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Changes of all RouteConverter versions

Release 2.29 from 23. November '20

  • reads elevation and speed from logs written by Garmin Instinct 7.x devices
  • always writes the country code for Garmin G1000 devices
  • uses distances and time from the routing calculation for the profile view
  • adds an optional heart beat rate column for the position table
  • supports the latest Windows proxy settings for HTTP requests by using proxy-vole 1.10
  • reads GraphHoper graph directories produced by mapsforge, old and new RouteConverter configuration
  • reads GraphHoper graph directories with and without -latest suffix
  • allows to delete the .osm.pbf file after producing the GraphHopper graph directory
  • sorts the routing mode preferences by name
  • allows to remove downloads permanently from the list of past downloads
  • makes the color of waypoints configurable
  • uses a larger map buffer to render complex maps
  • keeps the divider locations when the screen size changes
  • supports Java 15 and reports updated versions
  • reads crippeled ISO 8601 dates with the format 2010-09-18 03:13:32 i.e. with a space instead of a T between date and time and without a timezone
  • makes apiUrl and fileUrl for Google Maps in China configurable
  • transfers extended sensor data like heading, pressure, temperature and heart beat rate between CSV, Excel, GPX and WGS84 formats
  • fixes route drawing errors by introducing harsher synchronisation
  • fixes the default descriptions where spaces from the numbering were omitted
  • fixes bug when Garmin Fit (.fit) files were not detected when ]imported into a GPX file](https://forum.routeconverter.com/thread-3080.html)
  • fixes bug where the length display showed routing times in millis as seconds
  • fixes IndexOutOfBoundsException when the last row is selected
  • fixes ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException when adding positions to a track

Release 2.28 from 6. July '20

Release 2.27 from 7. January '20

  • allows to select and move multiple positions on the map in the Open Source Edition
  • supports Mac OS X 10.14 “Mojave” and later with a jjlink/jpackage based setup
  • uses GraphHopper 0.13, BRouter 1.5.5, mapsforge 0.12 for the Open Source Edition
  • has optimized deletion of positions in large tracks
  • has optimized selection handling when removing all selected positions
  • shows an error message if no JavaFX is present for the Google Edition like for Java 11
  • introduces a fix for Google Maps in China for the Open Source Edition
  • shows copyright texts for maps in the Open Source Edition
  • tries to avoid the download of routing data in BRouter .rd5 tiles and GraphHopper .osm.pbf files
  • tries to download the .osm.pbf file with smallest enclosing bounding box for GraphHopper
  • fixes several bugs when writing Garmin Flight Plan (.fpl) files: description might have spaces, identifiers for same position are merged, country code can be determined from identifier, 4 digit identifiers are Airports, only User Waypoints have no country code
  • fixes bugs in Microsoft Excel 97-2008 (.xls) and Microsoft Excel 2008 (.xlsx) files that empty columns stop parsing and description is not read from numeric columns
  • fixes a bug where setting the map (device) scale factor didn't have an effect
  • fixes service uris for Nominatim based geocoding
  • fixes several initialization bugs which didn’t let the UI come up in rare circumstances