:36:58 PM »

One option would be to cut the track at that point, then right click on the segment before or after, then choose "delete segment."

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TopoFusion Pro / Re: Track comments not recognized

« on: August 01, 2010, 05:29:40 PM »

I opened up the first one and it has "Windy & cold. Frozen snow & icy." in the comments for the track.  Right click on the track line in the map window and choose "track properties."  Note that there are different fields for the whole file, and those are blank from TopoUSA (PN-20)...

Does that answer your question?

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TopoFusion Basic / Re: KMZ Export Function in Basic 2.975

« on: July 30, 2010, 08:10:35 AM »

KMZ export is only available in TF Pro.  It's a pretty new feature.  Drop us a note if you want to talk about upgrading, we can probably work something out.

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User Projects / Re: Network Routing and Metrics

« on: July 22, 2010, 04:18:18 PM »

Very cool use of a trail network from TF.  I'm not aware of anyone else doing trail routing.  Maybe some day, in TF, for sure.

Thanks for the post.

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TopoFusion Pro / Re: Complete uninstall?

« on: July 19, 2010, 08:56:54 PM »

I remember this problem, and unfortunately haven't made any progress on it.  Every Windows 7 system I have tried seems to work fine, so I am not sure how to proceed.

The settings file that is not getting deleted (which is strange) is called TopoFusion.ini.  It really should be removing it, regardless of the choice to remove all, so this may be a W7 thing.  Remind me, were you installing for multiple users or as one that is not an admin?

The software will look in multiple places for the .ini file, so I'd do a global search and kill any that you find.

However, I do not think that's what is causing the issue, I think it's something else.

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TopoFusion Pro / Re: TF4: MyTopo tiles corrupted on download

« on: July 19, 2010, 03:26:14 PM »

Hey guys,

Amir -- I am pretty sure that most of the missing tiles you've posted are actually problems on the server side.  I have seen one myself and verified that it is downloading a white noise tile from the server.  The first shot with the message from TF *might* be a TF issue, but the others should be myTopo.

Fortunately, unlike Terraserver, the folks at myTopo are very interesting in correcting errors like these.  Drop them a note and I'll bet they will be happy to hear from you.  If they can fix them you can use the reload maps tool to grab new tiles.

Derelict - I don't have any new ideas on your issue and I'm traveling right now so cannot really sit down to try and debug it.  Would it be possible to try the latest release drivers just to see if that clears it up?

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User Projects / Re: Quantum Physics - GPS replays

« on: July 16, 2010, 11:01:13 AM »

A free program called "Camstudio" and I believe using the Divx codec.  Camstudio is very easy to use.

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TopoFusion Pro / Re: TF4: MyTopo tiles corrupted on download

« on: July 14, 2010, 12:05:59 PM »

Well, that is interesting.  The difference must be in the format of the image file coming from the server.  OSM is PNG, while myTopo may be something else.  Very strange.  That's really the only difference.

It is still possible that it's a driver issue, but does seem less likely now.  I will have to think about it.  I haven't heard of any other users with the same issue.

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TopoFusion Pro / Re: TF4: MyTopo tiles corrupted on download

« on: July 13, 2010, 08:41:15 PM »

The myTopo tiles are still displayed using DirectX, however they are first run through a matrix transform to account for the different projection they are in.

So, it still makes sense that it is a video card issue.  Try the Open Street Map tiles.  Same problem?  They are displayed the same way.

The downrev drivers and the fact that the current ones don't work on W7 is suspect, I'd say.

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TopoFusion Pro / Re: MyTopo Storage

« on: July 13, 2010, 02:53:58 PM »

No, the myTopo server is not WMS, and is only available in TF as a result of a partnership between our two companies.  The tiling scheme and access method is different.

Glad TF4 is saving you some time!

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TopoFusion Pro / Re: TF4: MyTopo tiles corrupted on download

« on: July 13, 2010, 11:24:22 AM »

Thanks for the screenshot and log.  No errors in the log.  Seems like a video card issue to me, though it is hard to think of what could be going on.

Hmm, have you ever used the "user maps" feature before?  I wonder if they show up corrupt as well. 

You have (I think) the same video card as I do (the one I develop TF with).  I'd see if your drivers might need an update, though I can't say I've updated mine for years...

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TopoFusion Pro / Re: TF 4 stopped downloading tiles

« on: July 13, 2010, 07:24:33 AM »

Hmm, attached is what I get.  Something must be amiss on your TF.  Likely a graphics card issue.  Try updating your video drivers, or let's look at the TopoFusion.log file and see if there are any errors listed there.

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TopoFusion Pro / Re: TF 4 stopped downloading tiles

« on: July 11, 2010, 07:28:30 PM »

Yep, looks like the same server issues are cropping up again.  MSRmaps.com is not responding at all.  NASA is up (landsat and 3d should work fine), color aerials sluggish for some locations.

myTopo is working fast for me.  Yet another reason having another topo map provider is very nice.

Most likely things will be working better by tomorrow.  Thanks for the patience.

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TopoFusion Pro / Re: TF4 registered version. July 11th, 1912, most map downloads fail

« on: July 11, 2010, 07:26:29 PM »

Sorry, it just seems to be a bad weekend for many of the servers TF uses.  Reverting to a previous version is not likely to help.

There is another thread on this topic right now.

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TopoFusion Pro / Re: TF 4 stopped downloading tiles

« on: July 10, 2010, 01:32:05 PM »

Server is back!  See if you get better downloading now, overall and let us know if you're still having issues.

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TopoFusion Pro / Re: TF 4 stopped downloading tiles

« on: July 10, 2010, 01:05:57 PM »

I spoke too soon. MSRMaps is fine, but the NASA server continues to be out.

Will see if I can get an update from the server admin.  Thanks for the patience.

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TopoFusion Pro / Re: TF 4 stopped downloading tiles

« on: July 10, 2010, 12:17:41 PM »

Ah, the NASA server is not responding:

http://onearth.jpl.nasa.gov/

That can wreak some havoc with other tilesets since TF continually downloads elevation data, regardless of what map mode you are in.  It still should not be killing all downloads or causing the software to hang, but it's definitely an issue.

Landsat will definitely not load.  I'm getting myTopo maps just fine.  But no MSRMaps!  That server also appears to not be responding.  So I think it's just bad timing.  I'll keep looking.

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TopoFusion Pro / Re: TF 4 stopped downloading tiles

« on: July 10, 2010, 12:12:16 PM »

It does look like a few servers are slow today.  Color aerials seem to be sluggish.  In general, the myTopo server is a little slower than MSRMaps, but it's well worth the wait, IMO. 

I think I am seeing the same issue... I loaded a few color aerials, and now the rest of the tilesets seemed to be stalled out.  It's definitely caused by the server issue, but TF is supposed to handle it more gracefully.

I will keep looking into it.

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TopoFusion Pro / Re: New Topo maps for 4.0

« on: July 09, 2010, 05:45:57 PM »

Topo 2M is slow?  Huh.

I guess the announcement wasn't quite clear that the myTopo maps are actually a new tileset.  The old maps are still available as the 2M, 4M, 16M, etc tilesets.

The new maps are available under "myTopo" in the drop down, or using the "M" key as a shortcut.

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TopoFusion Pro / Re: New Topo maps for 4.0

« on: July 09, 2010, 04:29:48 PM »

There's no way to purge a specific tileset, unfortunately.  If you're worried about the space stored (and speed of the program, somewhat), I'd recommend just starting over with a new cache.

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TopoFusion Anouncements / TopoFusion 4 released - new maps from myTopo and street maps!

« on: July 06, 2010, 05:54:29 PM »

We are happy to announce the release of version 4.0 of TopoFusion Pro!  The software has come a long way since v3.0, the last major revision, and we hope you are as excited about the improvements as we are.

Since the latest release (v3.973) we have added several map types, including new topo maps courtesy of myTopo.com and street maps from the Open Street Map project.  The partnership with myTopo is particularly beneficial for TopoFusion users, since they are both more up-to-date and better quality USGS topo maps than the standard topo maps available in TopoFusion since v1.0 -- those from Terraserver (now MSRMaps.com).  Here is a quick comparison.

Terraserver (old maps):



And new maps from myTopo, only available in TopoFusion Pro v4.0:



Note the higher quality scan and also the addition of forest road and trail numbers -- very useful when planning your next foray into the outdoors.

We want to thank the good folks at myTopo for the partnership, and encourage all our users to check out their map printing services.  Head over to myTopo.com, or use the "Order Printed Map" command, available in the File menu in TopoFusion, to jump into myTopo's easy to use map ordering engine.  They produce a nice product!

There are other new features in v4.0, like a fully functional "Combo" mode that allows GPS mappers to blend any two map types -- including myTopo, color aerials and open street maps, allowing for some very unique views.  Check it out and help us spread the word -- TopoFusion 4 is here!





Head over to the Download Page to try TopoFusion out, free of charge.

Registered users refer to your registration email for the download link, or go here to request your code and the download URL.

<h1>Full list of changes</h1>

For a complete list of changes see the Revision History

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Beta Testing / Re: MyTopo/Color and MSR Topo/B&W layer registration?

« on: July 03, 2010, 01:50:06 PM »

Thanks for the feedback on v4.0.  What you are seeing is a difference in map projection.  The old MSRmap topos are in UTM projection, while most other map types (color, myTopo) are in a 'geographic' (lat/lon) projection.  So, not only do the maps change, but any tracks and waypoints displayed will 'stretch' as you switch back and forth.

The new combo mode can combine all types of maps, by changing the projection.  In a future version we may settle on one projection and simply do the re-projection like the combo mode does.

Thanks!

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Beta Testing / Re: Beta 3.976 - New Maps and new Combo mode

« on: July 03, 2010, 07:07:09 AM »

Hi,

That looks like it might be a problem on myTopo's side.  Try going to myTopo's online google maps:

http://www.mytopo.com/maps/

See if the map loads there or not.  I believe I have seen the same thing in a couple other places, and the coverage just isn't there for some reason.  One thing to try is the 'reload maps' tool, which will force a re-download of the tile you click on.

The myTopo folks are keen on fixing errors, so I think they'd appreciate a report if you do find it's an error on their side.

Thanks for the post.

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TopoFusion Pro / Re: Downloading Tracks & Waypoints from Oregon 550

« on: June 25, 2010, 07:28:13 AM »

Wow, TopoGrafix (ExpertGPS) is using SPAM bots to promote their software?  I just lost a lot of respect for one of TopoFusion's main competitors.  Amazing.

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TopoFusion Pro / Re: Elevation Downloading causing slowness???

« on: June 21, 2010, 09:43:59 PM »

Thanks for the post.  I need to do some W7 testing, especially the install.  You shouldn't have got 1 download thread -- that's definitely slow.

The other symptom (elevation downloading slowness) is a little more of a mystery.  I will keep it in mind, and please let us know if you discover anything.

Thanks.

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TopoFusion Basic / Re: GPS Data Already in RAW file

« on: June 21, 2010, 09:42:03 PM »

No, sorry.  There's no code to deal with RAW or xmp files.

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TopoFusion Anouncements / Re: MSRMaps.com back

« on: June 19, 2010, 04:16:00 PM »

Still serving tiles very quickly.

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Beta Testing / Re: Beta 3.976 - New Maps and new Combo mode

« on: June 18, 2010, 10:50:30 AM »

Just a quick note, 3.977 beta is released which fixes the error converting the map index file that LDWhite68 reported (also Ken F).  I believe that the index file was still converted correctly for those users that had 3.976 converting it, so they should be fine -- it just caused TF to crash after converting the index file.

If you installed and ran 3.975 or 3.974 (previous betas) the conversion already went through 100% and there is no need to get 3.977.

Hopefully that makes sense.  Thanks guys.

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Beta Testing / Re: Beta 3.976 - New Maps and new Combo mode

« on: June 18, 2010, 09:23:39 AM »

Hmm, so it looks like you are getting existing maps you had downloaded, but having trouble with new maps?

MSRMaps was having issues, but they resolved this morning.  Did you get any 'having trouble contacting terraserver' message?

It appears there is a problem with converting map index files for some people (have received two crash reports now from first run), but if you already upgraded and it was working before with the previous beta, that probably is not the issue.

So, maybe it is just server hiccups?

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Beta Testing / Re: Beta 3.976 - New Maps and new Combo mode

« on: June 18, 2010, 08:03:36 AM »

Shoot.  Amir is this the first time you installed any of 3.974 -> 3.976 ? 

I'll be out most of the today on the trail, but can try to debug after that.  Thanks.

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TopoFusion Anouncements / Re: MSRMaps.com giving 'too busy'

« on: June 18, 2010, 08:02:19 AM »

Back up as of this morning.

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Beta Testing / Beta 3.976 - New Maps and new Combo mode

« on: June 17, 2010, 06:17:58 PM »

Here are some notes about the latest beta(s).  (v3.974 - v3.976)

New in this version are some very exciting new map types, including new
topo maps courtesy of myTopo.com and street maps from the Open Street Map
project.  

• Note that your map index file (MapIndex.dat) will be upgraded
  the first time you run the software, and that previous versions of TF will
  not be able to read it anymore.  So it is not recommended to downgrade to
  any previous version.
  
• None of the new map types are available in the batch download tool.  This is by design -- none of the new servers allow batch downloading.
  
• They ARE available to be exported to newer Garmin units as custom maps.
  
• The myTopo maps are awesome!  They are a huge upgrade in clarity, plus they often have forest road numbers and trail numbers (Forest Service updates).
  
• If you are looking for a printed map service, try myTopo (http://mytopo.com), they have been very easy to deal with and have a very nice product.  We are very fortunate to be able to use their map service.
  
• The new combo mode allows any map type to be combined with any other.  This can lead to some really cool combinations.  Color and myTopo is my favorite at the moment (see image of Gooseberry Mesa), but being able to combine color with the Land Ownership layer is also very useful.  Fading between different aerial photos can show trails/roads/buildings appearing and disappearing.
  
• TIGER is done.  Use the new street maps instead.  They are much better!
  

Any bugs or comments, please post here or drop us an email.  Thanks!

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TopoFusion Anouncements / MSRMaps.com giving 'too busy'

« on: June 17, 2010, 05:54:02 PM »

MSRMaps.com (source of the 'Topo', 'Aerial' and 'Urban' tiles) is giving a 'too busy' message today.

TF is unable to download maps and will give a 'having trouble contacting server' message.  Most likely this will be a short outage.

If you're a registered used, you may wish to download the current beta, or inquire about it.  It features an alternate topo server.

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Beta Testing / Re: Beta 3.975 obersvations and comments

« on: June 15, 2010, 10:30:28 AM »

By the way, we should have a fix for the OP's original problem, out soon.

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Beta Testing / Re: Beta 3.975 obersvations and comments

« on: June 15, 2010, 10:30:07 AM »

Right, all of the new tilesets are in a different projection than any other maps in TF.  What the current version does is reprojects them, which in most cases mean they stretch wider.  The effect is more noticeable at more 'extreme' latitudes.

I hope to, in a future version, display the maps in the native projection, but do not plan on doing that for this release.

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User Projects / Re: Integrating weather data using PhotoFusion

« on: June 15, 2010, 10:27:33 AM »

Very interesting idea.  Getting some weather data into TF would be a great feature.  I will have to look at an API or two.

Doing it through PhotoFusion like you describe is not a bad idea.  The 'dateTaken' EXIF parameter should be the correct one, yes.

Shouldn't be any problem with using the same image(s) with multiple tracks. 

Rather than TF pulling CSV files, having it pull weather info directly from Yahoo or WU would seen well worth the effort.  Can you get historical data with Yahoo?  (i.e. from years back)

Thanks for the post.

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TopoFusion Anouncements / Re: TIGER service discontinued

« on: June 15, 2010, 07:01:46 AM »

OK, interesting.  I haven't heard of any that old in the tileset, but I am not too surprised. 

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TopoFusion Anouncements / Re: TIGER service discontinued

« on: June 14, 2010, 08:44:16 PM »

Are you looking at the "Color" mode, or "Urban" ?  What state?

Most of the Color aerials in the Color tileset are only a few years old.  I do not know of any specific plans to update them, but the server does add new data at times.

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TopoFusion Pro / Re: Photofusion and photos with Existing Exif

« on: June 13, 2010, 05:42:37 PM »

I was able to add photos to a blank GPX.  However, you may be getting a bug that is in the latest version right now.  It is fixed in the beta if you want to move to that.

Actually, you can avoid the bug simply by assigning a "HTML destination" directory at the bottom of the PhotoFusion form.  As long as that isn't blank, it won't give you the error / crash.  Sorry about that issue, it was introduced inadvertently in the last update.

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TopoFusion Pro / Re: Photofusion and photos with Existing Exif

« on: June 13, 2010, 05:14:30 PM »

Right, it will read EXIF positions and place based on those.  Interesting that you couldn't get it to go with a blank GPX.  I'll give it a try.

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TopoFusion Pro / Re: Corrupt Topo Tiles?

« on: June 11, 2010, 10:07:19 PM »

Is this a constant corruption or does it change as you pan or zoom?

As I recall, the tiles from Terraserver are quite messed up near Yosemite.  You might check on MSRmaps.com (new name for terraserver) to see if the tiles look like that.

It kind of sounds like not, though, given your description.  Let us know.

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TopoFusion Pro / Re: Topofusion hangs at roads-large.gpx

« on: June 08, 2010, 08:32:26 PM »

The TopoFusion.ini file should be here:

C:\Documents and Settings\{YOUR USER NAME}\Local Settings\Application Data\TopoFusion

Not in the GIS directory.  Sorry for the confusion.

If you are trying a search for "TopoFusion" it likely will not come up with that directory.  You'll need to navigate there manually.

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TopoFusion Pro / Re: Topofusion hangs at roads-large.gpx

« on: June 08, 2010, 07:52:47 PM »

Did you look in the directory I pointed to above?  Is there a Documents and Settings in W7?

Reinstalling will not overwrite the .ini file.  So you need to find it and move it somewhere else.

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Beta Testing / Re: Beta 3.975 obersvations and comments

« on: June 08, 2010, 05:39:53 PM »

A screen shot of the wrong tiles would definitely help.  Thanks.